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ok so I have a new theory... is it possible that my grey water tank is leaking? Here's why I wonder. I never use my grey water system and it's only hooked up to my head. I was just thinking about it and these leaks started after the first time in months I ever flushed the toilet. I think...

So... last time I checked it was on Friday. I think I said in my post that I was experiencing a pattern of finding actual inches of water in the bilge, cleaning it up, and then finding more water. I was able to see a bona fide trickle of water coming down from the transom area. Last time I...

I think I have it narrowed down, at least mostly? The water seems to be pooling right under the drive shaft. It's really hard to see what's going on but I don't see any leaking/seeping above the drive shaft, and the main trickle is coming from a little ledge where the water is pooling directly...

Not sure what you mean by finally but... maybe? Like I said they're brand new and professionally installed. And they haven't leaked for months, why would they start leaking all of a sudden when they're not being shifted? But, if this is the issue... how do I confirm this to be the issue? Thanks

I guess this is possible, but does it fit the sudden leak? Just trying to picture this, I feel like it would start much slower. For what it's worth, I had that boat on a trailer for 2 months working on the bellows and the mechanics and I both spent a lot of time bouncing on the outdrive (me...

Hello, about 6 months ago I bought a 260 Sundancer. It was in the marina when I bought it and I had it hauled out and had the bellows and zincs replaced by a boatyard and did general maintenance (bottom paint, etc.). I also pulled the drain plug, cleaned the hole, and put new heavy duty teflon...

This is actually genius, I hadn't even thought of this. Either way, I will be doing this next time I haul my boat out for sure. Question. How do you ensure that your new fiberglass bonds well? Especially when the part is a high stress part like a trim tab? Like let's say I use a hole saw to...

Ok so here's what I did on the trim tabs. They have two plates the kind of sandwich the tab, but for all intents and purposes, what I need to seal is the back plate. I drilled holes, sanded the area just to scuff it, and then I put 5200 in the screw holes, spread a line of 5200 around the back...

Hi all, I recently bought a boat that I keep in a slip. I had it out of the water for an inspection, survey, etc. and while it was out I had some service done and installed a few things like trim tabs and a fish finder bracket, etc. Now the boat is back in the water and I'm realizing... how...

Hi all, I recently picked up a Bravo 3 and I want to do a full 300 hour service on the outdrive and motor. I see the mercruiser kit is over $600 and comes with an anode kit, seals, shift cable, and transom repair kit. The transom repair kit comes with bellows, gaskets, etc. However, this kit...

Hm. Is this a bayliner specific thing, or are all glass boats not great after 15 years or so? That seems... not ideal. Like it's just not worth looking at a glass boat older than about 2010? I feel like there are a lot of 90s, 80s, even 70s boats running around out there. Should I be...

Hm. Respectfully, I see things a little differently... I am, at the moment, pretty neutral—but given my individual goals, budget, risk tolerance, etc. there are certain pieces of information that I need in order to make a fully informed decision. I think if you read back through the thread, I...

I'm pretty sure that I said that I had a mechanic come look at it this morning? So it got started this morning. Mechanic used fresh gas and piped it right in (bypassing the tank). So.... I guess what changed is that a mechanic came :) It can come out of the water to rebuild... once I own it...

I think there has been some miscommunications/assumptions. When I said that the hull is clean, I meant above the waterline. There is significant growth under the water. It looks like mostly some wispy algae, I did not see a of barnacles or other hard things and didn't feel many when I ran my...

Thanks for your detailed reply. Yes, I think the boat has continuously been in the water all this time. I also doubt that there's much left of the outdrive, I am 100% replacing the outdrive. What I'm less sure about is the rest of the transom assembly. The boat is a 1991, so pretty old...