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    Boat leaning

    I have no experience with trim tabs. but the thought occurred to me that maybe using tabs in combination might help...ie. raise port side to just where it falls to starboard then touch on starboard to keep form going to far the other way. again I have no tabs on my boat so no experience with...
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    23-24 foot vs 26-28 foot pros and cons?

    In regards to the flat spot on transom, my 21 ft has something similar to what you described. Now this is just a guess, but it may act similar to the "pad" on bass boats, (kind of a simi pad) also could be there so prop moves in clean water. Either way I don't notice any ill effects from the...
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    Boat wakes

    In regards to outboard vs i/o, I've had both. Imho, the i/o has a few more items to consider, for instance, the bellows can develop leaks after a while, winterizing a touch more complex, at idle speeds boat tended to have "deep vee wonder " meaning it wants to kinda zigzag when trying to go...
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    Nobody fishing?

    Oh...double post...go figure?
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    Nobody fishing?

    Pulled this out of sam Rayburn tx. I'm not a serious fisher though
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    Nobody fishing?

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    First boat buyer questions

    Both boats ,as said above, have very different water handling, fuel cost, not just on water, but also pulling smaller vs bigger boat with tow vehicle. I have a 14ft john and a 21ft chaparral. The chappy great with people, stable when waves or sudden storm crops up not much of issue, have speed...
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    Peoples vs. Peoples/Gear weight limits?

    In addition to what has been stated already, I would think that a cuddy would have a heavier dry weight than a deck so this could affect overall capacity of boat.
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    20 Hour Oil Change

    This shouldn't be a problem for a few hours over..as long as there hasn't been any issues. I have a Yamaha f200, the same thing happened to me. I was on vacation at lake when 20hr mark came. When I brought it in for 20hr service said not an issue. But maintenance on these motors is critical for...
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    float level question.

    Hello all. New to forum. I recently rebuilt my carburetor on my mercruiser 3.0 (2008 mercarb TKS 2 barrel), got it back together, put it on, runs good. When I set the float levels for float drop etc. I went by the shop manual and set to specifications..ok no problem. But tonight I found a...
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