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    Ugh, what have I bought myself into?

    Just purchased a boat with what I was told was a 1999 100 hp Mercury.. I didn't know to look at the serial number... turns out there is no serial number plate so I don't know my serial number. I believe the motor is actually a 1996 because (1) digging around it looks like mercury stopped the...
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    Any Charlotte, NC area boaters...

    I've got a non-boating friend that lives around Charlotte. I thought that I'd bring the boat up and take him out on Lake Norman this Saturday.<br /><br />However, looking at the GPS map, he lives very close to an access ramp on Moutain Island Lake, just south of Lake Norman.<br /><br />Any...
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    Any feedback from "long-time" Durabak users?

    I've got a 1yr-old Bayliner 175... love the boat... hate having carpet.<br /><br />I want to get rid of the carpet before moisture becomes a problem with the floor. I'm planning on pulling up the carpet at the end of the season and coating the floor with UV-resistant durabak.<br /><br />Does...
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    comments on trolling plates

    I've got an I/O bowrider that I and the family love. We still spend most of our time doing watersports; but, my son and I are getting hooked on fishing. There's no place for a trolling motor; but, I saw this in the Cabelas cataloge....<br /><br...
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    anybody with smarttabs on a bayliner 175?

    I've got a bayliner 175 that I love; but, I need it to plane sooner so that my youngest will feel comfortable in a tube.<br /><br />The integrated swim platform is great; but, there's hardly any distance from the bottom of the hull to the bottom of the swim platform... It doesn't seem like...
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