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    How many bow ropes? 1 or 2?

    How many bow lines on your boat? A separate line for both port and starboard, or a single line from the center? Is the size of your boat your reason? If so, how big?
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    anyone use folding chairs for seating in runabout?

    thinking of grabbing a couple of these for extra seating and leaving minimal fixed seating in the boat i am redoing. was hoping for opinions on how stable these are while underway. also- anyone who has them can you please describe how well they fold down and stow? dimensions when collapsed...
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    what does catastrophic stringer failure actually look like when it happens?

    I dont mean rotten stringers, Im talking about when someone decides not to replace rotten stringers, what eventually happens to their pleasure craft while under way? I was just talking to someone about the need to repair the obviously rotten stringers in his boat, and he said 'meh- when I cant...
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    Christening your boat

    Re: Christening your boat
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    Debating conversion to centre console- opinions wanted

    I will try to make this long story as short as possible... I picked up this boat this fall, and am currently spending absolutely silly amounts of money basically having the whole thing redone from the bottom up. While I would have loved to attacked it all myself and learned my way through...
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    Best Handheld Spot?

    Looking for advice on an excellent handheld spotlight. Willing to pay for quality. There are so many of these things on the market these days, and not all are created equal. I am hoping for something relatively small in physical size with a nice tight, bright beam that shoots a good distance...
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    GPS, charts, fuel flow, FF combos. What set up do you have?

    I am looking at putting in a gps/FF unit but would like one I can also read fuel flow on as well. Anyone have a set up like this? what brand/options did you go with? Have you found it worth while? I have heard both garmin and lowrance have fuel flow possibilities- not sure about humminbird...
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    outdrive service, parts markup by shop normal?

    I want to start by saying I understand everyone is in business to make money, and am all for it, to a degree... I was blown away this week by a quote from a local shop to do some work on the lower unit of my sx drive. Long story short, I had it in for a prop shaft seal and they called back to...
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    1973 Hunt 18' Transom repair and other restoration

    Just picked up a 1973 Hunt 18, with a 2001 volvo penta 4.3gi sx 205hp (300 hours). this one was from a single piece mold, not actually built by hunt or oday, not sure of the actual manufacture, but its the hunt mold. great deep v design by raymond hunt. the engine is apparently in great...
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    2001 Volvo penta 4.3gi sx efi 205 hp 300 hrs approx value?

    Wondering if anyone can guesstimate the value of the above engine. Compression tests show 175 across all 6. Looks clean, was not used since fall 2011. Engine was started and compression test done in aug of this year. This is on a boat I am thinking of buying. Boat is relatively clean, needs...
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    complete newb questions- deck, stringers, transom, etc

    I have been in boats my whole life, but am about to embark on my first reno beyond small fiberglass patches. I have been lurking on here for a while reading all the incredibly informative threads, but I still have a lot of very basic preliminary questions. The boat is a 16' Hunt. An amazing...
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