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    My safety tip of the day is...

    Another issue can be how close together the waves are. Here on Lake Erie the waves are closer together, on average about 7' apart, so even n small waves can feel rough on a small boat. My brother was on the ocean in Florida, where waves were closer to 40 feet apart so small waves were not...
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    My safety tip of the day is...

    Way to big, according to my calculations...
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    Boat purchase during Northern winter

    Fair market value can be very difficult to establish. Boat values can differ greatly depending on location and extreme changes in weather. For example hat reason, I recommend looking at everything you can, self educate yourself by shopping. After a while you will be able to spot what might be...
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    Boat purchase during Northern winter

    Broker wants to be sure he gets his cut ! If it were me, and yes I have done this before, is to have a written agreement with a healthy deposit. In the agreement, you need to decide what is passable and what is not as this is where any disagreement will come to be after the sea trial. You...
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    1998 bay quest with 150 johnson ocean runner

    As with any boat, look at condition of flotation material, is it water logged?? Is the hull interior holding any water.
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    Boating GPS

    I have an older Lawrance unit that the previous owner added a card for the States and southern Canada. Only used it here on Lake Erie, but it works great. In the lake, it shows every marker, bouy, off limit areas etc. When running down the Maumee river it shows all the street names, bridge...
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    Cigarettes, shocked!

    No wonder there are so many folks in line for free handouts, if you smoke, you can't afford anything else !
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    My safety tip of the day is...

    At my end of Lake Erie, the water did not drop 7 feet......after it dropped 4 feet, there was no more water left to drop !! Water here has been low for the past month or more. Hoping we are not entering the low water cycle that the lake goes thru every seven or so years. Been thru these high...
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    What razor and single razor blade in it are available ? CHEAP Who sells such a simple razor and holder ?

    Unfortunately, in most cases, they are the same pump. The consumer just pays up front for the free replacements down the road. The mfgr is betting on the consumer to not take the pump back each time and most won't !
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    My safety tip of the day is...

    Charters return to protect their clients....no sense getting sued for injuring your clients. My boat is only a 16' so I draw the line when waves exceed two feet. Can always go another day. When I had my 22', I drew the line at 3' waves, yes it could handle more, much more, but not in comfort...
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    Offer accepted

    Same here, we added another 1200 sq ft, plus a 24x24 heated garage and a 24x40 two story pole barn to our retirement home. Probably will need numerous semi trucks when time to clean this one. Been here a little over 25 years now and it is scary when I look at all the crap we have stored !
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    My safety tip of the day is...

    Grew up in the Port Clinton area of Lake Erie, had a cottage where the old rt#2 ran along the lake front. We saw 12' plus waves crash over the roadway many times and witnessed a number of vehicles literally washed off the road and flipped over !! Great Lakes are to be taken seriously as...
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    rodent infestation

    Was the he road there first ? Years back I belonged to a gun club that had been there for over 75 years. Tall terms and banks with nothing behind them for miles. Then along came some developers and created some neighborhoods about a mile behind our berms. Then those little communities...
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    What razor and single razor blade in it are available ? CHEAP Who sells such a simple razor and holder ?

    Lots depend on density of a guys beard hair. My father had really tough beard hair. He liked Norelco electric razors. He would wear them out in 6-8 months and return them under warranty ( one year) for replacement. After replacing a few, they ask him what he was cutting ?? My beard was...
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    Offer accepted

    When we moved, after 23 years in our home, I ordered the largest trash bin I could get delivered to our home. Don't remember the yardage but it was big..could park two cars inside it ! Filled that up and two more !! Never knew how much crap we had accumulated......
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    What model Mirrocraft do I have?

    I have owned Mirrors boats in the past, no complaints. Often aluminium m boats go by the year they are sold on the title, where the HIN shows date of manufacture. Don't put any faith in a date on the title. Even the HIN tags are added at a later date. Did a short tour of a small boat facility...
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    rodent infestation

    Back in the late 90's we bought our property to build on. There were only three other homes in the immediate area with large spans of land between. Our property was 1320' deep, so I walked out back to survey the land. There was some shooting off in the distance, sounded to be way off. Before...
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    Side Bunk Placement

    Depends on boat size, but in reality, it makes no difference.
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    What razor and single razor blade in it are available ? CHEAP Who sells such a simple razor and holder ?

    Yes it will, but not convenient enough....to time consuming, and a real danger to many of the uncoordinated folks that try to use them.
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    Merry Christmas IBOATers!

    DITTO........
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