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Agreed-another "great experience" with them story here...

Gofirstclass- Glad you made it out of that ok! unbelievable story. These guys, while I hope they are physically ok, are obvioulsy at fault and lucky they didn't injure/kill innocent people. And I just found a smokin hot deal on a 33 Rinker on ebay, with less than 5 hours on it and a radar...

I took the pad off of my boat, as we never used it... I have a 300 DA, if the dimensions are the same, I will send it to you free of charge minus shipping.

Thanks for any assistance! 1996 300 Sundancer, twin 5.7L... The Windlass is getting no power. I'm not really sure where to look, so any help is appreciated! Thanks!

I have something very similar running down from the grab bar on my transom... Looks identical. I am really worried it has something to do with resin.

Yep- Just makes it easier to keep the spiders off of it with a hose all summer long...

What a great thread! Congratulations, wishing you many great seasons!

Thanks guys! Todd, I must have read your "how to" thread 20 times, and even though I used a different product I learned a lot from that thread.

After

Thought I would post a bit of a review: First, I'm not great at polishing my boats, I'm OK at best. I researched a lot of products and experiences, and chose the Leverage Oxidation Remover and Polish based on what I read. I have a very demanding travel schedule, so I also don't have the time...

Love it out there! In Grosse Pointe Farms

Will keep you in our thoughts and prayers as well!

I'm kicking around similar thoughts these days... We bought a dinghy with a 25hp, so the kids can swim/tube/ski, and our cruiser has become an expensive launching pad for the dinghy, and a bit of a (shudder) floating cottage... I like the looks and thoughts of a nice center console with twin...

Good discussion. My car requires synthetic (Mobil 1) oil, and that's what it gets. I will tell you that in Michigan, starting up in the winter months, you can actually "hear" the difference at start up. I put synthetic in my cars and boats.

As soon as these winds die down, I'm going to fill up with fresh fuel and will report if it makes a difference. The more I think about it, the more I think I just have bad gas. And poor quality fuel. :-)

Frank, I haven't run the genny since this happened, I was afraid I could make a bad problem worse...

Yikes! Do you think filling up with (I'm probably at about 1/2 tanks) higher octane/fresh fuel would help? I'm betting on fuel as well, as I have heard horror stories (after I filled up of course) of this gas dock. It's not my normal spot to fuel up, but it was on the way to our destination.

One other question. If I am dealing with low octane fuel or dealing with water in the fuel, would that potentially cause the motor to run rich, dumping fuel out of the exhaust causing the black smoke? Would this cause detonation in the exhaust?

UPDATE: I brought the boat back to my slip this evening. I put in the prescribed amount of dry gas prior to leaving the repair facility. I could get the boat to almost 3000 RPM's before I could hear the sound, which is an improvement. I still have black smoke coming from the exhaust. In...

Thanks for all of the advice. I met with the service manager and the mechanic today. The meeting went well, I am taking my boat back tonight to finish out the season as a dock queen, and start chasing the problem myself. When I asked the mechanic why would it not knock in neutral or reverse...