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    what are water tanks

    What are drinking water tanks made of ss steel or plane steel
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    need gibson moved from dale hollow lake to tn river

    Need hb moved does anybody know someone close to dale hollow lake
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    tach

    the boat is a 82 gibson aq145a and tach doesnt work .does it run off coil ? volvo eng. can they be checked off boat ? or what can i check my self .thanks
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    toilet water

    I just bought a 1982 Gibson 42' where does flushing water come from ? Old owner didn't know .one person said lake water .I be been here three mo. And have not added any water.where to go to get tank layout .Gibson no help.
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    488 engine

    I have a 1985 century with twin 488's both engines started up ,after setting 3yrs,i have not had boat in water,just bought it . problem,i filled both cooling systems up ,with engines not running and one held water the other one leaked out to where I don't know . the engines do have the...
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    twin 4cly good or bad

    looking at 84 century 27ft has twin merc 4cly in it 488 eng are they any good thanks bob
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    tn. to the gulf

    any body taken the river from tn to the gulf and kept track of cost and such we want to this spring but have a limited budget . have a25' searay new 350 and dont give a crap about speed or time . just want to wake up to the boat rocking and being closer to the gulf the...
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    brackets

    im looking for pic's of bracket for shifting cables and carb bracket ,for a 1979 24srv v-8 ,merc i got boat last year with no motor i put a motor in and alas no brackets ,i checked with dealers here ,,said coulnt get anymore ,been on net for days ,no luck ,found junked boat...
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    need to see pics of bracket

    can any body put me on to where i can find out where i can look at a mounting bracket for the shifting cables on my 79 sea ray sr24 ,i bought a boat with out a motor had one built but alas no mounting brackets ,went to two dealers and they "said"couldnt help, its a merc drive, v8 gm engine...
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    hydrolic lines

    is there a place i can go to ,to see hyd,line configeration for my murcury inboard ,engine was out when i got boat and i put in new one but having trouble with lines some fittings may be gone .thanks bob
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    gas prices

    just wondering what gas prices were on rivers and lakes around the south ,tn ga ms la
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    tn river trip

    in the spring we are planning a trip down the tn river we were wondering if any body has posted a blog on it ,probably put in at chatt.tn ,and on to ky. have never made a trip like this ,so we just want to be prepaired for that long of trip, we were wanting to go tenn-tom but heard it was a...
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    teak refinishing

    our 1978 srv24 is covered in teak and we want to try to get it back to like new ,if we just oil should we do it with several coats ,how long between coats,,should the swim platform be done the same? thanks
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    mileage

    we have a 1978 srv24 with a new 350 in it ,hasnt been in water yet ,we are planing a trip on tn river this spring knox tn to paducah ky about 700 mi ,and we need to plan for gas expiense, we dont plan on speeding and not sure if we can get better mileage if we get up on plaine or not , if...
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    mpg

    does any body have a idea of what mpg a 24 ' sea ray with a new 305 engine will get at a slooooow speed . we are planning a trip 500+ miles .some said 1mpg but we turnd down a 50'nautaline with 2-454 engines because he said it only got 1mpg. #s just dont sound right . if any body has made...
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