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  1. ziggy

    jetski soaked me on fathers day

    so, my sweety decided to let me go what we call boat camping on sat. night. my boat's just a nineteen foot w/hardtop. she's not big on boat camping anymore, so it was something special for me to do on fathers day. we had to dodge mild rain prior to going out. wanted to go out about 6, but left...
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    1st splash in 1 year, 5 months

    boat in sig. last winterized in late oct. '14. winterized pretty much by the book (service manual #2). stored dry, empty block and manifold. oil chg. every thing greased. [drive impeller replaced, pressure test done](early 2015). alignment checked prior to this years drive replacement. stored...
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    buying a van w/corrosion on it.

    i'm needing to replace my work van. a 99 chevy express 3500 w/5.7L vortec. has 206,000 on it. i want the same van i got. i like it. so a chevy express 3500 cargo van. these aren't to easy to find but i found one 33 miles away. problem, i think is. it has corrosion on it like a boat????? the...
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    eagle rescue, it's nice to see 'good' news

    this boater will have a story to tell the rest of his life. glad it was shared on the news. saw this in the news today. it's good to see something good in the news. cograts to this boater. he's gone above and beyond the call that day. way to go man!
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    it was kinda windy today!

    so me and the ol'lady got out on our short vacation last weekend. had a great 4 days @ lewis and clark lake @ yankton, SD. i believe it's the last of the Missouri river to be dammed up prior to heading off to the Mississippi. it's about 22 miles long and a mile or two wide. the long way is west...
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    the fourm just don't work right for me.

    i get error messages all the time. just now i was commenting on a thread, had a bunch wrote down, and poof, i was no longer signed in and everything i wrote was lost. good thing it's done it to me so many times i've learned to copy what i'm writing w/hopes of being able to paste it back in after...
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    rebuilt props, fyi

    just some food for thought when ya rebuild yer own prop. i've only had this last one rebuilt. i might not do it again if the turn out is the norm. my turn out was a loss of 400 rpm's. the prop is a plain aluminum black max 14.5 x 19p. i figured if there was any prop that could be brought back...
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    keel repair

    well, i needed to do keel repair when i got my boat 8 years ago. i didn't. now i'm thinking i really should do it. i didn't do it for lack of knowledge. i still don't have the knowledge so think i'll need some help. i've never done any fiberglass work at all. this is what i got. this is...
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    so the tv went out for a few hours today

    well i was having my lunch this afternoon. i like to watch the news when i have my lunch. granted i only got low level cable (22 channels). i get what i want. anyways halfway though lunch cspan went snow. bummer. i watched some snow the rest of my lunch and then went and moved on. now i see...
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    advertiseing ? does your business use a seo company? my perticular woes

    i've got a small biz i've made my living off of for the last 15 years. i always just did the yellow pages thing. it worked up untill this internet thing came by. i've done my website thing. it's through go daddy. i have what they call a search engine optimizer that corrects me when i make...
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    question on transporting a canoe on the roof of a small pickup

    morning folks. i finally figured out how i'm gonna get on the water after winterization of my Nineteen. a canoe. my first question on canoeing is how do i transport it? this is how i got it set up now. it's not been road tested yet. will this work? i got some more webbing and could...
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    student tracking IDs, security vs freedom

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/texas-school-district-rep_n_1949415.html that's just wrong. i remember when my boy was in public school. he had to wear an id. he didn't like it and put up much resistance. i sided with the school and told him to wear the darn thing (which in the end he...
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    the (mine) ships cat

    i've done this thread before (a few years ago). found a few folks that take their cats out too. not many though. well, my other cat decided it didn't like boating. right before we'd go out we put the ice in the cooler. this sound would send her running. you'd find her under something, hiding...
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    sharpen up your Ninteen with a sharpie

    my AristoCraft logo on my boat has been a little faded looking the last couple years... ya can see the difference between sharpened up and worn in this pic. and here it is all done shapried up. ya just be careful and go over where the black was and put it back with a sharpie... this lasts...
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    boat covers, hydamax vs sharkskin

    any one have any opinions on which brand, fabric to get? sharkskin or hydramax. i don't know the difference. this is what i'm looking at..
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    i need a new boat cover, what do you have?

    i'm in bad need of a new boat cover. the one i have is a titan boat cover. they don't seem to made anymore. what my biggest problem is. finding a cover that i think will cover the side of the boat. i know our beam is 80''. but with the hardtop. i think it's closer to 102''. 102'' beam is the...
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    over night privacy on your Nineteen

    i don't know if any one else over nights on their Nineteen. but if you do, and you'd like some cheap non damaging (no screw holes involved), i think i've finally figured it out in my 6th year of owning a Nineteen. really was a pretty easy idea. ya use twine, or string of your liking. ya use...
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    renewed calls for pwc safey

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/13/high-profile-crashes-create-perfect-storm-for-recreational-boating-safety/?test=latestnews any opinions on this from fellow iboaters? while i now have a boat. i did pwc for 9 years. i didn't initially take a safety class, but before i was done i had become...
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    breaker point question, '75 165 L6

    so i R&R my breaker points every spring. i always just go get them from my local mercruiser dealer. oem part #34235T. item 14 here. so i take my new points home, take the old one off and low and behold. i can't install the new ones. :eek: not only can't i install them, they don't have a pair of...
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    mc-1 upper to lower nyloc nuts

    for my '75 mc-1 drive. i want to replace my nyloc nuts for the 5 studs. can i use ss nyloc nuts from the hardware store or do i need to use oem nuts like i will be for holding the drive to the bell housing.
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