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    Any tricks to get Aluminum transom to tighten up post Tig?

    Dad and I have been replacing the plywood transom in our '98 Lund this winter. I had assumed the source of the leak and thus rot to be the poorly sealed engine mount bolts the dealer installed and they were surely a factor but we also found nearly two dozen corrosion holes thru the aluminum...
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    What do you know about Archercraft from the 70's?

    Many years ago when I was cool, many many years ago, there were two of these boats on our lake. They were the hot ticket, with a 60 hp Merc, sure made a kid with a fishing boat and a 25 pine a bit. It's now many years later and low and behold I find one of them in the woods at the lake while...
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    throttle advancing while going in to gear, not after in gear

    Hey folks I have a question about our 1983 ish Mercruiser 260. I replaced the shift interrupt plate when we got the boat and had never operated the boat before replacing it. The good news is it shifts and the engine runs very smoothly. The bad news is that the "timing" between the shift and...
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    Cavitation over 3400 rpm, help with prop selection, mercruiser 260, 24' Sea Ray

    Ran the "new" (nearly thirty year old) boat today. Have a prop question, monitoring speed and RPM I'm pretty much getting solid results until about 3400 and then have cavitation no matter where the lower unit is trimmed. Boat is an '83 24' Sea Ray, pretty heavy. It's wearing a 15x15 prop, 1.5...
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    chartplotter, AIS, and DSC

    Hey folks, I'm not real techie so want to know if what I'm planning will work. I'd like to put together a fairly low priced and high value electronic system for a 24' boat. I'd like a chartplotter (rivers) of reasonable size coupled to display AIS targets and provide depth and fuel...
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    How do you measure fuel flow/consumption?

    First off, new guy here, have lurked the forum for info for awhile now but have some questions that I haven't found direct answers to so figured I'd better become official! Looks like a really helpful site, so looking forward to interacting with you and hope I can add some value along the way...
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