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So.....I gotta be the luckiest S.O.B. around here......I guess. Nice slow leisurely 2 hour ride home yesterday......putting along at 1600 RPM. Everything felt and sounded great.....all gauges normal....no issues at all. UNTIL.......I got right to the end of my dock....start jockeying around...

Not in the water yet.....but I ran the old girl up yesterday for the first time of the season. I let it run for a while to get up to "normal" operating temp.....around 155. Can anyone suggest why one exhaust riser would be hot and the other one cold/cool to the touch?

Anyone have any good suggestions how to remove Weaver Davit adhesive from a PVC dinghy?

Didn't get any answers over in the Classics section. Anyone know the thickness of the transom on a 268?

Can anyone tell me how thick the transom is on a 268? Wondering what length bolts are required to go through one.

Anyone here ever installed a second shore power receptacle? Mine is on the starboard side and I want to install another receptacle on the port side this spring. I've already bought the receptacle.....gonna need some switching I think in order to select one or the other when plugged in so the...

I've been threatening to get a new extended swim platform for 2-3 years now. Last year a new member came into our marina with his Maxum sporting a beautiful platform made by the gang at Swimplatforms.com and that was enough to finally get me off my butt and get 'er done. For those who might be...

Saw one of these here on the water a couple weeks ago. Looked pretty good. The guy loaded and unloaded his dinghy very easily. Nice piece of kit. http://www.dinghycaddy.com/index.htm

Wonder what this would do on the bottom of a boat??????? http://www.youtube.com/embed/IPM8OR6W6WE?feature

Alpha 1...Gen 1...Gen 2..Bravo 1,,2,,3 :huh: How involved is changing from one to another? Is there a relatively simple bolt on direct replacement for my old Alpha 1? Or does changing outdrives open a whole COSTLY can of worms requiring the changing of a whole lot of other things as well?

An odd thing happened on lift out day....maybe the next day...can't remember for sure....doesn't really matter but...... After my boat was out of the water and on it's blocks.....either later that day...or the next day......another guy at my Club told me he saw some water seeping/coming out of...

A member at my club has been having an overheating issue for a while that they're still working on resolving. They replaced a riser yesterday and it got me wondering about my riser temps so I took some readings with my infra red thermo. First time I've ever done this. After running it for a...

Recently bought a Brig inflatable and need to install davit pads on it. Problem is there's a handle right where one of the pads needs to go. Anyone ever remove a handle...or anything else from their inflatable? How did you do it? How tough was it? Spoke with Brig....and with...

So we had a new member join our Club a couple weeks ago. He pulled in with a boat like mine only 3 years older....with twin engines.....don't know what SeaRay called the predecessor to my 268 in 1984. But when I first saw him....he was all cocked out of shape trying to launch this thing on our...

Just found this thing and seriously considering getting one. Looks kinda interesting. Anyone think of a good reason why I shouldn't? Or can recommend something better? We spend alot of time in areas where generators are not permitted and this looks like it could be pretty handy...

My trim tabs aren't responding properly.....very sluggish. Looked and saw my reservoir is very low on oil. Anyone know what type of oil those units take. The color kinda looks like motor oil. I'm not sure what kind they are...bennet I think...but not sure right at the mo'.

I recently installed a different water heater in my boat.....one with a heat exchanger so I can heat water with my engine. Good stuff. It's a used heater I got from a guy at my Club. Odd thing about it is....odd to me anyway...that there is no temperature control on it. If plugged into shore...

For anyone who hasn't seen this.....if you have an old Norcold that has started acting up...or failed.....this may be helpful. It helped me troubleshoot a buddies fridge here at my club a week or so ago. Unfortunately for him....it was bad news....but I was at least able to identify the...

So here's one that's got me kinda stumped here. Everything I've read around here...and my Mercruiser manual all state that my engine oil quantity should be around 7 quarts in my 454. Last year I sucked out all I could with my pump....as I recall it was around 3.5 to 4 quarts. I put back in 7...

When removing my outdrive earlier this week I disovered something that obviously wasn't right. Just inside the gimbel housing.....before the drive shaft/u-joint bellows....is a fairly large rubber seal (approx 4" - 5" diameter) that sits up against a shoulder. Not exactly sure if there's a...