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    Tough Sight to Behold

    Excuse me if I end up rambling. I went down to Delaware Friday night to visit the man who had a lot to do with making me the man I've become. My grandfather is 86, although 3 weeks ago you would've sworn he was only 56, the way he worked and the strength he had. He is about 5'6" and was 174 lbs...
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    Reverse rotating the outdrive

    I was looking at my control head the other day while I was replacing the control cables and I realized the shift cables could be mounted so as to reverse the action of the control(pull instead of push and vice versa) with the effect of when I put the control in forward, the oudrive will go into...
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    Need advice on best control cables

    Hi, and thanks for checking my thread. I have an '86 Nova III with twin merc 260's i/o. I am replacing the throttle and shift cables from the non-merc control head to the engines. I can't use merc cables (wrong control ends) and have looked at the teleflex red-jacket, R/J supreme and the new...
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    Forward deck hatch replacement

    I have an '86 Nova III which has a flush, frameless hatch on the foredeck. The material(neither glass nor plexiglass) is deteriorated and I would like to replace it. The mechanics of replacing are not difficult. Finding a replacement is, however. Anybody have a link or recommendation of where I...
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    Canal Day?

    Anyone planning on going to Chesapeake City, Md. for Canal Day at the end of June?
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    Bedding compound

    Hi all! Quick question for you . Ineed to rebed my forward deck hardware including the bow rails. I know there is bedding compound available, but I have a tub of plumbers putty in the garage- is it the same stuff? Or is there better stuff to use than bedding compound? Thanks in advance for...
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    Boating the Upper Chesapeake

    Is there anybody on here who boats around the upper Bay area? We go down several times a summer and are looking for other people to meet up and raft up. I go to a lot of the popular haunts but always anchor by myself because I don't know the ettiquette for rafting with people I don't know. So...
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    1986 Nova III

    Just wanted to say Hi! I bought an '86 Nova III last summer and wanted to get some opinions or suggestions from people who know Wellcraft.
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