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    Plastic Step Repair Solution?

    I'd have to drill out the rivets -not screws- hence my quest for a path of least resistance. Can't imagine there's too many '89 Spectrums around to mold, configure, finish and then market a new stronger 'step'.....
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    Plastic Step Repair Solution?

    This is where they are located (pic from the net)
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    Plastic Step Repair Solution?

    Note the presence of black hardened 'goop' on it already- looks like someone tried to fix it once.
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    Plastic Step Repair Solution?

    I have a 1989 Blue Fin Spectrum that has the boarding 'step' incorporated into the stern. The step is plastic and the run portion has developed a long crack running side to side right near the rise. (When plastic gets old, it definitely gets brittle) I tried using a piece of Fiberfix tape and...
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    Quick! Interior dimensions of an 89 Blue Fin Spectrum?!

    Tomorrow morning I have an opportunity to buy some swivel captains chairs for my 1980 Spectrum 1700 but it’s an hour away from me. I need to know if the non-OEM chairs -29” wide- will actually ‘swivel’ 360 degrees with both mounted in the deck!
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    Where do you hook up line for a skier or tuber on a Blue Fin Spectrum?

    I’m not entirely dumb on many things (and yet really dumb on some things), so this counts as the later..... I bought a 1989 Blue Fin Spectrum because I really like the simplistic lines, all aluminum hull, and this had the galvanized bunk trailer. It only has two bucket seats in it and I may swap...
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    1980 1070620 elpt lower compatible with an '83 1070523 el lower?

    Subject say pretty much it! I made a fool-hardy impulse buy yesterday. I was looking for an aluminum hulled boat to use primarily as a diving platform and saw a 1989 Spectrum posted with no prop. Thinking that'd be easy, I bought the rig ($700); non orig seats, new floor, -but- it wasn't just...
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    Result of under-powering a boat? (Half of what it's rated for)

    Being still a little bit of a newbie, I'm still learning...... After having my 1550 Forester Diva for a few years, I want to step it up. Like Chief Brody says, "you're gonna need a bigger boat." So I have my eye on an 18' Sea Ray - BUT- it needs a motor and controls. I absolutely love my 70hp...
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    Yes, another leaking boat issue.......(?)

    1994 Forester Diva 16 1994 Yamaha 70hp O/B (Shorelander w/rollers if it matters) Taking on about five gallons in three hours of water time (one hour underway, two hours sitting while two of us were diving.....and dripping scuba gear doesn't carry that much water.) Okay, first I checked for...
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    No clue how to procede: Merc Kiekhaefer 650

    OK- I'm baring my soul here- I know nothing about boats/motors- but I really want to learn. I'm piecing together an old trihull and someone donated a Merc 650 (from 1963). (www.johnsboatproject.com). Here's my question- what should I do first, second, third, etc. with this motor? I don't know if...
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