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trying to figure out what the purpose of the vent looking thing on starboard side of my boat is, see attached picture. i have it circled in red. its basically a circular vent that goes thru the hull and ends up at about my right foot (when i am piloting my vessel). as best i can figure out its...
decided to change the bearings on my trailer yesterday as I have no idea what kind of maintenance previous owner(s) did. things were going smoothly, tapped both races out, cleaned up the hub, and packed the new bearings. the outer race tapped in allright, nice tight fit. the inner race however...
ive got a 1982 sea sprite 120hp merc in/out board. its a deep v style. I cannot find any brochures or owners manual for this boat. So any guestimates on how big a gas tank i would have in there? I have put maybe 10gals of gas on two occasions, both times the gas gauge was just under 1/2 tank...
...or so thought the weigh master at the CAT scale. :D
apparently i did not enunciate *boat* well enuff into the intercom (of course not being in the cab of a Peterbuilt didnt help matters...i didnt think to bring a stepladder).
So...anyone else got a "lost in the translation" tale to tell...
in my quest to clear the launch area in a timely/quick fashion, i have started the engine with the motor trimmed all the way up in the trailer position. Its one of those mistakes i immediately realize and quickly hit the rocker switch to get the motor down. i have done this about 3 or 4 times...
i was out on the water fishing one day. had just thrown my line in, had some sort of hard bait, think it was a subsurface minnow with a couple'a treble hooks. anyways i was jerkin it threw the water and i guess i pulled too hard...
it came bouncing outa the water...so i quick reeled in the...
