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1. Secure carryon bags & cooler 2. Open engine hatch 3. Sniff check for fuel or any other noxious fumes whilst reaching down into bilge to turn on fuel cock. 4. Energize electrical system by cutting on battery switch 5. Cut on bilge blower 6. Start engine 7. Fasten rear clips for cockpit top 8...

Did you have any further issues with your B1 outdrive?

I've see all types of boats on Ebay, but yea they can go for top dollar. We found ours from a buy/sell list posted by a local lake marina. We got real lucky when I hear how notorious our vintage boat is to wood rot. It fortunately had been kept covered and/or sheltered apparently its entire...

My partner has boat. Spent last three - four weekend boating.

Enjoyed figuring out how system work since I could pick up a stick. After all these years the sense of satisfaction and savings from repairing and maintaining still gives me a boost.

It begins to come out of prop center at higher speeds and when moving through the water. It sounds like its operating as designed.

On a wet cell battery, one you add water to and have removable caps to do so, its 12.67 volts for a 12 volt battery. If its a sealed AGM(absorbed glass mat) its 12.9. When a battery is first disconnected from charging it will have a voltage reading often higher that listed above. You have...

MY biggest concern about America is its people and their complacency to the degradation of our national competitiveness, standard of living and personal standards. It seems we are too much like the frog placed in a pot of water and the heats turned up. Except in this case the heat is increasing...

The acid level in the old batteries was probably topped off while the batteries were low on charge. The volume of acid grows as the battery are recharged. This is due to sulfer molecules being put back into solution from the plate surface. So as the batteries reached full charge the...

Good choice of beverage. Glad all is well.

d31m is the one with largest capacity/most lead/biggest in size, my pick.

Responsibility rest overwhelimingly with operator at helm. She didn't take seriously enough the responsibility she had accepted by taking the wheel. Boats in general are not designed with seat belts and crush absorbing zones and or padding. Usually we don't run into inmmovable objects while...

Well put together!! Lot of confidence in that wind screen. Some kind of power plant(s) I'll say.

With 2 people and 1/2 tank it went 51mph on the gps.

I may have found something. The motor mount bolts turn easily with a wrench. At first I thought they were lag screws, meaning they were stripped out. Assuming that I tried backing out and then pulling out with vise grip on head. Wouldn't budge. That just didn't seem right. At this point I...