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    Required Safety Course

    According to a DNR officer I became friends with, of those that have taken the boating safety course in our area, most do not remember anything they were taught after 30 days ! Only took the course to get the papers for their insurance discount.
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    Boat Battery Questions - Cranking

    Ask any battery mfgr, we have two different mfgrs in our area. Their engineers as well as the instructions that come with every deep cycle battery I have ever bought claims that high amp charge rates can lessen the life of a true deep cycle battery....thus the reason for the dual purpose...
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    Boat Battery Questions - Cranking

    Get two new gp 27 combo batteries. They are a cross between deep cycle and starting type battery, commonly used in motor homes and larger boats without trolling motors. WallyWorld has them as well as most battery dealers. Always replace batteries in pairs when running them together. Deep...
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    How many very new 4 stroke engines will be running trouble free at age 50 to 75 years old ?

    Due to labor and repair costs, the newer four stroke engines will not need much of a repair to become a parts engine. My local marine repair dealer says it is far cheaper to just replace a short or long block, rather than due a teardown to make a repair....at least for warranty repairs. Once...
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    Swapping to an opti

    That is why you use a quiet air rifle, no one will know !
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    Don't know what I got

    Another popular saying is....the boat you get for free will cost you the most !
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    100+ outboards

    Find a flea market around the great lakes area, load up a trailer with small out boards and spend a long weekend there. Small out boards are hot sellers as trolling motors on larger boats and typically move quickly if in good condition. If they look junky or don't run, you can't give them...
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    Random

    Another example is when a woman has a baby, it is normally not to long after when she considers having another baby. I don't ever recall a man asking for another kick in his nuts after the last one.....child birth must be easier !
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    Questions about purchasing a 1982 75 HP 3 cylinder Johnson

    This is why we run tests on things before we purchase them....without testing all we are doing is guessing. Next question is cost.....is it priced to allow normal replacement of wear and maintenance items ? We can't see, feel or touch, so anyone's guess.
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    Wild Finish at Daytona

    Side by side ads are even a bigger joke, no sound and smaller, harder to see. Worse part about all the ads, is they are the same ad over and over and over ! Anyone else notice how many if these repeating ads are for prescription medications ? We can't buy it without a script from a...
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    Wild Finish at Daytona

    With all the "equal" cars on the track, the races have become extremely boring ! Glad we have a hopper, we record most everything we watch just to eliminate the advertising which is horrible ! Average TV show is now 50% ads, sports games and news reports are 65-75% ads. Hardly worth watching...
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    battery volts

    When I was a young lad, my father charged our batteries in the basement. At one of the windows he built a shelf and made a box for the batteries to set in that had an open vent to the window that was cracked open. It appeared to work well, but over time you would see some type of crud building...
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    Required Safety Course

    My boat has always been fitted with correct requirements, never failed a safety inspection in my 60 plus years. When I change boats, one of the first things I do is look for a safety inspection. In my area they are generally around, especially on weekends. The Aux typically posts the launch...
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    Required Safety Course

    Hmmm....in my 60 plus years of operating power boats in a variety of states here in the midwest, never been ask about a boating safety course or any type of safety course. Been pulled over many times for boat inspections and fishing license checks but never ask about any type of safety course...
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    Outboard ran without water for about five minutes

    I think he is referring to those that don't pay close attention to what they are doing. Folks get busy and don't realize the water level in the can has dropped to low or it runs to long and the water gets to hot. I use to use a trash can until I got some good muffs. Still use a can for small...
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    Turbo tax

    Used most all the home tax programs over the years, Turbo Tax seems easiest for us to use. Retired so not complicated, but does a good job with our retirement accounts.
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    74 Evinrude 9.9 recoil

    NOT a fun job....but doable with extreme caution and care !!
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    gregor

    If you have seats that go all the way across then suspend your floor from those seats. When I have added floors to small tinney skiffs, I created a 90 degree angle from aluminum and attached it to the seat side letting it hang down to where I wanted the floor. Then used 5/8" 5 ply plywood...
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    Alpha outdrive stud came off with nut. Never saw this before???

    Better off just replacing them with new ones, why invite more trouble ?
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    Alpha outdrive stud came off with nut. Never saw this before???

    Not sure the red is rated as wateroroof....I know the blue stuff is... If properly used, have never had the blue stuff release unless I wanted it to and been using it for close to 40 years. Proper install means everything !
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