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    looking for anti-fouling hints/tips/tricks

    I would like to know what you think about putting vaseline all over everything below waterline?<br /><br />What about using heavy-duty floorwax below waterline? There must be some cheap and effective way to keep the green stuff off! :p
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    reverse wonky on 1982 omc 800 outdrive

    as summer progressed so did a problem with reverse-not engaging+grinding. Should I be looking to make adjustments or am I faced with needing parts. :eek:
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    reverse wonky on 1982 omc 800 outdrive

    as summer progressed so did a problem with reverse-not engaging+grinding. Should I be looking to make adjustments or am I faced with needing parts. :eek:
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    will vaseline on boot keep muskrats away?

    I heard that muskrats like to chew on the rubber boot around the outdrive. Just wondered if, first of all, vaseline is safe to put on the rubber and secondly, will it deter rodents.
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    H2O-wrong side of hull!!!

    so I end up with both the old depthfinder transducer and the speedo thingy removed from the transom(all mounting screws removed) and what pisses out of the screwholes of my supposedly bone-dry boat?---WATER-quite a bit of it, maybe a bucket or two.<br />What really puzzles me is why no water is...
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    vhf ant. and speedo thingy

    two questions. First, can i shorten the wire to my vhf antennae? ( it is damaged where it comes out of hull and goes to ant.)<br />question two is related to something i did yesterday that almost qualifies as a stupid human trick! In my haste to get her ready for the water i am installing a...
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    boat towed by jet ski wet fun for kids

    Last Summer I had my two young children out with me in, what was our boat then, a 14 foot cadorette with a 30 horse chrysler (old). About three miles from our home we lost power and I started to paddle. We were getting no where fast trying to paddle up river so I went ashore and broke down the...
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    bought new EagleFishmark320-now what...

    now that I have purchased a new Eagle Fishmark 320 what are the things I should know, that the salersperson likely did'nt tell me!<br />Are there any "tricks" to installing it and/or getting the most out of it?
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    seeking info re: 82 20ft. Peterborough w/cud

    bought 1982 Peterborough 20ft. boat last fall and I would like any and all info related to where this boat was made and sold. I'd like to know how much they cost new, aswell as any other info that might be of interest. thanx
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    omc800serieswont go up-justclicks

    omc800serieswont go up-justclicks HELP!!! I made arrangements to get a new top for my boat and the guy who will be doing it wants me to bring the boat to him a.s.a.p. The problem, after shovelling a foot of snow off and having to boost the battery etc., is that when I try the tilt switch to...
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