My boat is running a little rough this year. At power on plane I can feel occasional power loss even though the tach doesn't always show it. I am thinking it's due for plugs, wires, cap, button, fuel filter, and PCV valve to throw some easy parts at it. It might need a carb clean too. Can I...
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November when I winterized the boat in 2013 I put new bellows on both my exhaust and drive via local mechanic (who I nolonger trust or like). Today I'm getting the boat prepped to put back into the water and I'm inspecting the bellows while it's on the garden hose. I took this...
Since Christmas is over and winter is here, I'm taking the time to recover some of my seats since they have some popped seams. I just uncovered my first seat and this is the foam:
1) It's all moldy. I imagine the reason it popped a seam is either the vinyl is older or the foam is too soft...
I had a 1997 Godfrey Hurricane deck boat that that I bought at the beginning of the season. I need to clean her up before I put her away. It's off white fiberglass and it has dirt stains on it. Below the metal snaps for the cover it has slight dis-coloration from rain etc. She is slightly...
I have a KMR-355U that powers my 4 speakers (front and back).
Kenwood - KMR-355U
The stereo is fine and I enjoy it as it is. I end up swimming with the family and floating a good bit. I have a spot on the back of my boat where I could mount some pole speakers. Is there such a thing or way...
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This is my first year owning a boat and I've dumped a ton of money into her and was trying to save some for the winterization. Since I'm new to boats I've learned that this was probably a mistake. I thought my impeller would last for the season but Sunday it disentegrated while...
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I've spent the past several days using the search feature of this forum and reading about DIY upholstry projects. I saw a couple examples of some machines that people started with and are using, and most of what I gathered is that consew was a great machine but out of my...
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Again, this is my first boat and first year owning it. I am in the process of changing out your basic parts to do yearly maintenance on it (oil, fuel filter, spark plugs etc). I have ridden on it about 7-8 times prior to my recent fuel filter change. I went to West Marine to...
I recently bought some quick adjust boat bumper hangars for my railing. I kept having a problem when they're left for a while, that they'd slide along the railing. I also didn't like how the snap on the back side could mar the paint. So I took some rubber cement and a small strip of that...
I have a 1996 Godfrey Hurricane Fun Deck 24'. When I bought it, I noticed it had two holes at the back where a cleat or ski ring used to be installed. See picture:
So I went inside the engine compartment and took these two pictures:
Do you see where someone cut out an 8" strip...
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This is my 2nd question ever on my new (used) boat. It's a 1996 Godfrey Hurricane Sundeck 24" with a 5.7L Volvo Penta dual prop out drive. I SWEAR I saw that it was a SX-C but isn't that a single prop unit?
Anyway to my alternator problem. I was out the other day on a fairly new...
Re: Voltmeter shows huge drop when I trim outdrive. Is this normal?
Well it looks like I came to the right place. Thank you everyone for the information. I'm definitely learning some things about boats along the way. I'm glad to see that my issues is a normal indication. Tomorrow is a dual...
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This is my first post and my first boat I've ever owned. It's a 1996 Hurricane 24' deck boat with a 5.7L Volvo Penta DP. It's an awesome boat and well kept for it's age. My problem is the electrical of the boat. The radio didn't work when I bought it and I tore the dash apart to...
