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    How do surveyers check boat transoms?

    One of the risks of used boats (since the boat makers are slow to quit with wood) is rotted transoms. How is that usually checked? - look at the top of the transom for delamination /holes/ etc- that seems obvious, but what other methods are used to check- say on a 19 ft outboard type boat?
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    Boat dealers against bearing Buddies?

    I have been looking at 17-18 ft new boats and tell the dealers what I want, including among other things a trailer with bearing buddies. Most of the dealers say Oh No we dont use those, we use xyz and they try to explain what they use. What gives? I used BB for 12 years on the last boat without...
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    where do old boats go?

    Dealers keep selling them, where do they go? Do dealers ever cut up junk ones and put them in a dumpster? Or are they all out in the country on a vacant lot?
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    Why is boat buying so hard?

    looking for 17 - 18 ft --- Probably considered too small by you guys- I have just myself and my wife , and a car/ small suv - not a truck, so pulling more than 2500 pounds up a slick boat ramp may be too much. we are in salt water but do not go offshore. We also use a boat in the spring and fall...
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    Are boats in your state made in the state?

    I live in south carolina and we have some national brands here- bayliner, sea ray, whaler etc etc, but also a few local companies started by one or two guys key west scout sea hunt now tidewater and I think Pioneer some of these small company boats are really pricey, maybe due to slow/low...
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    General Yamaha history question from 1985

    does anyone have an idea of what has happened since say 1985 that allowed Yamaha to have increased their sales so much? I am boat looking and the choice is probably Yamaha or Merc but I wonder what happened, and was it salt water related? - I think Johnson / evinrude sunk themselves with the...
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    Any decision on 15% ethanol in car gas?

    EPA or someone was to decide this summer I thought. wonder when we will have compartmented fuel tanks so you could buy less gas but still have a "full" part ogf the tank/
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    hull wood failures in 1995 up bayliners

    have there been any hull wood failures in recent bayliner hulls? say since 1995 or 2000? or are the Bay hulls OK. Bayliner tells me they now use some sort of xl plywood, but I do not know how long they have used this?
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    Two ? - flotation and wood

    1. does a typical new bayliner say a 185 have any flotation? If you hit something and hole the hull does it sink? 2. Does bayliner use wood in their boats? Many boats are wood free now- I am looking at the 180 Outboard. wish you could get a yamaha on it. here 10/1 yamaha to mercs
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    2009 OB ratings

    Honda does not sell well in my area -coastal salt water. Are they over priced? Its almost all yamaha here, 10/1 vs mercs. Is that marketing, or are these ratings really significant? see picture
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    Ethanol _Do Yamaha and Merc protect from it differently?

    Yamaha seems to say you MUST have a water seperating , 10 micron fuel filter. Yamaha dealers here say we dont sell a boat new or used without one. The Merc Outboard site says something like: extra filters will restrict fuel flow and we have already protected the engine. Do new Mecr outboards...
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    what does a 4 cyl weigh?

    a mercruiser 135 4 cyl, with alpha 1 sterndrive. thats what my old 18 ft boat had- I am comparing that drive to a merc OB 90 HP that weighs 399#
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    Help on cover for 17-18 ft Bowrider

    Hello, I am looking at buying a 175, or 180 OB bowrider. Dealer likes: 1. the "cockpit only" boat covers- it has lots of snaps and it covers only the open front bow area, then over the windshield then to the stern. the side gunnels are NOT covered. is custom done by a local shop. Dealer feels...
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    Boat covers and boat carpet, outside

    How well do boats with carpet survive stored outside with a fabric boat cover over them? Does the cover trap humidity and the carpet then molds and rots? I want a bowrider like 17 ft or 18 ft and some of them . come with a carpet. I can not store it in my garage. should I only get a boat with NO...
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    90 HP Mercs

    Do they have Yamaha power heads?
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    center console vs bowriders (I am boat looking)

    center consoles seem to take up 80 % of the boats in 17 and 18 ft lengths. At least in coastal south carolina. do the cc boats provide adequate spring and fall (cooler weather) wind protection for 2 people? the windshields look small compared to the ws on bowriders/dual consoles (my wifes eyes...
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    Vornado, etec, fi etc questions

    I tried to post in the engines but can not. for engines made in the last 3 or 4 years what type fuel system do these engine have? etec? Vornado optimax Std Yamaha. I know what FI is (injected into the intake manifold) and HPDI - is injected into the cylinder itself, but what type system is on...
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    Boat values- only NADA

    is NADA the only organization that has "book" values on used boats? I called several banks here they did not even seem to know- they said "we call a boat dealer" ??
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    who sells the most OBs?

    anyone know where the 2009 or 2008 sales results are for outboard motors, that is Johnson vs suzuki vs yamaha etc?? I have looked without success
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    Yr General opinion of 2003, 2004 90 HP Johnsons??

    I looked at a used boat yesterday, 2004 sea hunt, 90 hp johnson, bult 11/2003. How reliable generally were these motors? finicky? expensive parts/ complicated? etc Age of the engine bothers me (6 seasons) and I dont know anything about the general design/reliability. Any input? Thanks
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