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In the attached picture is the leak I mentioned in the title. The little nubbin-looking thing in the middle of the red circle is actually the flap from what looks like the tiniest tear ever. I think it was a glob of adhesive or whatever they use during manufacturing and that the slat floor tore...
I have a small 18' bowrider with minimal power needs -- standard stereo, VHF radio, charge phones and tablets once in a while, and -- of course -- starting the boat. I'm strongly considering swapping out my single starting battery for two deep cycle / starting combo batteries wired in parallel...
Just purchased a 2012 Glastron MX185 with a 4.3 MPI 220 hp motor / Alpha One with 1.81 gearing -- 72 total hours on the whole boat. Dinged prop was replaced by dealer prior to delivery a week ago with the same 23P prop that originally came with the boat.
Today was the first chance we'd had to...
A little context first: My wife and I want to buy a boat but we're limited as to the size we can buy because our max towable limit is 3,500#. We can't replace our tow car with anything bigger because we also tow the car behind our RV, which means we have to find a boat that works with the whole...
