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  1. smokeonthewater

    Out on the new Carver today.

    Having a hard time w pics right now... Need to shrink em when I get home. For one on for now.
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    Replacement trailer frame?

    Soo I'm facing the same old trailer too short issue we get here all the time and had a thought. I have a 7000 ezloader trailer that's about 5' too short for my new 5500 lb boat... I have a lot of good and new stuff on it and 30' trailers are hard to find and very pricey... Has anyone ever...
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    Pending inspection!

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    Boat owners manuals

    Boat owner manuals for nearly all small (under 40') recreational boats are very generic in nature and generally contain no information specific the the boat. Generally they contain very basic information on navigational aids such as bouys and information on wearing life jackets.... You aren't...
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    Where is the cheapest nice place to live on a boat?

    Got in a discussion with a friend the other day about retiring and living on a boat.... Got to wondering where to go.... $1000 or more a month would take a lot of the allure out of it. Nice clean water fair climate... LOW COST .... Electricity water pump outs and at least a local grocery...
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    ATTN TABMAN... tab size

    Soooo My twin merc 260 I/O 28' cruiser has TINY Bennett tabs on it and is quite stern heavy... The tabs measure 12x8... Looking on the Bennett website it tells me that I need at least 24x12 tabs and I'm inclined to agree BUT I don't think they will fit. iI is 28" to the center of my outdrive...
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    New Silent CHOICE Exhaust system!

    Since I'm suffering from ACF (Acute Cabin Fever) I've been thinking..... I think I finally devised the PERFECT solution for Selectable loud exhaust! I don't think we need to COMPLETELY eliminate loud exhaust, after all the only reason any of us ever mind it is if it intrude on our own...
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    Choosing boat carpet... fireman?

    sooo aside from the boats shouldn't have carpet Jazz... I find that I need to buy some carpet for my cruiser... this will be snap in on top of the white gelcoat dash and floor in the cockpit ... color: Burgundy.... measure... 8' x13' should do it... ok done right... OH HECK NO... 18 oz 20 oz 22...
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    Hit a rock and sank!

    Almost met up w a fellow iboater today but........... So last week I picked up a couple of Kaw zxi900 jetskis and put some wrench time into gettin em running... today a friend and I took em out on the Ohio river and about 7 miles up river I smacked something in the water at about 50 mph...
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    I got me a new tow rig!

    I have a hitch and tail light converter on the way.... Think I can tow my Monte Carlo.... I'm sure in Europe they would! :facepalm: J/K I plan to pull a jetski or two with it.... MAYBE an atv on a super light trailer. Will post up pics of hitch install and wiring.
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    side window flocking

    sooo my old welcraft cruiser needs new (EDIT) flocked rubber in the window channels for the stupid side windows that they should have never put in..... I need to take them apart and clean 25 years of crud out of the drain channels and the (EDIT) rubber is already falling apart so there's no way...
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    Thunder over Louisville

    Anchored up now just upstream of the bridges.... Fireworks in about an hour
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    My new ELECTRIC trailer brakes

    Well I just tossed all of my old leaky rusted up surge brake stuff in the garbage and now have new dexter electric brakes on both of my 6000 lb axles along with new seals in the hubs.... the 20 year old (and likely never serviced) bearings looked like new but the brakes were GONE. By the time I...
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    Bought a kicker... need a lower unit tho

    sooo I picked up a merc 7.5 today serial number 4132901. I'm trying to figure out what lower units will fit Looks like the part number on my lower is IIRC 1630 3916 and I found a 1630 4407 for $50
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    can my computer be fixed??

    Sooo My faithful laptop crashed during an update from ms and it came back with a screen telling me to use the windows disk and select repair.... Well there was no "repair" and I GOOFED! I saw "restore system image" and didn't realize what I was doing till it was too late. the whole process took...
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    help me reccommend a prop for a fellow on another forum

    I put the same questions to him that we have on the sticky and here are his answers... whacha think? 1) Performance issue you are trying to correct.--- get on plane faster and lower rpms to with in range 5800 2) Current prop manufacturer, model, aluminum or stainless as a minimum.--- aluminum...
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    Boat Handling 101

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    How to unload your small boat on the ground in 5 minutes

    Sooo since this subject comes up so often I took a few pictures today when I swapped my new trailer under my boat. I didn't remove the engine. I didn't measure anything or build anything. I didn't break a sweat. At no time was my boat or any person in any danger at all. First step... I used a...
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    Free boat! UPDATE!

    I've made a couple mentions recently of a free wellcraft center console I knew of.... Well thursday I'm going to pick it up..... we'll see what it turns out to be.... should be a fun little thread to figure out if it's a dream or a nightmare. the only pics I've seen of it are 5 years old...
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    BUNK SLICKS WOW! just FRIGGEN WOW!!!!!

    Since I started using the Monte Carlo I have been power loading it..... I KNOW I shouldn't be and I have tried to use as much inertia as possible but it has always taken LOTS of throttle for half a second to get it to the bow roller.... I couldn't winch it on (I have a big winch and I tried)...
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