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    almost floated my truck yesterday

    Lake Champlain is well past its flood level right now, which has pretty much shut down half the marinas. The marina I keep my boat at has a couple feet of water in the parkinglot. Yesterday I needed to unload some extra lumber from the boat, and bring it back to my friends house where Im still...
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    Can't find an ENGINE fuel primer bulb for a Gamefisher 15...

    I've tried searching all over the net, different words, different filters, and I just keep getting inundated with fuel line primer bulbs. I need the bulb that primes the carb. Anyone know where I can find one, or a similar enough replacement? Its an 88 Gamefisher, thats made by Force...
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    Re-prop question...

    As far as I know, when propping a boat, you pair it to the max working rpm of the engine. Lets say you never run up to max working RPM? I have a 40 ft houseboat, if I run it wide open (a little under 4000 RPM), I can hit the neck breaking speed of 8.5 knots, and empty the gas tank in no time...
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    what keeps you going thru winter?

    This is my first season with my own boat, and that boat has grown on me. See, I live on it. Now Im staying at a friends house for the winter because its a cheap option, which should let me pay down some loans I have rather than paying some steep rent for some crappy apartment. Im a little...
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    So there I was....

    This season was my first as a boat owner, and while I've been around boats for many years... never have I dealt with anything larger than maybe 18ft. So there I was, my first day on my 40' houseboat. It was exciting and a little intimidating at the same time. First order of business after...
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    All coal tars created the same?

    Knocking off all the loose paint and rust on the bottom of my boat and putting down a few coats of coal tar in the spring. Been looking around at coal tar epoxies, but not many specifically mention boat hulls (although if its good enough for sewage treatment, I hope it works almost anywhere)...
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    Ok... which outdrive is it...

    I looked thru some of the resources here, I've looked at pics from a google image search, Im still not sure which outdrive I have. The boat is assumed to be a 1970 Stardust Cruiser. Its somewhere around 1970, I just don't have any paperwork that can tell me for sure. Its got a MerCruiser 165hp...
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