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  1. Jerry_NJ

    scrap value

    I have a 16' aluminum Grumman pro fisherman damaged by falling tree. does the boat and trailer have a scrap value?
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    Estimate the wattaage, e.g., the amperage for a given voltatge, 12 volts in my case

    Is there a table or similar showing a typical watts per pound of thrust for a mid-priced (Min Kota, say) 12 Volt trolling motor? This would be helpful in deciding how many amp-hours the power source battery needs for a desired trolling time. In my case, not done in a few years and don't...
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    best size boat cover

    Time for a new cover for my Discovery 14' x 68" fishing boar. It has a bass boat setup and is much like Grumman Profisherman boat of the last century, elevated front deck and no center bench seat. General decision after quality is size. I see 12'-14' x 68" and 14'-16' x 68". Which is better...
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    Getting guide-on right.

    I have discussed the subject of difficulty I have getting my not-so-big Discovery centered on my trailer. Loading in any cross wind over 5 mph makes it almost impossible. In the pictures I show that the guides I had installed and which didn't work well. In addition these guides hit the hull...
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    What wind speed starts to make trouble?

    I operate a small 14' 9.9 HP Discovery Aluminum for fishing on two lakes in NJ. One, Round Valley, is high and wide open to the weather. It is approximately round with a diameter of about 2 miles... enough to get a chop with even light winds. That said, I'm not sure what constitutes light...
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    Bunk Slicks - How many?

    I'm thinking, again, about installing bunk slicks. I have a Discovery 14' Aluminum fishing boat with a 9.9 HP Yamaha... so why do I need slicks? This is a rather wide and heavy boat, with lots of ply wood decking, not sure what it weighs but when I get it misaligned on loading I can not budge...
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    New 4-wire trailer connection/converter, how is it supposed to work?

    Briefly, I installed a 2" tow receiver and trailer light converter on my 2005 Chevy Colorado when it was new (love the plug arrangement, no splicing required, plug-and-play). This package worked fine for almost 10 years, but I say this without any careful check on how it worked. Then this year...
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    Drawbar receiver modification to move drawbar outward.

    This is an update of a 1 year old thread I finally took action on. But I till have some questions - I can include a picture but think it doesn't provide anything I can't handle in worlds. Old thread is...
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    Damage from Metal/Aluminum Contact

    Attached are three pictures of one of two handles on the rear of my 1995 Discovery 14' Aluminum fishing boat. These were on the boat when I purchased it about a year ago. The metal of the handle looks to be a cheap base metal core with a platting that is eroding away. It is clear also that...
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    Small HP Outboard clamp, what is it made of?

    I have both OMC and Yamaha 9.9 HP 2 cycl outboard engines mounted on aluminum fishing boats. Give I have been told never to use any steel hardware on an aluminum boat (not any pressure treated lumber either) I wonder what the clamp on such engines is made of. I know the clamps look to have...
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    Draw bar and receiver pin size

    I have had a 2" receiver on two trucks over the past 25 years and have used many different draw bars. All have been latched together with a 5/8" pin. The receiver has two holes for pinning the draw bar. The one to the rear (forward) is a 5/8" (by my measure) and the first (nearest the opening...
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    Does a hydrofoil improve performance in small outboard application?

    My recently purchased 14' Discovery Aluminum boat with a 9.9 hp 2-cycle Yamaha is slower than my 14' Aluminum Grumman with a 9.9 hp Evinrude. The Discovery while the same length is wider by 6" and deeper (20" stern) so it weighs more. The speed difference is not known as I have only a "eye...
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    Security - trailer wheel locks

    I would like to improve the security of my parked boat/trailer. All I have is the usual hitch lock which can easily be worked around or sawed off... I did a search on "wheel locks", which may not be the right name... I didn't find any threads...so Looking for experience and what others think...
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    Need a shorter trailer jack or a higher hitch ball

    I have a trailer jack designed to be turned up when the trailer is connected to the tow vehicle. I think this is how most jacks work these days. I note my first trailer jack didn't fold up/horizontal, but it could be raised high enough to give the jack wheels several inches ground clearance...
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    What is your transom made of?

    Second try, hope there is only one post: Here I'm really talking about small boats, 2 man fishing boats. I have owned a Grumman 14' Aluminum ProFisherman boat, purchased in about 1986. It has always had a 9.9 HP OMC 2 cycle outboard. When this boat was damaged by the storm Sandy that hit the...
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    Electrical Outlets 12VDC

    I purchased a used Discovery fishing boat and it has on the front deck an electrical outlet, female end. It has three pins, two of which I assume are connected to the on-board battery (no I haven't checked with voltmeter, I'll do that shortly, but my question is physical, not electrical). I...
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    size of lower unit oil drain/fill hole

    I have a hand pump with a plastic tube connected to a threaded end that I have used on my Johnson and Evinrude 9.9 hp engines to pump in lower unit lubrication. I now have a 1990 9.9 hp Yamaha and find the hole is a different size - metric no doubt. This hand pump screws into the top of the 16...
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    9.9 HP Impeller looks good to me

    I pulled the lower unit on my 1990 (est) 9.9 HP Yahama to check/change the impeller. When I tested it there was no "pee" stream coming out. The unit is very low hours in spite of it age. The impeller looks excellent to me, soft/flexible and has a slight bend in the direction of rotation. The...
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    STP verrses Sea Foam motor treatment

    This may be an old subject, couldn't find it on a search. I have noticed at Walmart Sea Foam has sitting next to it on the shelf STP motor treatment, they appear to be competitors, and both can be used in 2 cycle engines. Sea Foam is $8.97 while STP is$7.49 for 16 oz. That is quite a...
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    Mounting Trailer Winch

    Re: Mounting Trailer Winch Here's the "roscoe" proposal, was easy to do (needed only one longer new 3/8" bolt). Looks good to my eye. Thanks,
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