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  1. Mr.Stuart

    San Juan Islands, been there?

    I have a few questions about the San Juan?s. Has anyone here been there with their own boat, if so, how big of a boat did you take? I have an 18 foot Starcraft, and was told that it's been there once with the previous owner, I had thought it might be fun to take a few days off work and go...
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    any canoe people here?

    with the big boat broke, (simple throttle cable, waiting for it to show up) and the little boat getting a full restore, I was left with nothing more then a canoe to go boating with this weekend, it was my first time out with it, I had a blast, I paddled my little behind all over the lake, it was...
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    what kind of wood do I want to use?

    I have a thread started on a rebuild project that I'm working on but thought if I started a new thread on this subject, maybe got some more opinions on wood type. The boats a 12 foot aluminum row boat, with 3 bench seats, a transom and motor pad, (see picture) all the wood that was in it was...
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    Bubba buys a boat

    Hey Y'all, watch this http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7316656462601387583&q=bubba+test&total=69&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
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    78 Evinrude idle and shifting problems

    I'm probably answering my own questions on this subject, but thought I'd throw it past you people anyway. I have the Starcraft that went through a flood, I cleaned it all up, ran the engine, fogged it, I did the 1 gallon of gas oil mix and a can of sea foam and ran that through the engine, I...
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    Early 50's Evinrude? should I buy it?

    I just looked at an old Evinrude outboard, it looks to be in pretty good shape and complete, it's not all banged up, and could use a good cleaning, it takes the 2 line pressure tank which does not come with it, and the guy wants 100 bucks for the outboard. my guess is that it's a 25 horse, but...
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    running temperature?

    I'm brain storming again. what is the running temperature of outboards? I've got a 9.9 and a 115 HP, on the 9.9 I was thinking of adding an ignition kill circuit that would trip if the temperature got to hot, and what is "to hot"? I'm going to be adding needless but geeky gadgets to my little...
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    general outboard question.

    This could be a loaded question but I’m going to ask anyway, overall, speaking of brands only, not so much years, does it really make much difference what brand motor you own as far as serviceability and reliability? Or how easy it is for the average Joe to work on it. I've kind of been...
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    flood damage, how bad?

    ok, I need a little guidence on this one, we had that nasty rain that flooded the local rivers and my travel trailer and boat got caught right in the middle of it, I have no idea if it's covered by insurance or not, but where do you start with the cleanup? the travel trailer looks like it got...
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    Speedometer question

    I want to get a speedometer for my little 12-foot boat; it's got a 10 horse Evinrude, and tops out at about 20 MPH (according to the GPS) The lowest reading speedometers that I've seen go from 5 to 35 MPH, I think their for Pontoon boats. I'd like to find something that reads from 0 to 25 or...
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    here's a really dumb question

    I'm almost embaressed to ask this, I should know the answer. take a look at the picture, what does that knob do? it's located next to the choke knob on my 89' Evinrude 9.9 electric start. the outboard runs really well, idles down so low that in gear it won't even move the boat, but last time I...
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    89' Evinrude 9.9 instrumentation?

    I just want to do a little brain picking of the more experienced. the geek side of me might be starting to show with these questions I'm about to ask, but here it goes anyway. I'd like to set up my little 9.9 Evinrude with a tach, a water pressure or temperature gauge, and either an amp meter...
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    89' 9.9 fuel economy

    this is just a general question, I'm wondering what kind of fuel economy I can expect out of my little Evinrude on a 12 foot aluminum boat, about how many hours of run time am I going to get out of a 6 gallon tank of gas?
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    89' Evinrude Evinrude 9.9 prop?

    I've got an 89' Evinrude 9.9 with a 10x7 prop on it, it was a long shaft used as a trolling motor on an 18 foot boat, and I converted it to a short shaft to use it on a 12 foot aluminum boat. is the 10x7 the correct prop to use with this outboard on the 12 foot boat? is there going to be any...
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    bearing buddies

    I rebuilt my boat trailer and installed bearing buddies, I've never used them before (new boater) I packed the bearings with a bearing packer before I installed them in the hubs, I put the hubs on the axle, then I installed the bearing buddies and put the grease gun to them to finish packing...
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    boats on a budget

    putting together a boating package on a budget. I've been wanting a little 12 foot aluminum boat for the longest time, I wanted something old, but even as cheap as they are, it's not always that easy to do on a budget. I like to do things, well, as cheap as possible, I'm your classic scrounge...
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    1978 115 horse rude charging system

    I'm doing a little brain picking here. the outboard on my boat has a 6 amp charging system, I am planning on installing a marine radio, a HAM radio and a CB, but with a 6 amp charging system, how does that keep the battery charged when your running lights, radios, ect, ect? and has anyone...
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    boaters card

    I've seen people posting ads on Craig's list trying to charge in excess of 100 bucks to help people get their boaters card when you can study and take the test on line for free, so I posted the following ad: "About that boaters safety exam, regardless of what others have said, you can take the...
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    evinrude cruise-a-day gas can ?

    I just picked up one of those old evinrude 6 gallon cruise-a-day gas cans, the can is in pretty good shape but needs all the gasgets replaced, any idea where to buy a gasget kit for one of these old tanks? I bought new hose and fittings for for it, but would like to clean it up before I start...
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    long shafts and jack plates

    I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times over, but here's my situation. I have an 89' 9.9 electric start evinrude 2 stroke long shaft, I’m still in the process of finding a 12 foot aluminum boat to put it on, so no boat yet. I ordered a new short drive shaft and shift rod for it but the...
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