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  1. harringtondav

    Are wheel locks the way to go?

    I swing my folding trailer tongue back, wrap the safety chains around it and lock them together with a long Master lock. Defeatable, but a little more hassle for the thief. A friend has the lock that @JASinIL2006 showed in #5 above. This looks good to me.
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    Hole shot, or up easy?

    Torque stress on the drive is at its worse on a hole shot for sure. I've been aware of this. Past boat had a 4.3 LX 180 hp pushing and Alpha Gen 2 on a 2300 lb dry boat. I wasn't too worried since my pal had a 350 mag pushing a heavier boat in front of the same Alpha which I resealed and saw no...
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    Hole shot, or up easy?

    Understand. If I have passengers they are in the back bench....never in the bow seats. So a slow acceleration means more time with the bow blocking my vision. ...another reason I get it over with quickly.
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    Hole shot, or up easy?

    I've had plenty of power in the boats I've owned and driven. So when it's time to get on top of the water I dump the throttle and get up w/in a few seconds. ...old habit from pulling skiers up I guess. I observe many boats from our river house clearing the no wake and getting on a plane. Many...
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    2005 Rinker Captiva 192 - should I stay away

    Ditto to @alldodge. That 4.3 is about at it's limit for that size boat. But it should perform fine with a lighter passenger load. At rated load it probably will take more time to plane. The price seems fair considering the shortage of new and good used boats. But it wouldn't hurt to test the...
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    How to secure floating dock with Pontoon Boat

    Not knowing the tree positions I think you've come up with the best solution. Get lines/ropes long enough to wrap once around each tree. Connect a hook or carabiner to the end of the line, and secure the other end to your dock. Wrap the line around the tree and secure it with the hook, etc...
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    BRP reveals a new style of outboard, Rotax powered, horizontal crankshaft....

    The promise of Ficht DI was lower emissions with no unburned air/fuel mixture going out the exhaust during the scavenge stroke, and better fuel economy from the more discrete injection. I don't know the fatal flaws with Ficht, but I reckon advances in ECU technology have fixed these. I'm a...
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    BRP reveals a new style of outboard, Rotax powered, horizontal crankshaft....

    Three of my sis's in law have places on the same 260 acre lake. Two have pontoons with smallish O/Bs .....35 hp. They only putt around the lake with neighbors/friends on cocktail cruises. All have 120V extension cord power for their boat lifts, so charging wouldn't be a problem. I doubt any of...
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    BRP reveals a new style of outboard, Rotax powered, horizontal crankshaft....

    This outfit has at least one prototype. It uses up to four conventional 12V batteries. As with a gas boat, battery life is a function of throttle position. I text chatted with the principal guy. The drive is a submerged axial electric motor with a planetary reduction drive...
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    BRP reveals a new style of outboard, Rotax powered, horizontal crankshaft....

    State of art Tesla battery technology is around 10 lbs per kWh. One gallon of gas = 33.7 kWh, or 34 lbs of battery. 1 hp = .75 kWh. As we all know, planing boats are power thirsty. The rest is simple math. .....I'm thinking it will take a bit longer than next year for speed boats.
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    Check your furnace filter

    Filter boxes are available in a variety of sizes. Your return may allow one to be inserted, with some modifications. A trip up into the attic sounds like a pain to change a filter, but less painful than what you just went through. Possibly there's a more accessible location in the main return?
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    Enough horsepower?

    Right on. The original post brochure pics stated 1670# dry. That is w/o your O/B motor. ...maybe someone will chime in with a guess on its weight. I SWAG around 120#. Getting a weight for your boat is simple: Unload all gear and note approx. fuel . Tow the boat to a scale and get a weight...
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    What type/size of boat to get for the St. Lawerence river?

    I've always favored bow rider glass runabouts. Shorter than 20' can beat you up in chop and boat wakes. BR seating and layout easily accommodates your plan with plenty of room for guests and their gear. A snap in bow/tonneau cover with the windshield closed keeps spray and wind out of the...
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    Prop hitting anode

    ^^^^ What @flashback said. Solas makes quality props. I doubt you have a high blade.
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    Enough horsepower?

    Planing @ 25 mph and towing @ 5 mph sounds like you are hp limited for your boat and needs. Props can't increase hp, only adjust how you use it. Per your post title "Enough horsepower? ...seems no. There are many reasons your boat is under performing vs. the many sage comments above...
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    Enough horsepower?

    Start with an online propeller selector tool. iBoats has one shown below. This will show the spline size, prop diameter and recommended blade pitch. The rule of thumb always holds: Lower pitch = faster planing and low end towing power, but lower top speed. Higher pitch = slower planing and...
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    Battery discharge. ...normal?

    I'll be back to the dealer...eventually. I'm not impressed with their service dept. I've received two recall notices from VP for a possible under torqued schrader valve somewhere in the fuel system. ...dealer knows about it and tells me 'any day now'. When I get the boat on the trailer at the...
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    Battery discharge. ...normal?

    I keep the boat on a lift. No shore power but I have 120V available for a battery 'tender'. ...easier to open the provided power disconnect.
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    Battery discharge. ...normal?

    Thanks. The boat sleeps on a lift, and my bilge isn't auto as near as I can tell. The boat's floor, gunnels etc are a single mold. Which is great for keeping water routed to the aft bilge drains, and not the structure below. ...bad for adding wires. Even worse when the day comes to replace...
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    Dumb-dumbs at the Dock . . .

    ...and so will the kids. My sister calls this 'social entropy', natural movement toward disorder w/o an external orderly influence.
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