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    New Hubs being returned

    I bought new 6 lug 5.5" 3k pound hubs from my local trailer guy. I opened the box today to pack them with grease so I can finish the trailer tomorrow. Both hubs the back races were not pressed all the way in. On further inspection you can see tremendous heat was used and blue marks on the races...
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    Bottom paint for trailer boat. Help

    I have an ablative black paint on my Monterey from when it was in a slip full time. My boat is back onto the trailer and will continue being a trailer boat till she is gone. I do rent a slip for a month here and there. I am wanting to repaint to a white ablative because I so dislike the black...
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    What anticorosive spray do you use?

    My motor and engine room on my boat is kept neat clean and dry. With anything in the marine environment corotion is never far away. I was wondering if anyone uses an anticorrosion spray in there engine room? Does it leave a film? Does it attract dirt and dust? Does it build up over time? Is it...
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    Storage cover for rolled up RIB. Help please

    I have a slat bottom West Marine RIB that I keep deflated and rolled up on the front port side of my Monterey 250cr. The cover that came with the dinghy is real tethered and is need of replacement. I have been looking for a duffel type bag that would be large enough to hold the boat to keep the...
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    What trailer bearing grease is best?

    I use the West Marine brand and it is ok but I need to repack every season. I use bearing buddies. Looking to upgrade to better grease.
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    How to adjust throttle tension

    2006 VP 5.7 GI with VP DP outdrive. Throttle has no markings or numbers. Description of throttle: side mount on hull, trim for engine on T. Kill switch for lanyard on side plate of throttle. Throttle is OE when boat was purchased new. I have been through the manual and all the throttle...
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    Guests always back out last minute.

    How many of you are tired of guests backing out at the last minute? I tell them that I will supply the boat gas and drinks. They supply all the food. It just amazes me how people can back out of plans 15 minutes before we leave. The excuses are pretty pathetic as well. Another person/family on...
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    Quansett Point air show 6/26/2011

    Anyone going to the air show by boat? We have 2 boats going and would be nice to raft up and be fun to have more. It's short notice but it's a good time.
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    Flushing brakes on trailer at any ramp.

    We boat 3-4 days a week from May thru October. That's 6-8 dunks a week into the salt water. When I get home from a day of boating the trailer gets a good flush/ wash but what about at the ramp? My trailer fresh out of the salt water sitting in the hot sunny parking lot all day. Drying, rusting...
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    Christmas Present for your boat?

    My Monterey 250CR has just about everything I can think of but I still need to get her something for Christmas. I am tapping into a fresh water line and pulling it forward to the anchor locker. A wash down for the hook when pulling it from salt water or mud would be nice. I am also replacing my...
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    9.8hp.. Good news and some bad news

    The good news, a friend of mine gave me a Tahatsu 9.8hp outboard that is an 04 with 12 hours on it. He took it off his aluminum boat and into the shed standing on its skeg till yesterday when he gave it to me. I put it on an outboard motor stand and pulled the string to see if it will just...
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    06 Trailer getting big T.L.C.

    Ventura trailer that carries my Monterey 250CR is in need of love before next spring. 2 years ago I converted the trailer from drum to disk breaks. Huge improvement in breaking. My trailer is dunked 6-8 times a week mostly in salt water and travels about 4 thousand miles a season. My off season...
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    The Boat Ramp Follies, for new boat rampers

    I have been a trailer boat owner for 21 years give or take a few seasons when we were in the 30+ foot range. This years escapades at the boat ramps have been extraordinary to say the least. I am amazed and concerned for my safety and that of other boaters as I watch people loading and unloading...
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    Southern New England BassAckwards Party July 31 2010

    Ready For a great Saturday before the our get together on Sunday? Here are the pictures from last year. Some are mine and some are off there web site.
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    07 Volvo 5.7 Volt, meter @ 12.75 ??

    Adding to my crazy problems with my boat this year here is another issue. In March I replaced all my batteries, 2 house and 1 start, with Die Hard Marine Battery Platinum 34m. They are AGM. I was out on my boat this weekend and noticed my volt meter at 800 rpm is at 12.75. When kicked up to...
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    I cant fish!!!

    Hi guys.. I grew up boating on a lake putting 1 million miles on my 1965 aluminum boat with a 9.9HP seahorse dated 1962. That started my love for boating at 3yo. Now I live in Ma and have a 27' Monterey. Not really a fishing boat but I enjoy drowning bait with the best of them. My problem is I...
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    Quick message to gulf boaters

    Just a note that we are thinking of you guys down there and hopeing for a quick end to the spill and a fast return to healthy waters. Its heart breaking.
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    Strange squeek from front of motor.

    Volvo 5.7GI-F, 2 years old, 180 hours. When the motor is running there is an intermitent squeek that I hear about 2-3 times a second. When Motor reved to 2K RPM the sound and rate increase accordingly. I my stethescope and listed to each pully at the center.. Nothing. I followed the belt...
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    2 smoke detectores installed

    Yesterday I installed 2 smoke detectors. 1 in the engine room and 1 down below in main cabin. They are 9 volt. Quick and easy. 12 dollars each at Home Depot. Something everyone should consider.
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    Time for new batteries

    My boat came with 3 batteries. 1 as a start battery and 2 as house batteries. This fall was the first time I gave them any care and was shocked as to what I found. My start battery is a 750CCA start battery. This battery has a constant draw as the Carbon Monoxide detectors (2) are always on and...
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