I have a 24 foot deckboat that has been shrink wrapped and stored since September 2018.
Boat has a 350 mag Merc and Alpha 1 that was winterized then. I plan on recommissioning it in April. What should I expect to do as far as getting it started, what to check for, interior condition of the...
02 Harris 24 ft deck boat. Current prop size is 21p stainless 3 blade. Max rpm is about 4200-4300. Max speed is about 35 mph. If I drop down to a 17p will I get more speed. Seems awfully slow
I just bought a F250 pick up truck to pull the boat next year. I used to use a trailblazer to launch and retrieve my boat. I'm pretty good at getting the boat in the water with the boat on the trailer. When I retrieve the boat without the boat on the trailer its pretty tough because I cant...
I have a pretty fair size crack in my gel coat. It is above the water line and pictures are attached. It started out as some spider cracking but when I pushed my thumb over it the crack opened up as you can see. What is the procedure to repair this crack and what product should I try using...
I have a 5 pin trailer electrical connector on my ez loader trailer. The trailer has surge brakes so the the electrical is used also for backing up. The connector is damaged. The rubber around the wires split and a couple of the wrires are now exposed. My question is can you replace the...
I have an Ezloader bunk trailer with surge disk brakes. The brakes themself are disk brakes. In order to backup I have to use the electrical plug to my truck to release the brakes. Lately when reversing the brakes are starting to get sticky and its making it hard to go into reverse. The...
I am thinking of doing a fishing trip up to a lake this weekend. I have basically a ski boat bowrider without a trolling motor, so I will need to anchor the boat in certain spots. Its a danforth type anchor and has about 4-5 feet of chain. The anchor works pretty good in the muddy river but I...
I just had my boat serviced for the summer and mechanic said it needed a new thermostat. The gauge and heat gun registered temps around 120. I was having this "too" cool problem last year. When he showed me the thermostat he said it was odd that the stat was stuck closed which means the...
As I prepare to lay my boat up for the year and shrink wrap it, I was recently told that if I dont cover the prop hub with a plastic bag, water could accumulate in the hub and fill up the lower unit with water and crack it? I put the drive down as much as I can, but the marina has to move it on...
The last outing of the year I put 10 gallons of 97 octane in the tank (23 gallon tank) that had valvtect in it. Valvtect is supposed to act as a stabilizer for up to a year amongst other things. I'm getting conflicting opinions on whether to add Marine StaBil of just go with Valavtect for...
Ok - so I was thinking of going for a nice Friday evening cruise, anchoring and smoking a cigar. Well this morning I get an e-mail that sons baseball coach wants to have practice on Friday night? Do you guys with kids find this extremely frustrating. :facepalm: The league deal was one practice...
Any of you guys feeling a little light in the pockets this time of year? Ive been on my boat about 15 times this year. Its been a good year but everytime I fill up its 75 big ones when gas cost $5 a gallon. I think I have 2-3 more outings if that left in me this year. A great year however...
I noticed lately at low RPM's my temperature will get to about 125-130. Around 3000-3500 RPM's I'm maxing at 150-155 degrees and thats after running for about 20-25 minutes. Oil pressure was showing 55-58 lbs? Am I running a little cool? Is this a concern. Engine is a 2008 4.3l TKS carbed...
