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  1. fisherguy123

    World`s most extreme kayaker

    http://www.dump.com/2010/11/30/highest-waterfall-in-a-kayak-189-ft-video I Love kayaking as well as powerboating, but this guy takes the cake for either being courageous or crazy !!!
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    Unusual Boats......any pics of oddball boats you have seen ? add a brief description

    saw this boat moored in a saltwater bay in Newfoundland.....made of about 5 old 200 gallon oil tanks welded together. Nice paint scheme with Jaws and all !!! Pretty good looking rig actually !
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    Simple ATV winch

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=135zkGk2fak&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-715 Everybody gets their ATV stuck right ?......simple way to get it out.....near the end of video is a neat use for the winch !!!!!!!!!!
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    Studded snow tires ?

    A friend of mine may be purchasing a boat in the Boston area and asked me if I would use my truck as a tow vehicle. I have 4 studded snow tires installed as they are allowed here due to fast changing winter conditions. Canadian provinces will alow me passage through with the tires because they...
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    good battery?

    I`m on a volunteer fire dept. We have a pager system that has a battery on a trickle charger as a stand - by power system in case of a power outage. Just to be safe the chief decided to replace our battery with a new one and I got the old one . It is an Exide Orbital , the only numbers are 24A2W...
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    Propeller Guard....any experience with?

    I have been thinking of putting on one of these guards for running up our local salmon fishing river which is boulder and rock strewn; of course all the good spots are hard to get to! I would like to hear some input from anybody that has used them or has another design that works. I have a 14`...
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    Online Manuals...inexpensive and fast !

    I was looking to purchase a service manual for my 1982 merc 50 and would have to order it ($34.95) and have it shipped ($14.) . My son who lives in the digital age suggested to get it online, download it , save a backup on CD and then just print off what pages you need when you do a repair or...
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    for you Snowmobile Lovers...great video clip !!

    after a slow start winter has finally come to Western Newfoundland Canada.....this was shot today in Lewis Hills of the Long Range Mountains near Corner Brook .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s148ose88Y
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    Do you need a boaters license in your part of the world ?

    Here in Canada you now by law have to write and pass a recreational boaters exam to obtain a "Pleasure Craft Operator Card" to operate any powered boat, even a canoe with a trolling motor. The fines start at $250 to be without it. The stupid thing about this is that I have a friend who is a...
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    Cruising among the icebergs

    this was taken last summer in Notre Dame Bay Newfoundland.....the part showing is about only 10% of the berg so you can`t get too close . The water is 1000,s of years old and is fresh and makes a great icecube for your drink. They harvest these here for bottled water and Vodka. this area is...
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    Hang in there Australia!!- tough times

    Re: Hang in there Australia!!- tough times We here in Newfoundland ,Canada also had severe flooding in Oct 2010. We luckily only had 1 person drown but it destroyed a lot of infrastructure and homes . I Know what you are going through .The weather in the world is certainly changing . We...
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    what year is my Canadian made merc 50 ?

    :confused:I got a blue striped 50 merc with electric start, tilt and trim....made in Mississagua, Canada, S/N ....7198975. Checked with several of the charts but can only get as close as guessing it was made between 1980 and 85.
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    DIY Seats

    I really couldn`t afford to buy new Back to Back Seats for my old Chrysler Valiant so I made my own for less than $100 for the works. I designed them to be storage spaces for my Life jackets and stuff.
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    power drop from battery

    I would like to re-locate my starting battery.It is presently about 2 ft from my motor and I plan to move it to a better spot in my boat . I will be using about 10 ft of 8 gauge copper wire. Does anyone know if there will be a noticeable power drop from my 650 mca battery. The motor is a 1980...
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    Tri-Hull Club...Yes? No? Maybe?

    Re: Tri-Hull Club...Yes? No? Maybe? I got a 70`s ...Chrysler Valiant .....the makers catalogue back then called it a "cathedral hull" does she qualify to join ? If so I`m in .
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    old boat museum tour on u-tube

    if you like old boats you will love this video on u-tube of the Great Lakes Maitime Museum.....they even got an old 25 Merc that Roy Rogers owned .....link ....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKTKGrqVS8k
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    fishfinder/depthsounder

    Any suggestions for a good ,inexpensive sounder for my boat. I don`t have a lot of experience with them but I want it for a 14` fiberglass runabout for fishing and letting me know what depth is under my bottom. My brother borrowed my other boat last summer and broke a piece of skeg off and...
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