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  1. tpenfield

    I Got Me a Mercury !!!

    I've been wanting to get an outboard motor for the dinghy that I made a while ago. Today I picked up an engine . . . Mercury 7.5 HP, twin cylinder Looks to be a 1970's vintage motor. When my brother was about 16 years old, he bought one of these brand new. Looks just like it. :thumb: I...
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    Bravo Trim Cylinder Maximum Extension Length Question . . .

    Re: Bravo Trim Cylinder Maximum Extension Length Question . . . Also thinking that if anyone had good access to their Mercruiser Bravo 3 outdrive out of the water and did not mind taking a couple of measurements for me . . . Looking for the bolt-to-bolt distance of the cylinder ends in the...
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    Bravo Trim Cylinder Maximum Extension Length Question . . .

    Hi Folks: I am doing a little bit of design work for a D-I-Y "mechanical trim indicator system", and in the process I am trying to find any published specification to the Bravo Trim cylinders. (FWIW - I am tired of the inaccuracies of the regular trim/tilt gauge so I want to go with a...
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    Great White Sharks Visit Cape Cod . . . (again)

    Shark Sightings Rattle Nerves Along Cape Cod Coast - ABC News Years and years ago, shark sightings around Cape Cod seemed to be rare. . . but now we are getting an annual pilgrimage of sharks, mostly to the Chatham & outer Cape area, where there are seal populations. IIRC, scientists have...
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    Swim Ladder Down !!!

    Yea, so this weekend I forgot to raise the swim ladder before starting the engines and proceeding away from where we were anchored. Once I gave the steering wheel a turn the oversight became audibly obvious as the prop struck the ladder in a rapid grinding fashion . . . :facepalm: No harm...
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    Looking for a 'new' boat . . .

    Re: Looking for a 'new' boat . . . Summer update . . . I wanted to post an update now that I have a bit of experience under my belt with this boat. I was initially concerned about the ride, but have experimented with trim and have trimmed in when heading into a chop and then trimmed up when...
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    Got into a sailboat race yesterday . . .

    Of course not my my sailboat . . . instead with my 33 foot powerboat :eek: We happened to be heading out of the harbor yesterday morning and as we came up the channel, I noticed the local yacht club was having a sailboat race (12 foot sailboats). The sailboats usually race in the harbor and...
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    Sanitation (waste) system design/alteration question

    Re: Sanitation (waste) system design/alteration question UPDATE: I finished the plumbing alteration, so now the toilet pulls water from the fresh water tank . . . I added a new pick-up to the fresh water tank . . . (light colored tubing) Then I routed the hose along the starboard side of...
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    Boat refueling on the water from 5 gallon gasoline cans . . . Regulations???

    Yea, so I did some searching here and found a few threads, but nothing definitive. I refueled my boat (or should I say added a bit of fuel) this weekend on the water at its mooring with 20 gallons using 5 gallon cans. I have done it in the past on my other boat, and was remembering what a PITA...
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    Found this rolling around my oil pan...

    Re: Found this rolling around my oil pan... One of those pins that are used on an engine hoist I suppose . . . (click image for larger view)
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    Sanitation (waste) system design/alteration question

    I have a fairly complete sanitation system on my 'new' boat, similar to the design illustration below . . . the system appears to be designed to take in sea water as its water source for the toilet, and then I have it set to discharge into the holding tank (not over board). I would like to...
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    Bilge water on a seasonally moored boat . . .

    I did a bit of search for discussions on this sort of topic, but did not come up with much. So, I figured that I would pose the question . . . here is my boat on its mooring for the season With the significant rains that we've been having over the past couple of weeks, a fair amount of rain...
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    Looking for a 'new' boat . . .

    Re: Looking for a 'new' boat . . . It was a really calm day on the Bay today, so the water was really flat . . . about a 9 on a 10 scale . . . We anchored a couple hundred feet off the beach today, but the water was really cold (62 F) so did not swim . . . While anchored, I replaced the...
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    VHF Radio Installation w/ Pics

    Re: VHF Radio Installation w/ Pics Another Update: I was out in Buzzards Bay today with the boat and thought to do a radio check . . . The closest SeaTow check station was located about 5 miles away over both sea and land. The playback reception was loud and clear. So, I think the radio...
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    Wind & Wave Forecast site . . .

    I recently found a web site that gives pretty good wind and wave forecasts. It is mostly intended for kite boarders and wind surfers, but I have found it useful for planning boating activities too . . . Just wanted to share and see if anyone else uses this site or something like it. BTW -...
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    Ideas/Suggestions for 'Drying Out' Bulkheads

    Re: Ideas/Suggestions for 'Drying Out' Bulkheads Yes, I made a thru-hull at the bottom of the pit, leading into the bilge. Here is a picture showing the thru-hull (right most arrow). The tank is embedded in foam, so I have dug out a cavity in that area for water to collect and drain via the...
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    Ideas/Suggestions for 'Drying Out' Bulkheads

    Re: Ideas/Suggestions for 'Drying Out' Bulkheads Now that I have the boat in the water, I am postponing any further moisture remediation until the Fall of this year. Anyway, I wanted to get some input on an idea that I have for pulling more moisture out of the fuel bay during the summer. So...
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    Looking for a 'new' boat . . .

    Re: Looking for a 'new' boat . . . Quick Update: Small Craft Advisories out on Sunday, so we kept the boat in the harbor, which gave me some time to practice close quarter maneuvering, docking, etc. We anchored for a while in the harbor . . . so I was able to try out the anchoring process...
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    Looking for a 'new' boat . . .

    Re: Looking for a 'new' boat . . . We had to make about a 7 mile trip to our harbor, where we could moor the boat for the season. Here the Admiral and I are out in Buzzards Bay making the trip to our harbor. there were 2-3 foot waves and we came down hard off of one of them and the shock...
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    Looking for a 'new' boat . . .

    Re: Looking for a 'new' boat . . . LAUNCH DAY UPDATE: (June 1, 2013) Today was the day when we finally were able to launch the boat. The boat hauler arrived about 1:30 PM . . . Positioning the trailer under the boat . . . Then we went off to the launch ramp. . . which is a couple of...
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