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  1. JASinIL2006

    Must Have items!!!

    Safety gear depend a lot on where you're boating. For example, if you boat on a river, especially near any dams, having a couple really good anchors is important should your motor fail. Where I boat, VHF radio and tow insurance won't really do me much good. A cell phone is much more important...
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    1987 Four Winns Boat 16ft inboard would you Buy?

    Mine looked and ran great, too. I used it for an entire season. Everything was solid, no soft spots in the deck, no flex in the transom... then I tried to tighten a bolt that held the boarding ladder in place and this is ultimately where it led me. A rotten transom, soaked flotation foam, and...
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    What depth is safe for a stern drive 16ft to 18ft boat?

    As @QBhoy says, 2.5‘ to 3.5’ at no wake speed. At planing speed, you can get by on less water, but only if you know there are no obstructions under the surface. We used to use a launch on the Mississippi where there was a chute that was only about 18 inches deep, but you had to be up on plane to...
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    1987 Four Winns Boat 16ft inboard would you Buy?

    You absolutely need to have the boat’s structure evaluated - the wooden transom core and the structural pieces (stringers and bulkheads) that underlie the deck. If you don’t know how to check that out yourself, do you have a buddy who knows boats? Or a marine mechanic who could look it over for...
  5. JASinIL2006

    Ever buy a boat to big for your garage.

    That’s not a garage, it’s a hangar!
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    Building a gantry crane

    Like @Scott Danforth, I used all the lumber for other projects later. Zero waste.
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    Building a gantry crane

    This is the gantry I built to pull my engine.
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    What type transom straps do you prefer

    I’ve used these for years. They are very strong, super convenient and I have never had them loosen. I trailer several thousand miles a summer, including a few hundred miles over really rough dirt roads. Never once have they come loose...
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    Mild Winter

    Gonna be a buggy, dry summer in the Midwest if we don't get a lot more snow and some colder weather...
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    Happy Birthday, WIMUSKY!

    Happy Birthday!
  11. JASinIL2006

    Fuel use meter?

    I think this makes the most sense. If you know what each boat consumes at WOT per hour, you just build that charge into your rental fee. I've only rented a couple times, but the fuel fee was just part of the rental cost.
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    First plane ride/snow !

    Congratulations on the grandbaby!
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    2023 Super Bowl

    Zzzzzzz…
  14. JASinIL2006

    Safest way to pay for items from private, out of state sellers ?

    The invoice isn't a bad idea as it might help if you need your credit card company to intervene. An invoice alone won't make any difference in Paypay if you pay using Friends and Family, though. Your only protection from Paypal is if you pay via Good and Services (aka Paypal for Business)...
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    Inherited a custom made wooden replica 1950's runabout WITHOUT an engine

    That is a cool looking boat, but the transom (flat vertical panel on the very rear of the boat) does look like it's buckling or the layers have delaminated. That may mean there are more insidious structural problems inside... If it were me, the first order of business would be to decide if I...
  16. JASinIL2006

    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    He looks remarkably unphased by the vacuum. Ours would take off at the sight of the vacuum cleaner.
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    Safest way to pay for items from private, out of state sellers ?

    I'm not familiar with any type of escrow service. Paypal offers some protection if you use the 'goods and services' option, but that protection is mainly for buyers, so some sellers aren't too thrilled with it (in part, because they have to pay fees and any conflict resolution favors the...
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    Boat weight

    Personally, I cannot imagine putting the time or money into a 1970s boat with a long-obsolete and incomplete drive train. Rebuilding and maintaining an old boat is hard enough, without have to deal with a motor/outdrive from a company that's been out of business for 20+ years.
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    Installing New OEM Egg Crate Foam for Engine Hatch?

    How hard would it be to remove the hatch and invert it, so you can lay the foam into the adhesive and then possibly weight it down so it adheres? I think trying to get it to stick to the hatch while it's on the boat will be a bit challenging...
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    88 Capri Restoration (Splashed 08/2022)

    I would call that extreme.
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