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    Free Boats in Connecticut

    Hi, I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this but I was checking out Craigslist Fairfiield section and saw several free boats and though it may help someone here: Fourwinns 225 Sundowner. Take it away, good winter project. Many other free boats. Boats include for free are: 40'...
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    Not Enough power ?

    Hi, I am not sure if this is the correct spot to post this question, if not please delete or move it. I have a 1979 17" renken boat this I do not think is overly heavy. It has a 1979 70 HP Johnson with a 3 blade 17 pt prop. I do not have a tach but it does not seem to over rev or under rev and...
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    Roll and tip painting method ?

    Hi All, I am thining of painting my boat but have quite a few questions before I even start to ask the stupid questions here and waste your time;) Can someone plase point me to a thread with the method for roll and tip painting? I think OOPS had came up with a good method but I can't seem to...
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    New Boater at Launch

    I was one of them at the beginning of this season. I got my first boat, boater?s cert and went out with my experienced buddy a few times to get the hand of the boat. I then decided on a nice Saturday to take the family out for a nice day of fishing. Got to the lake had my safety inspection from...
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    Adding a pedestal seat question

    Hi, I have a 17ft Bow rider that is fairly new to me ( first season first boat ) I have some fixed fiberglass seats I got from a C/L add and would like to put them on my boat as pedestal seats, I was thinking one in the front and one in the back and that brings me to my dilemma. All of the...
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    New to me boat/motor with lost key

    Hi All. Well I hope I got a score. I e-bayed a 1970 70 HP Johnson and won it for $75 The guy says it did run a "while ago" but he is unable to start it becuase he does not have the key. I guess it was left by someone that used to own the jouse or something. It's sitting on a 16ft trihull with a...
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    Are Power trims motor specific

    Hi, Does anyone know if mower trims are motor specific? My buddy has a boat with an older early 80's 85 HP Merc thunderbolt that he is getting rid of. Mine is a 79 70 hp Johnson with manual tilt. He told me if I wanted the tilt on his motor I can have it ( everything all controls etc ) I can...
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    Penetrol for faded fiberglass

    Hi, I thought I would share my experience in renewing my faded fiberglass. I have a 79 Renken fiberglass hull. It was faded pretty badly. It took me hours to coumpound and wax the top to where I thought I had the shine back. Well i was talking to my father-in-law who is a painter about an...
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    1979 70 HPJohnson manual Tilt ?

    Hi, Does anyone know of an adjustment for a 79 70HP manual tilt? I need to really mess with the lever flicking up and down and playing with it before it finally comes unlocked and lets me pick up the motor. I see all the levers move but then it just remains locked until I get it perfect. It's...
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    I wish this happened on my boat

    Hi, Sorry if this is a repost, I saw this a while ago and thought it was cool. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-760820435866344019
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    prop 176214 on a 79 Johnson Seahorse ?

    Hello I am a new boater and funds are starting to get tight with everything needed for my new boat. My curreny prop is some plastic thing that the guy told me you can replace the fins on. My friend told me I should get a new prop and use that one as a spare. I found a prop on e-bay for $50 and...
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