Hi guys, I just need to put my mind at ease or open my eyes. I'm looking at a 1987 Wellcraft V-20 steplift cuddy cabin boat with a 1987 Mercury BlackMax 150 hp outboard on it. It is one of the "clamshell cowl" models. It been sitting for 4 or 5 years now, suposedly winterized properly. I...
I posted a while ago that I had finally collected a pair of roller-cam vortech 350's by various means. Both engines are in decent shape, but need to be freshened, you know, rings and bearings, valve seals, etc. I was on one the the high-performance mail order websites and started looking at...
My boat runs twin 260 merc's with alpha 1's and a while back I managed to come up with a '99 5.7 factory roller-motor for 150 bucks..brand new. Great, now all I needed was a matching engine for the other side.....well great news...one of the guys inthe shop mis-diagnosed a customer's engine...
I hope this post is ok, I don't intend it to be religious or political as I am neither political or particularly religious.
What I am is confused about a few things relating to the holiday season and the gross commercialism and consumerism it has become.
I find myself struggling to buy gifts...
I thought I'd start a new thread of boating related one-liners. See what we can come up with. I'll start.
If you can't pronounce "bowline" properly, much less tie one, you may need a Boater's Ed. course.
If you think "Gunwale" is pronounced like it's spelled, you may need a Boater's Ed...
I'm pulling a 5.0 chev out of an old celebrity with an omc drive and don't have the books and also no experience with omc i/o's. the question is; what do you have to do to get the motor out. I don't need the basics just what comes with the motor as far as bellhousing assembly. does it come...
I am headed to the Ches. Bay for vacation this week. I'll be staying in a house, where I can keep the boat in the water, up at Carpenters Point on the Northeast River. Anybody else going to be down in the area? Maybe we can arrange a get-together. Let me know.
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Stan
I have been having running issues since I bought this boat in Sept. It had a bad miss at 1100 rpm and smoked a lot at idle. I checked compression and one cylinder was a little lower than the others- #1 I think it was. I did a link-n-sync and that helped a little but it still wasn't right. So...
I took out my little Checkmate for it's first run this weekend and it ran fine for the first 20 minutes, but then I started getting a steady beeping from the alarm horn after the engine was started. One beep every second or so. Checked both the oil resevoirs and they're both about 3/4 full. I...
Congratulations are in order for "Arks". Rob and his boat "Winter Dream" made it into the May issue of Boat US. Back page top right picture. I thought that was pretty cool.
I need to install new rubrail on my '86 Nova III this spring and would like any helpful tips anybody might have to offer, including which type of rubrail to use. Thanks in advance for your time.
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Stan
I have a boat with twin Alpha 1's. Both drives rotate in the same direction and I was thinking about changing one to counter rotating. I have looked into it and know that you have to get the lower leg, and I know exactly what is involved in the change (pretty simple, really). My question is...
The new baby was born 10/21 at 5:17 p.m. She was 5lbs 14 oz and 18 inches long. A little peanut, but she and her mother are doing well. Now I just have to come up with a name for her. :D She's #3 so maybe Trinity :D
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Stan
