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    For You Johnson Fans

    sorry, this has been posted before, and deemed not iboats friendly.
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    Never seen this before...

    I work at Treasure Island here in the San Francisco bay. While eating my lunch today, I noticed two asian guys fishing and watched them for awhile. One guy reeled in his line and put a soy sauce packet on his hook. 2 minutes later, he caught a big striper. I walked over and tried to converse...
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    TO: people who buy boats

    I have been on this board for about 6 months. In that time I have read many horror stories of people flirting with disaster, some with kids, some with people who can't swim. When you buy a new or used boat, precautions should be implemented to try and insure a safe and sane cruise for all hands...
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    Stupid Question About Winterizing

    Hi, Is the winterizing process only for areas the get freezing temps? Where my boat is at, the lowest winter temps are in the high 30's and that is only about 5 days a year. Most of the time, low 40's. Do I need to winterize? I plan on fishing year round, though not as much in winter...
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    Cleaning - Tip Of The Day

    I was trying to remove salmon egg and bird crap stains from the vinyl on our boat, nothing worked. I was at TAP plastics and found a product called Island Girl Sea Glow. The people in the store said it worked good so I got a bottle. It worked wonders on the seats and cushins in the boat. It's a...
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    A few more questions, or HELP!

    1st question I just received the pins for the bimini top. After installing, I wonder if the top can be open at full boat speed. It seems kinda - fragile??? any info about this? 2nd question: While installing the transducer(sp), I had to drill 2 more holes in the transom for the screws. The...
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    Hello, new to the forum and have a new used boat

    Hello all, I am new to this forum and chiming in because DW and I bought a new-to-us Bayliner 195. Its a 2006. If you have time to answer a few questions it would be much appriciated. Are there any known issues we should be aware of on this boat? It has a 3.0L 4cyl Mercruiser. Also we need to...
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