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I finally got around to splashing my boat. I winterized the water system myself. When I went to flush the pink stuff out of the system I notice a pretty serious leak at the Whale / Watts compression fitting. I pulled it apart and hoped to reassemble to fix it but it still leaked. I did not...

Been a crazy summer and it's now time for me to get my priorities in place and focus on my boat:smt038 I know the PO of my boat used West Marine CPP ablative paint. Aside from 4 or 5 palm sized spots the paint looks to be in good shape with no other colors (including the hull) showing...

I got a Google Nexus/Samsung 10 Tablet and I know Navionics is quickly trying to get their chart plotter to work on these devices. Lots of issues in the past from what I read. Has anyone in the last month purchased and used this app on a Google tablet? I was really happy with the iPhone...

I am torn between selling and keeping my boat. We plan to move this summer and know it will chew up our weekends and I don’t just want to keep it dry docked and keep making payments. I am confused on how the sale would proceed with a prospective buyer in terms of a sea trial. Here is the...

With the price of gas getting down to $3.55 per gallon I thought I would fill some gas jugs and fill the boat up a bit. The boat is shored up on land. Anyone see any issues doing this? The marina where I am storing for the winter does not sell gas, so I doubt they would care. Also, I assume 89...

I am planning to bypass the hot water heater(HWH). I see there is a cheapo option to find a piece of hose and hose clamp it temporarily to the red and blue lines going into the HWH. Is there a trick to remove the red and blue hoses from their fittings - a twist, turn and pull or ??? I am...

I found an older "Topside" oil changer in my attic. These are the steel containers that have a hand pump handle attached. You pinch the pick-up hose, pump for a while to create massive suction then, with the pick-up tube shoved down the oil dipstick tube and into the oil pan you release the...

I hope I can post this. I suspect many of you use the Navionics GPS/Chartplotter app for your iphones and ipads. In case you didn't know they released a pretty darn good upgrade for $1.25 that adds much better chart plotting capabilities. Let's you set a course, then the app shows you the...

I have the OEM C-Charger 20 Amp 5000 series charger on my boat with 2 batteries with the Perko battery selector switch. Has anyone successfully got this charger to work with three batteries, where two of the batteries would be hooked in parallel? I would like to do the third battery scenario...

About a month ago I was able to successfully replace my impeller. One observation I made while changing the impeller was that the intake and output (not sure of the right names) hoses going into the sea water pump were very different. One hose (running to the starboard side of the pump) was...

The anchor light on my boat takes a GE906 / T5 Base bulb. I have converted all my other lights to LED, but struggle to find a good, bright 906 LED replacement. 99% of the available LED bulbs are used as instrument / dash lights, so they are far from bright.

Very remenisiant of something else but I can't put my finger on it. http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/boa/3187435719.html

I discovered a great product that works awesome! I have a newer Panasonic stereo with a mini jack input for an ipod. At first I used a 6’ cable to play the music and it was okay, but the PO did not install a compatible Clarion system and the remote stereo controls at helm don’t work so I had no...

I am looking for a 23 pitch x 17.5 diameter prop (stock prop for many 7.4l Mercruisers). Please let me know if you have one. Thanks! Mike

One of the rolling cabinet doors is suddenly very stick and needs force to close it. When it was fully opened and not closing I reached back and felt around and could not find ant physical obstructions on the roller tracts or in the rolled up section. When I closed it was really difficult to...

Had my first grounding incident this weekend. Had 5 adults on the boat which didn’t help but was going at idle speed in a shallow, sandy area with the drive tilted all the way up. Boat gradually stopped moving - I imagine the skeg was in the sand. Got out, raised the outdrive to the...

We have had some rain and hot weather much like the rest of the country. As a result, the carpets in the cockpit got pretty wet. I keep the boat in a well with a cockpit cover on it. It does provide a tad bit of breathability, but not much. Is there a good method for trying to dry the...

I tried to setup the rear bimini section that came with my boat and had a question on the way it should be setup. I successfully zipped the two bimini’s together but I can’t lower the support poles in the very rear of the boat enough to take out the slack of the rear bimini. The rear support...

Since my boat is close to an hour away I thought I would ask if anyone happens to know the bulb type for the nav lights on a 98' 270 DA? These are surface mounted white "pods". Are they the festoon type? Prev. owner said one was always blowing so I wanted to get a LED replacement since I have...

I really enjoy this new boat. I am trying to figure some things out and wonder if I can get some help. 1998 270 DA 1. I noticed there are 2 lights in the engine compartment. Oddly enough when I opened the engine compartment lift door the lights were on. Then 10 minutes later they were off...