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  1. thurps

    Best 21'-24' glass cabin.

    Know this is highly subjective. Looking for something different. Not Grady White, Whaler, etc. Thanks.
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    85' Johnson 40hp fuel pump kit or pump

    Have the above that came with oil injection. Because it came from the factory with a molded or staked fuel pump, no rebuild kit is listed that I could find. long ago I drilled and tapped it so that i could take it apart. I would like to know which rebuild kit to get for it or if not, what fuel...
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    Keeping frozen bait fresh

    My tip for keeping frozen bait as fresh as possible. First, select the best anchovies, sardines, or herring you can find. Let them thaw enough to remove from the packaging without pulling the fins off. Put them in a jar of salt water with a few drops of laundry bluing in it. The salt water will...
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    engine surges when first started

    My 1985 Johnson 40 starts and idles perfectly but when I give it throttle, it surges up and down for three to five minutes. After that it will run fine for the rest of the day no matter how many times I start it, or how long I rest it in between starting. The next day it will do the same thing...
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    The need for political posts

    One of the biggest things affecting salt water fishing, and soon to be fresh water fishing, are MLPAs. That is marine life protection areas. These are something that we need to discuss. I don't know how to even breach this subject without being political.
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    Smoooooth ride

    Getting older and I am finding it a little harder to stand the ride of my sweetheart 13'4" Boston Whaler. http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t308/thurps/boatsnow013.jpg I know it's pretty subjective but what is the smoothest riding ocean boat in the 17' range. I would appreciate your...
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    Can't sleep

    Can't sleep, pacing the floor, boat inspected, wheel bearings greased, gear on board, munchies purchased, fillet knife sharpened, fresh batteries in camera. What am I forgetting? OCEAN SPORTFISHING SEASON OPENS TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Absolutely nothing to do with boating

    When you are really bored, google perpetual motion machine videos.
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    medacare insurance

    I'm only a few months from the big one and it seems that every day my mail is loaded with tons of supplemental insurance offers. There must be a lot of money in it for the underwriters because of the quality, to say nothing of the quantity of literature. I know there are a few of you out there...
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    shaker

    Missed a Kodak moment walking on a bluff overlooking the ocean. Never saw beachcombers move as fast as when the earthquake hit yesterday afternoon. Definitely a good move on there part though and have to admit my heart thumped a little also.
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    aluminum boats

    I'm thinking of getting an 18'/20' aluminum boat to chase albacore with. So far I haven't been very impressed by the ride in the ones I have been in. It's a pretty subjective thing but any suggestions?
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    The Mayonnaise Jar & 2 Beers

    Don't know the author but, I like it! When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers. * A professor * stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he...
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    homemaid lures

    Taking off on the "sinker sale" thread, I would like to hear how others make cheap, quick and dirty, saltwater jigs & lures. Kind of like the old pop top lures. For you young ins, pop tops used to come off the can and you could put 5/10 on a line with hooks and it made a fairly decent bait jig...
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    sluggish at best

    I am looking at a Bayliner 24 CC Trophy. Went on a test drive and was surprised at how sluggish it was. It has a Volvo 270 outdrive and at WOT it would only make 2800 rpm before dropping over on plane and then only about 3200/3400. The original owner said it just had a tune up and "that's the...
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    New boat

    Today I'm going shopping for a new boat. I'm looking for one that I can't possibly afford but I hear I can get an interest only loan for ten years. The best part is at the end of the ten years, if I still can't afford it, they will just wright it off or put me into a boat that I can afford...
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    sailboat storage

    Do you call a storage lot for fully rigged (less sails) trailered sailboats a dry sailing basin? Storage lots that you can access the launch ramp without putting down your mast.
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    Bumming Critters.

    CATransplant reminded me of a seagull that my wife and I were watching at an overlook on a trip by Bodega Bay, Ca.. He would walk up to a car, droop his wing, start limping and look absolutely pathetic. When he stopped getting handouts he would straighten himself out walk up to the next vehicle...
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    Orcas!

    Yesterday while fishing Little Reef, which is 3 ? miles off shore, I was looking behind my boat when up popped a pod of six Orcas about 200? away heading toward me. My yacht being a 13 ?? Boston Whaler, to say the least I was a little concerned. I started the engine, threw the motor in gear, hit...
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    Snake in your pants?

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    sailboat storage

    Our local harbor Is strapped for cash and is looking for new revenue generating ideas. Because our harbor has several acres of unused land, I thought it might be a great idea to have a sailboat storage area where the boat owners do not have to un-rig their sailboats between launchings. Also...
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