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    John Dory Capacity Plate

    Anybody out there have a legible USCG capacity plate for a 16' 1977 John Dory boat? boat looks like the one below but is not the actual boat.
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    Fuel gauge on momentary switch?

    I have a 1986 Yamaha outboard new to me. I am running through the wiring seeing what works and what doesn't. unlike my last boat which was an I/o which had all the gauges wired into the ignition swicth, the fuel gauge on this boat is powered from the fuse block at the helm which powers lights...
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    My new V-20

    Well I moved up to a little larger boat. The bow rider was fine but I really wanted something a little more substantial to get out of unprotected waters. I decided I wanted to stay with Wellcraft and I always like the V-20. After scouring the area for the best boat at the best price this was...
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    Advice on boat /motor combo

    Well I decided i want to move up to a little larger boat. I have my bow rider up on ebay and I am surveying Wellcraft V-20's in the area. I have found 3 outboards within driving distance. 2 I am going to see tomorrow and the other 1 during the week. They are all mid 1980's and under...
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    At least I know my transom is solid....

    Was coming out of my first winterization being a new boat owner. I liked the idea of putting the trailer up on blocks to take the weight off the tires for the 6 mos of storage. Stored it with the outdrive down as well... Well I'm jacking the trailer to get the blocks out one at a time and...
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    Time for a new car lease......

    Well its that time again to get a new lease on a car for my wife. No matter how many times we do this I always feel like I have no idea if I am getting hosed or not. Anybody have any recent car lease numbers. The best I think I have so far is a Mercury Mariner with most of the bells and...
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    Ouch

    SPOKANE, Wash. ? A man driving a 20-foot ski boat on Newman Lake ran over his wife after she was thrown into the water Wednesday and the boat propeller severed her left arm, a Spokane County sheriff's deputy said. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital and was expected to survive. Robert...
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    I think I was just ripped off

    Every year I use turbotax to prepare my taxes.....this year I had some 401 K money cashed out and I was getting pretty well hammered by Uncle Sam so I went to H&R block just to make sure I was doing it right and see if they could help me get my deductions up and my bill down. Well I was there...
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    Gee....I wonder if this is a scam????

    So on Craigslist North Jersey Fri night theres an advertisement for Wellcraft V-20, 1990 newer outboard...pics look good for $2,099 I'd post the ad but it was gone Sunday morrning.....so figuring the price is too good to be true unless something is really wrong, I send an email asking some...
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    Another brain teaser

    Ok, being that we are all just sitting around goofing off..... now you have to throw a guess out there. Anyone can do it with a calculator but the fun is hearing all the estimates that people put out. You have a hole 1 mile square and 1 mile deep and it is full of water. you have a pump that...
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    Boat weights??????

    Trying to develop an opinion on different boat manufacturers. Whats up with the published weight of a boat? some manufacturers (very few) are very clear about wether or not the weight of a standard engine is included. Some make no mention of the engine being included. Many say "dry...
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    Neighbors HUGE garage

    Got relatively new neigbhors that bought the house 3 or 4 doors down from me. For whatever reason this house has a SIX car garage behind the house that they dont seem to be using very much of at all. Was thinking of approaching them about keeping my boat there during winter months. What do...
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    Boating Magazines

    Have to get a magazine subscription or two offered through my wifes school....Got 3 choices: "Boating" - "Boating Life" - or "Boating World". Anybody ever read any of these and have a preference?
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    Tune up kit /distributor cap

    Trying to find points, distributor, rotor for my 3.0L 1987 . It is a prestolite distributor. It seems most online parts suppliers only seem to offer prestolite parts for v6 and V8 and not 4 cylinders? Am I missing something here? did find one place "classicboats.com" that had the cap. I...
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    "Pennsylvania Man Claims to Burn Salt Water"

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296395,00.html Imagine what that would do for the boating community!!
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