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    SportJet 120 fuel problems

    Last Fall I dumped some fuel stabil in my tank and stored my boat away. This spring I can't get it to run. The first time I took it out, I did get it to start, and gave it some throttle, and while it had the throttle it ran, however as soon as I backed it down the engine stalled and would not...
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    95 Sea Rayder - lots of noise, but no holeshot power

    I've got a 95 sea rayder with a 120 merc. The engine runs great, and when I get it up to speed it goes pretty quick, my problem is that it doesn't jump out of the water with much power when I first start, I really need to start it slow to get going. If I do a nice slow increase in speed I'll...
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    Best way to clean your intake grate?

    How do you keep the intake grate on your jetboat clean of weeds/rocks/small animals? I've been doing a little reading and have heard of Grate Rakes, but haven't seen one forsale online anywhere yet. I was thinking about taking the scrub brush I use for cleaning my home's siding with a 4 foot...
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    New Jetboat owner has a few questions

    This past weekend I purchased a 95 Sea Rayder F16 with a 120hp Merc for my wife. We took it out for our maiden voyage with it and came back with a few questions/lessons learned and we're looking for some advice. First thing that happened was we took off but really couldn't get up on plane with...
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