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We have a number of public docks with signs that state 2hr maximum moorage. Every time I want to use one to tie up and go for lunch they are full of the same boats or I see the same boats when I launch and when we trailer. I cannot figure what can be done about it, they are run by the city so...

Do you think I can run my engine with fogging cocktail in the fuel filter while feeding the muffs pink antifreeze? I suspect it will suck up 5 gallons of antifreeze long before the fuel system/ engine is properly coated with fogging oil. In that case I am thinking I should run the fuel mix for...

Hello all. I am wondering if anyone has experience or ideas on why my tach would read high. I started my engine at the dock yesterday, my voltmeter seemed to show a little low 11 before I hit the key but it cranked and started absolutely normally except that the tach showed it was idling at...

What would have to go wrong for this to happen? Maybe unknown rot? Or just too much speed. http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-143978-3-.htm#143978 Not much info in the story.

I am having trouble getting the door under the helm and under the sink as clean as I would like. I am wondering what y'all use for them. The transom door is made of the same material. It bugs me that I can get anything fiberglass or vinyl shiny but those doors just never seem to get that clean...

So I'm sitting in a slip at a public marine waiting to meet my kids to go see a car show. A couple slips down from me is a early 80s something classic 24ish SeaRay and beside him a new cobalt 320, I think. The cobalt was backed into the slip and was leaving and so he had to reverse again once...

Yesterday we cruised around the lake stopping and hanging ouy at various places for about 5 hours. Boat was running perfect like it always has. Just after the sun dissapeared behind the mountain we decided to head in so I start her up, I notice its idling low, about 500rpm and kinda rough, after...

When my kids were much younger we drove to a farm about an hour away and got us a puppy border collie chocolate lab cross, my son was 5 at the time. Today my 19 year old son (same one ) and I dug a large hole and laid the old guy to rest. Not the first dog I've buried but this one was as good as...

Too bad we will be sitting this one out, 7:30 am and my lady is in the bathroom puking her guts out. Happy Mothers Day.

My 19 year old son has been asking me to let him take the boat on his own. He has operated on the lake enough and also ran my last boat in the water. He knows the rules and has his pleasure operators certificate but does need a little more practice docking for me to feel comfortable enough to...

I've been trying to research an answer to my question, there does not seem to be a clear answer. I have access to ethanol free fuel but it has a 92 or 94 octane rating and is more expensive by about $30 a fill. If I fill with 87octane with 10% ethanol plus a $15 bottle of additive the...

Too bad it was parked at the house, got the oil changed, fuel filter, plugs changed and figured out I need a battery switch. Shout out to my local dealer who did the maintenance for me last time, from the manual" do not over tighten the filter or it can be very difficult to remove", it shouldn't...

I have two batteries and a perko 1 or2 or all or off switch. It is my understanding that one battery is a starting (cranking) battery and the other is a house( deep cycle) battery, which is what Ive got. When I installed my new batteries, the same way I got it when I bought the boat, the cables...

Would it be considered normal for the engine oil coming out of the tube I pulled through the transom drain to be coming out at barely a trickle, its not quite dripping but if it was any slower it would be. Im thinking the tube may be full of sludge, I stuffed some tie wire up as far as I could...

I am one who always preaches to use marine parts in a boat and I do. Yesterday my mission was to get my needed supplies for readying? my boat for the season and it left me asking a couple questions. Why does my local mercruiser want $23.99 per spark plug,? I took the ngk number to the auto...

So, I finally sold the old starcraft and truck, now I can bring the Sundeck home from the shop where its been all winter. Before I can park it beside my house I need to shorten a chain link fence by 4 feet or so. Not wanting to lose the tension on the fence I decide to put a new post in where I...

I am curious what the knowledgable members will say about this. I have 220 sundeck, 260hp 5.0 mpi, alpha 1 drive spinning 21p ss high five. Overall Im happy with performance other than a couple times a season. 1 - when starting in moderatly heavy chop it does not want to get out the hole very...

It took me about a year to finish my registration , couldnt figure out why I couldnt log in until I checked my old emails and replied. Hello to all and a shout out to the few Ive noticed who also float on and around the beautiful Okanagan lake.