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    Why not use a boxer engine in a boat?

    I thought it would be interesting to have a boxer engine in a boat with direct drive. Then have an internal cooling system that runs along the prop shaft to cool the engine? Remove winterizing, bellows, and that annoying large engine box. Kill a flock with one stone :) -Hostage
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    Is this wall load bearing?

    I am looking at moving a wall and I am trying to figure out if it is load bearing or not. I live in a 1979 Colonial house. That has 2 floors and a basement. The wall I want to move has the following details: Is on the second floor (attic is above it) Wall runs perpendicular to the ceiling...
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    Weddings Costs

    So a couple months ago I spent boat money on a ring and got engaged. I had no problem buying the ring, but I started to feel disgust when we started realizing how much these venues want you to spend. We then started to talk about maybe doing a destination wedding as it is cheaper, then her...
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    Deck Boats and Stability in rough waters (how do you define rough waters?)

    Right now I own a Deep-V and I noticed the difference in how rough the waters are in NYS compared to TX. My granddads 1970's tri-hull was great in TX. I do see many people buy and use pontoons and deck boats up here in the bays and finger lakes. I have also seen some of them venture out into...
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    Anyone forget to empty their Livewell?

    A lot of people own Livewells, I don't but I was thinking...How many of you guys forgot to take the bait out of the livewell? Regards, Hostage
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    New boats seem cheaply made.

    I went to a boat show this past weekend in Rochester with my fiance and we checked out a lot of newer open bows. I wanted to show her some of the newer designs and how we can easily store her items safely. She really likes how we can store things in our cuddy. I was amazed at how many...
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    Trolling

    Anyone else notice that trolling on this forum is a lot different than trolling on another forum? 1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolling_%28fishing%29 I sometimes have to do a double take when someone posts a "trolling" topic on this forum...
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    Any Merchant or Navy men/women on iboats?

    I am starting a novel and it has to with ships being taken over by pirates in the horn of Africa. As this is my first book and I don't know much about setting other than what I have read and watched on TV, I would like to get info from people who have been there. I guess I am wanting to know...
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    Using a coworker's spouse as a contractor? Mixing work and non-work services?

    My fiance and I are getting some quotes to have our bathroom remodel. I mentioned it to someone at work and they suggested that I use their spouse as they own a contractor business. I have used a different co-workers spouse as a realtor with great success. Though I guess it makes me feel wary if...
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    Remodeling Bathroom, where should I start?

    I am looking at remodeling my bathroom. I heard of plumbing DIY can go wrong very easily. If I wanted to remodel my bathroom, where should I start? Should I just get a plumber to do most of the work? The bath places and big stores seem to want to charge a lot of money to redo a bathroom. I am...
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    How is sailing on large bodies of water?

    When I was younger my dad had a sunfish and it was fun taking it in the small lake in Texas. We then got a Catalina 22 and it felt like it was to big for that body of water. It felt like it got boring really quick as we would sail the whole body in less than a day. We would also spent most of...
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    Covering a boat stored inside?

    My boat has a Sunbrealla cockpit/mooring cover, if I am storing inside a warehouse is there any reason I should put another cover on top of it? Last year I shrunk wrapped my boat and stored it outside.
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    I think I winterized my boat...

    These are the steps I took... a) Top tank off and added stabil 1) Engine on Muffs, I warmed the engine up 2) I ran anti-freeze threw the cooling system for a while 3) I sprayed engine fogger until the engine stopped 4) I found 5 plugs (2 were mirrored to the other side, the 5th one was on the...
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    Easy way to lower the lower unit w/o access to the inside

    I am planning on having my boat winterized and shrink wrapped. After that I want to transport it to a storage area, since the boat will be shrink wrapped, I would like to lower the unit to release strain on the bellows, do you guys have any suggestions? I am thinking about removing the two...
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    Bad time to travel to NYC?

    My g/f and I have been planning on going to visit family who lives outside of NYC. We would be coming down from Rochester, NY. My g/f has been very hesitant to go as we heard there is a lot of flooding between us and the destination. We also have concern that the road conditions combined with...
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    So my neighbor tricked me into going to a Pyramid Meeting.

    I love my neighbors, but I should have known better when I got invited to go to this meeting. I felt very uncomfortable by the cult/religous attitude and overly kind attitude of people there. I had no idea what I was going to, until I walked into the conference room. It was an intro into why...
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    Remounting seat mount onto hull

    I noticed that the seat is suppose to be mounted with 6 screws/bolts on my boat. I see two of them are missing. Is it okay if I use Marinetex to fill the hulls and I redrill them put 5200 and use new SS screws to hold the seats in? Regards, Hostage
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    Suprised by US Custom's Politeness

    I went to Canada (2hr trip) this past weekend on a drift dive (scuba diving and flowing with the current) on the Niagra River. Going across the boarder to Canada was quick and they charged us $3. On the way back the line was much longer and I was expecting the typical calyst custom's offical...
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    Went to Register my g/f a Frequent Flyer Number and got this...

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    Getting winter Tires?

    I am thinking of getting winter tires and rims for my Acura MDX (AWD) SUV. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Hostage
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