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    Re-wire kit

    Unused or stray wires in a harness is common. Boat builders would use the same harness on all the boats of a particular model and install it as the boat was being built. That harness would be constructed for all the possible variations of accessories that might be ordered. One individual boat...
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    Registered at my local lake today,, Bit of a rant😮

    I have seen that at other reservoirs that have multiple agencies trying to manage. The water company owns the reservoir, the county leases the land for a park, the state still has its boating regs. Too many fingers in the pie with competing interests.
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    daily music fix

    Makes me feel old every time I hear of the passing of one of my favorite artists. Always was a big Skynyrd fan from their early days on. The first real formal date with my present wife was a Skynyrd concert back in 1998. Gary was with them still then along with Johnny Van Zant.
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    What size

    I have a 12' Meyers V aluminum that I use on the smaller electric only lakes around here. A couple of years ago the oldest boy picked up a 5hp Merc 2 stroke. Ran it on the lake with the 5hp and it would plane guessing about 15mph. Your boat is probably a little heavier so speed would vary...
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    If you raise a rain barrel 10 feet high, and attach a garden hose what kind of pressure can you expect from gravity alone.

    Fresh water or seawater. Having been a Navy firefighting and damage control instructor many years ago all that math was permanently stuck in my brain. I used to tell my students early in the course that if Toriccelli had used water rather than mercury it would be 33 feet high. That made it...
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    What depth is safe for a stern drive 16ft to 18ft boat?

    Knowing what river could help. Are you planing on pleasure boating, fishing, or even water sports? Are there charts, aids to navigation or do you just have to learn it through experience. I can think of 3 rivers right now that I have boated on close to home with similar depths and they are...
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    Bow Stopp Guidance

    Having been young and broke and now old and thrifty (cheap according to my wife) I feel your pain. That boat trailer was obviously not set up for that boat. Google "proper set up for boat trailer bunks" and you will find a lot of info on setups. It may be possible to use the existing trailer...
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    First plane ride/snow !

    Been there. Mine was an April Nor'easter at Navy Base, Newport RI a few years before '85. Mine wouldn't start and opened the hood and saw why. Dug the snow from under the hood by hand. Didn't have a shovel so pulled a sign out of the ground by the post to dig the car out. The sign said...
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    First plane ride/snow !

    Reminds of when we used to shovel snow to make a berm around an area to skate and play hockey on. After it was cleared water was pumped up to coat it and make a smooth (OK, somewhat smooth) surface to play on. Going way back in time I can remember them cutting ice blocks to fill the ice house...
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    Mild Winter

    The dog and I decided to cut up through the woods to look for shed antlers coming back from the mailbox a couple of days ago in almost T-shirt temps. Set a new record for getting my first tick bite of the year. Beat the old record by almost a month.
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    First plane ride/snow !

    Maybe I need an exorcism, I think I am overdue again.
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    First plane ride/snow !

    That's my fault. For the first time ever in late Fall when it was still t-shirt weather I put the chains on my skidsteer rather than wait until I was knee deep in snow. Result, it is now late February and I haven't had to plow my lane once.
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    Ever buy a boat to big for your garage.

    Built a garage 35 years ago and went with 9' doors just in case. The first time I backed the Ebbtide in busted off the stern light. When I finally got a hanger for my plane about the same year first time I pushed the plane in broke the fiberglass housing for the beacon on the vertical...
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    Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

    Built a garage 35 years ago and went with 9' doors just in case. The first time I backed the Ebbtide in busted off the stern light. When I finally got a hanger for my plane about the same year first time I pushed the plane in broke the fiberglass housing for the beacon on the vertical...
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    2001 25hp Nissan NS25C3 - Trouble Starting

    Just love a story with a happy ending!!!
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    Can i put a different brand outboard on my boat

    Around 1987 was when makers went to the standard OMC pattern so that may be a little iffy. No big problem, just a little more work if they are not the same.
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