I bought a waterfront house on Lake Norman just north of Charlotte NC. The house came with a Catalina 25' sailboat with swing keel.
I think i learned why the owner just left the boat and title to me when he sold me the home. Lake norman is manmade and it looks like he left the keel down and...
I bought a 98 Sea Doo GTI with a 85 hp two stroke last month when i bough a waterfront house. It ran great for the first three weeks. Last weekend i added gas and oil for the first time (two seperate tanks on this model). Anyway that weekend it stalled on me once and gave me a hard time...
We beached lightly today to get out and clean the boat. It was fairly hard clay and the outdrive ended up settling into it a bit. Took me a little work to get the boat free.
Once underway everything is working fine but the trim gauge is WAY off. When it says it is trimmed all the way down...
I have had two myself and currently have a 1999 230 Sport Deck but here on Lake Norman (Very large lake just north of Charlotte NC) I see more and more Chris Crafts from say 1995-2001 model years. This weekend it was literally about a quarter of the boats I saw
My boat seems very well made and...
My boat is stored on a boat lift on my dock. When it rains really hard even with a freshly waterproofed cover some water gets in the bilge. When this happens my pump does not get all the water out, it iwll leave an inch or two.
There is no practical way to get this out and it has been like...
Sme of you will recall the issue i had 2 months ago where i was cruising along and the boat dies and would not refire. The issue at that time was the vent in the gas cap was clogged, the tank collapsed and the fuel pump starved and burnt up. I had the fuel pump replaced and the tank was ok and...
Need to remove the bearing cover on my SX as the previous owner overtightned it and stripped the threads where the dipstick goes in
If i looked at this right i need to remove three bolts and the rear cover with the SX label will come off and then i will have access to all 4 bolts holding the...
After seeing how my bearing cover that the dipstick is screwed into is stripped and having to fix that and seeing how many other people have had this too and seeing how my friends Mercury's have a resevoir in the engine compartment to see fluid level I am wondering why Volvo does not have this...
I was floating behind a friends boat and ours and i noticed when i turned his prop by hand it was so smooth you would not think there was even a gearcase attached to it. I have a volvo penta sx drive and it was just fully serviced by an authorized marina and given a like new bill of health and...
I am growing to hate the previous owner of my boat. The only issues I have had are leftover carelessness from him
The latest issue came up today when after i found a friend with low gear lube i decided to check mine. As soon as i removed the dipstick I could see that the housing it screws...
Actually a question for a friend of mine.
His Drive is a little low on lube. There does not appear to be any water in it, etc just needs a little more fluid. Obviously I know he should drain all of it out, check the gaskets, etc but if he wanted to just top it off can he just put some in the...
I had a post this weekend about my boat stalling in the middle of the lake and then not wanting to start again although able to turn over. Since i doubt anyone would read it now and i found the root cause that i think everyone should know i am starting a new thread. Mods - i apologize if this...
Was driving along with friends all gauges in the right position when all of the sudden the engine lost power. I tried to restart and it would turn briefly and then click click click click click . No odd noise upon failure, no smells, no overheats, etc It is a 1999 volvo 5.7 GS
We were with...
We go to take the boat out and i always turn the blower and bilge pump on, blower works fine, bilge pump not working, thinking it is just a bad pump i also notice the lights on the switches not coming on. I turn on my nav lights and nothing is coming on. All the dash gauges work perfect and...
Yesterday when i came off plane i am not sure what happened (maybe i hit it) but my kill switch (Dead man - whatever you want to call it) lanyard came off while the throttle was still 20% forward. The engine dieseled for about 10 seconds while i frantically tried to put the switch back on...
