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    topcoat cracks ?

    Thinking about a rebuild on a older Sportcraft fiberglass runabout. The outer top coat has cracks all over it. Should I repair or ditch. If repair what, when and how .
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    check this out, please

    I came across this boat a while back. I have looked at it and tried to find the owner. It took me a while but found the owner and he said I could have the boat to get it out of his way. Here are a few pictures, please give me your thoughts...
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    proping a pontoon

    Have a 20ft pontoon weighing 1000lbs. A 1995 75hp Mariner, about 300lbs. About 100lbs of gear and gas. Two guys at 370lbs. Need idea as to what size prop to try on this rig. Looking at top speed and gas comb outcome.
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    mariner 75hp tilt n trim

    have a 1995 mariner 75hp . when i hit either tilt button all I hear is a click inside the motor cowl. the sound comes from the back drivers side of the motor. where do I go next? The only boat repair shop in my town closed about 8 months ago.
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    newbie with newbie rebuild.

    Have noticed a boat on the side of a house thats forsale , on the ground with weeds grown up around it. This fiberglass boat is a 15ft trihull with a walk through windshield. The boat overall looks good and the metal and glass ok to. The floor has been removed along with the stringers. Floor ok...
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    Randell Craft ?

    Was out working today and the guy where I wasat had two 15ft fiberglass boats in his back yard. I walked out to check them out and the owner sak if I wanted to buy one. I ask how much, $200 . I liked the Randell Craft. Side steering. Problem, He removed the side steering console and the floor ...
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    need advise on boat

    I have found a 15.6 ash craft boat that is in some need of repair/rebuild. First off the trailer is in good shape, the motor is an older mercury 65hp that will not start, been sitting for 4 years. the fiberglass boat has had a 4x4 piece of plywood screwed to the middle part of the deck with two...
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    Mercury 20 hp

    i have a 20hp merc outboard, blue stripe. my question is this, have any idea as to the weight of this motor. thinking of putting it on a 14ft fiberglass boat.
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    and one more time

    and this is it, I'm tired of this. Ok, I have a older 20ft pontoon with a older Mariner 75hp running a 13 3/4 x 15 aluminum prop. This is what the toon/motor did today. Toon weights about 1200lbs, motor is 280lbs. two men at 375lbs. gas 10gals. and gear around 50lbs. motor at WOT...
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    one more time

    and this is it, I'm tired of this. Ok, I have a older 20ft pontoon with a older Mariner 75hp running a 13 3/4 x 15 aluminum prop. This is what the toon/motor did today. Toon weights about 1200lbs, motor is 280lbs. two men at 375lbs. gas 10gals. and gear around 50lbs. motor at WOT...
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    prop difference

    IF i had a 20ft pontoon with a 75 hp motor running a 13 3/4 x 15 alu. prop, and I put a 14x13 on what should happen?
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    hummingbird 565 speed sensor

    i have the humminbird 565 and put a speed sensor on my pontoon. my problem is that for some unknown reason my instructions were blown into the water and floted away. i put the sensor on one toon/log and the depth sensor on the other toon/log. it does ot work right, someone told me that both...
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    prop issue update, ---help

    Ok this is my latest finding on my pontoon motor prop issues. 20ft toon with a 75hp mariner, total weight at 1850 lbs. this is with a new tach and an old mph guage hooked to motor. 1. motor down all the way, motor turns 2300rpm at 18 miles per. 2. trimmed motor out until it started to bog...
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    tach back question

    on the back of my new teleflex tach is a place that can be turned with a flathead screwdriver, it has numbers around it, 2,4 6. i have a 3 cyclinder mariner 75hp, i think that the setting is on 6. should this be right and what do the numbers mean?
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    prop or height adjustment

    i have a 20 ft pontoon with a 75hp mariner running a 13x19ss prop. the toon runs good at 2000rpm, but tops out at 3000rpm. as i give throttle forward the r's go up but the toon seams to bog. i have tried this over and over with the motor in many different tilt positions. i get the best for...
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