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    Eastern Boats (vs SteigerCraft?)

    Anyone have any experience with Eastern Boats of Wilton, NH? They are a semi-custom builder (have some basic designs but they don't build the boat until they get an order and then they put in exactly what you want). The boats are no-frills basic but seem to be well built. I am locking for a...
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    JRC Radar

    Anyone have the low-end JRC LCD radar (the one that sells for under $1000)? This is the least expensive radar on the market and I'm always suspicious....
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    Trends in Marine Electronics

    Being possibly in the position to outfit a new boat with electronics and not having a fortune left over, I was very surprised to see that marine electronics lately seem to be getting more expensive after decades of price dropping. Seems to be that everyone wants color displays, cartographic GPS...
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    Keep tank full?

    To carry on from a digression on another topic on WOT fule consumption....<br /><br />Many fishing boats have large tanks to get you out to sea and back. For example I have a 109 gal tank on a 24' boat = 150 gal is not unusual on some brands. If I remember gas weighs around 6+ lbs/gal. SO I...
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    Keep tank full?

    To carry on from a digression on another topic on WOT fule consumption....<br /><br />Many fishing boats have large tanks to get you out to sea and back. For example I have a 109 gal tank on a 24' boat = 150 gal is not unusual on some brands. If I remember gas weighs around 6+ lbs/gal. SO I...
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    non-Yamaha parts quality

    One of the posters in this forum who seems to have a lot of credibility said not to use Sierra or other non-Yamaha parts. I located fuel pumps for my 1993 225 just by following the "Boat Repair:Parts" link at the top of this page. Does this get me Yamaha fuel pumps or not. The fact that they...
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    Function of primer bulb

    In another thread, a knowledgeable memeber wrote<br /><br />"the fuel bulb needs to be squeezed on every cold start up and also after long shutdowns during the day"<br /><br />My bulb is located behind a transom hatch which requires the rear seat to be moved to open. Consequently I never touch...
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    Hydraulic steering lubrication

    I have Hynautic hydraulic steering on an 11 yr old 24' ProlIne w/225 Yamaha. (Although there are only 374 hours on the engine). Over the last few years the steering has become very stiff. It does the correct number of turns lock-to-lock, locks solidly, and bleeds pure fluid - am pretty sure...
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    Yamaha 225 tilt lock lever corroded

    My 11 yr old Yam 225 shows no serious signs of corrosion anywhere except the gizmo that you rotate to keep the engine at max tilt (for trailering etc) is very rusty and is getting progressively very hard to turn. Is there a simple way to replace this and its 1/2" shaft (or just even lubricate...
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    Yamaha 225 needs carb rebuild?

    (1993 Yamaha 225, 374 hours, on 24' Proline Walkaround.) Well-maintained or so I thought.<br /><br />Launched this 11-year old boat (although low hours) and ran fine until about 4th trip, when coming off of cruise to idle to enter no-wake zone, engine stalls. Will restart but any attempt to...
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