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    Better hole shot for a jon boat.

    What is a tiny tach?
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    Better hole shot for a jon boat.

    I've got a 16ft Bass Tracker Pro 16. Console, 25hp Mercury. I'd like to improve hole shot and top speed a bit. The hull is ridiculously light. I've read it's like 300lbs but I've never weighed it. Is it worth going to an SS? I've read that on lower HP motors it doesn't make much of a...
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    Prop Swap opinions...

    FWIW I got mine with a 21p 3 blade. She'd hit 50 easy with just my wife and I, but didn't tube well. I dropped to an aluminum 4 blade 19, but still had problems fully loaded and the more I used it the more often I'd have 6-7 people on it. I then dropped to a 17 four blade aluminum and that was...
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    Prop Swap opinions...

    I also went to smart tabs as well as reduced pitch on my prop for my boats.. I do a ton of tubing and water sports with my son and his buddies, and as they've gone from 10 to 18 the hole shot got noticeably worse. The smart tabs have helped quite a bit with hole shot, and I got a huge...
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    2 stroke longevity?

    I like your thinking!
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    New prop and trim tabs update.

    So... I resisted going the SS route for a long time. But I got a good price on a Turning Point Express mach 4 so I pulled the trigger. Same pitch, slightly bigger diameter. At the same time, I also added nauticus trim tabs; the 60lbs variety. My '16 Four Winns H190SS with the 4.3mfi and the...
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    anc switch.

    I'm an idiot. It's the ACC not ANC.
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    anc switch.

    That's a separate switch actually. NAV/ANC. Up is anchor light, down is nav lights.
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    anc switch.

    So... I realize this is a dumb question. But.... on my Four Winns the bilge stopped working. The switch itself stopped lighting up. I'm assuming a fuse. I got underneath the console and saw that the wiring there looks to me like a bunch of angry snakes. Might be beyond my meager abilities. (I've...
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    2 stroke longevity?

    Thank you everyone. And I appreciate the perspective. I actually like my 2 strokes. I have several non marine and an old OMC/Johnson SPL that run like champs with rec gas. I do admittedly sometimes over-oil the gas a bit. I had an old '69 Evinrude that was as reliable as a slant 6. So it...
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    boat snap on covers

    Thanks everyone. As to the use, I'll admit it's 1/3 vanity 2/3 usefulness. The boat spends the summers in my garage and the winters with the snap on covers under a professional shrink wrapping job (after she's been cleaned and dried out). I love the look of them and they do a nice job...
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    boat snap on covers

    Specifically, the cover for the bow and separate cover for the passenger area (though they zip together). Are these nearly impossible to find? When I look on the internet all I see are generic boat covers? Looking for my '16 H190
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    2016 Four Winns H190 snap in cover replacement

    I love my snap in cover, but it's getting a bit threadbare. Are there ones you can just buy online or do they have to be custom made? I went to Seal Skin and they don't even have my boat let alone a cover.
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    2 stroke longevity?

    My BiL bought at 2 stroke PWC last year and uses the hell out of it. It's a '97. Yes it's rough but he got it just to see if he wanted to do a PWC at all. Turns out he does. I'd kind of like to do the same thing, but I've read that they haven't made 2 stroke PWC's in 15 years and they were...
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    Four Winns H190 Trailer bunks

    Holy crap!!!!
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    Four Winns H190 Trailer bunks

    The plastic pads don’t scratch the hull? Why not pressure treated with aluminum? Thank you!
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    Has anyone replaced the windshield on their boat?

    I'll reach out to them. Admittedly on the SS I'm being a bit picky. It's a low rise windshield that doesn't do much to block the wind and almost nothing at all to see through LOL.
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    Has anyone replaced the windshield on their boat?

    My 4 Winns H190 SS windshield glass is okay, but it's started to get crazed. Just wondering what I can do about it in the future. I've looked online but not seen much.
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    Four Winns H190 Trailer bunks

    My bunks need to be at least recarpeted, but maybe replaced. As they seem to hold a TON of the boats 2800lbs, is there a way to be sure I can get something that won't break? Most seem like they are just 'Wooden carpeted bunks' for like $150. But they don't seem to have a weight range. Can you...
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    Can you add a wake board tower?

    That’s probably beyond my skillset. Maybe a good boat mechanic can do it.
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