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    Marina Slip Safe?

    I have gotten an offer on a marina slip (first ever) and am wondering if it would be good. Location is Canada side of the St Lawerence River closer to Lake Ontario, and my boat has a 18 inch draft with engine up and 30 with it down. My LOA is 24.5ft with engine and then 8.5ft beam. The slips is...
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    Replacing Anodes on a 2019 225XL

    I have a Mercury 225XL from 2019 and the anodes on it are due to be replaced, especially the bar one. I'm struggling to find the part numbers for these. Anyone have a good way of finding it? I tried google as well as the parts catalogue from Mercury. My next step if no one can help here is to...
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    Power steering pump making loud whining sound and condensation inside the housing

    Went today to check the power steering fluid and seems like it is low. I am having someone pick some up for me tomorrow and should know early next week if that was the only issue.
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    Power steering pump making loud whining sound and condensation inside the housing

    Ah yes sorry was a long day jacking a deck yesterday it is a 2019 Mercury 225XL
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    Power steering pump making loud whining sound and condensation inside the housing

    I have been doing spring prep (stupid me but that is another post) and I have come across a loud whining sound coming from my power steering pump and some water condensation inside it. How do I go about figuring out what is wrong and what is causing each of these issues? I should note that...
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    Boat Seat Replacement

    I'd give it a shot yourself if you are handy and if not a local marine canvas shop would help you out pretty cheap. Around my area you'd be paying $125-175 CAD for that to be replaced with cheap material and probably $250 CAD with good stuff. I did a quick search on a local dealer and materials...
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    Retractable Transom Tie Down Strap size

    That is amazing, the best we have around here is a concrete ramp that is double wide and we have game wardens there every few hours. There is probably 100-150 boats through in a busy day. There are certain hours that are horrible and of course that is when you want to go out/in.
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    Retractable Transom Tie Down Strap size

    Getting to the ramp i normally have a cover on and leaving almost never do. Here we normally attach the winch strap and move. The 5 minutes is on a busy day you pretty much have to be out of the staging area since it is so small. Your only other option is so attach your transom straps and...
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    Retractable Transom Tie Down Strap size

    I found some with that working load, that might be a better option then. I used to have an over the top strap on an old crestliner however I am not sure I could do that with this boat due to both the cover (unless I went under) and the fact the boat is taller than I am sitting on the trailer so...
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    Retractable Transom Tie Down Strap size

    I thought it seemed low however it fit within 1/2 the weight of the boat so was unsure. I have always sided on overkill to an extreme with a lot of stuff and am trying to get reference for what is reasonable and not too overkill.
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    Retractable Transom Tie Down Strap size

    I'm in fresh water and I am just trying to make life a bit easier when boating on a busy day. Half the days I go out the launches are nuts so if I can avoid forgetting something all the better. I had factory ones on my previous boat and it was great. I need to replace my current straps so...
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    What thinketh the membership here..... Useful or just hype

    I've been looking at something like this for most of the winter. I really want one because I go solo boating most of the time with a 21ft center console which I am unable to reach the boweye from inside the boat and the launch I go to has no way for me to get to it other than over the bow and...
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    Retractable Transom Tie Down Strap size

    I am looking to add a new transom strap to my trailer for my Blackfin 212CC which is a 21.5ft center console boat weighting about 3600lbs dry or about 4825lbs fully loaded for a day of fishing. I am looking at straps online and trying to determine what I need for breaking strength to allow me...
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    Hooking up a sionyx nightwave to a Simrad Go SX9

    Ah okay I was thinking it came down to just wrong connection type rather than a data processing issue. Damm
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    Hooking up a sionyx nightwave to a Simrad Go SX9

    It has other inputs which I believe are available so I was thinking an adapter might make it work.
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    Hooking up a sionyx nightwave to a Simrad Go SX9

    I have a Simrad Go SX9 and have been looking for affordable night vision for my boat since I am hoping to do more night runs this year and while I loved my radar last year it just didn't give me the confidence to run at night like I need/want to. Right now what should take 1.5 hours would take...
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    Truck reporting over hitch weight

    I have maybe ~170lbs worth of stuff and people in at the lightest when this triggers. In theory I think I get 1200-1400 lbs of payload or something like that. So 900 lbs for trailer max then even say 200 lbs of people and stuff and it should still be well under.
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    Truck reporting over hitch weight

    Ended up getting someone to pick up one of these for me and I'll grab it after the holidays when I see them and test it out first chance I get with snow gone. Might be a bit off with the winterization but should give a rough idea. still
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    Truck reporting over hitch weight

    I can pretty well ensure I am not over with stuff and people in the truck, I myself weigh about 140lbs soaking wet and it goes off when I am by myself. The only stuff I keep in my truck is a small backpack full of overnight stuff as well as 4 rachet straps and 1 tarp. I normally grab everything...
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    Truck reporting over hitch weight

    I agree, I hate the new trucks for half of what they offer and the other half is either nice or I just don't care. If I could get a 10 year old duramax I gladly would but around here they all have too much rust for my liking
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