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    Is there a safe way to do this?

    Hey everyone, I'm going camping next week and I would like to bring my boat. My vehicle can tow the boat fine, and can stop provided I leave adequate distance, and actively pay attention. I have an '01 Pathfinder and a 22' Cabin Cruiser that weighs close to 4,000. It's on a dual axle trailer...
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    Backfire and stalling?

    Hey everyone, I have a 1990 22' Cabin Cruiser with a Chevy 305 V8 in it. It's always been a real hard engine to please, but it just likes to move, none of this slow cruising crap. Yesterday was pretty rough. I've been putting premium gas in it and it seems to be running better than when I'd put...
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    Public storage?

    I'm needing to put my boat in public storage. What do some of the guys that utilize public storage do to your boat to ensure it's security? I would rather not pick up my boat one day and see that the outdrive is missing. I'm thinking about wrapping a chain around the outdrive and trailer to make...
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    Axle Placement on Trailer

    Hey all, I know I post in here a lot about my boat and trailer. What it comes down to is I need more tongue weight. I can move my boat about 3 inches forward, but that will only get me about another 40 pounds of weight on my hitch. What I did figure out this past weekend is that I can move my...
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    Third Battery?

    Hey everyone, quick question before I make a huge mistake. I have an extra battery laying around that I'd like to put in my boat to run the audio off of. Right now I have a 4 position Perko switch (off, 1, all, 2). What I'd like to do is run a second battery off my secondary battery in parallel...
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    Installing trailer brakes

    Hey guys. Question. I failed pretty miserably on my trailer brake setup. I bought a 10" kit thinking everything would work fine, but apparently the hubs were too large for my axle. I had existing surge brakes on there, and I'm wanting to convert them over to electric. The old surge brakes are...
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    I need some reassurance from my fellow boaters...

    Tell me it's going to be okay... LOL! My mechanic has had my boat for a few weeks now before getting to it on Tuesday. Today I get a call on my way to work from them. They told me they had started it, which had me really pumped up. HOWEVER, my $800 bellows job turned into quite a bit more than...
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    Wakeboarding behind my boat... Possible?

    Hey all, I've got a '90 Cobia Spirit 2250 Cabin Cruiser. It has a built 305 V8 in it. I'd like to learn how to wakeboard, but I'm wondering if it'll be possible. I know it's best to have some sort of way to get the rope high up with like a tower or something. I don't really have that luxury, nor...
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    My boat bellows!

    Hey everyone, so I just got my boat out of storage last Thursday night! My excitement was short lived as I brought it to the mechanic on Saturday. There's nothing better than looking out your window and seeing your boat in all of it's glory! LOL! Don't laugh too hard, I was having some SERIOUS...
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    MN Boaters! Is it time yet?

    Hey everyone. I live in MN, I'm wondering if anyone out there with an I/O boat has de-winterized yet? I need to get mine to the shop, but I'm trying to find that sweet spot between way too early to de-winterize and get out of storage and way too late where all of the sudden my mechanic is going...
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    Stereo Upgrade

    Hey everyone! It's getting to that time here in MN to get the boat out of storage I think. I'm not quite sure if it's time to de-winterize it and throw it on the water yet, but I can at least start tinkering with it. One of the things I didn't quite get around to doing last season was the...
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    Newbie to boat trailering... I need some help...

    Re: Newbie to boat trailering... I need some help... Hey thanks everyone for the help! I really appreciate it! From what I'm gathering, I shouldn't need a weight distributing hitch just yet then. I will attempt to move the boat forward. I guess I probably gave the wrong idea as to what the boat...
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    Newbie to boat trailering... I need some help...

    Hey everyone. I'm more or less a newbie when it comes to the boating world. I've been dabbling over the past 3-4 years with 60s-70s Larson runabouts, but purchased a 23' Cobia cabin cruiser last season. Right now it's in storage (and I CANNOT wait for the season to start again), but I figured...
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    I broke a leaf spring... Can't find new ones?

    Hey everyone, I just recently purchased a 22' cabin cruiser. It seems my already short boating season got cut even more short as I was on my way to the lake a few weeks ago and broke a leaf spring. I can't for the life of me find another pair. You would think with all the power the internet has...
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    Trailer winch questions.

    Hey everyone, kind of new to boating, but you'll find me in the Johnson/Evinrude area mostly. Well recently I just purchased a new boat. It's a 22' Cobia (I think a sub-division of Yamaha?) It has a 350 V8 in it, inboard/outboard. It's got a fairly large cabin in it too, so it's not really a...
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    Ancient Steering Issues/Advice!

    Hey everyone! I have a 1963 Larson. It's like 15' or 16', something like that. I was on here a few years ago and found a diagram on how to thread the steering back together. Well tonight it failed miserably again. It's got a REALLY old steering system. There are two wire cables running down each...
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    Throttle and performance issues.

    Hello everyone. I have a 1963 Johnson Evinrude motor on a 1962 Larson runabout. I've had it out many times within the past few days, and it's been running great until I put it on the water today. It always starts right up without any problems, but today it would not run at full throttle. I was...
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    63 Evinrude Crankshaft issues?

    Hey everyone. Kinda new here. I have a 1963 Evinrude 35HP. On my last trip out I seemed to have destroyed a lot of things with this engine. I fixed the gear case issues, but within the last few hours realized that I think the crankshaft is screwed up. The flywheel somehow got loose, broke that...
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