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New to area and boating. I have a 21? sport deck/fish boat. Have the charts, will be buying GPS. Looking for areas to take wife and 2 small kids to beach/drop anchor and have a ?day at the beach? (not looking to fish). I launch out of Blythe Island Park and would prefer to find locations...
I have a 2002 DF-140 4 stroke. Had a tune-up to include new plugs and batt's 2 weeks ago. Ran perfectly all day on a saturday afternoon. Went to flush engine at home and motor would crank and not fire. Several hours later ($$$) at a Suzuki repair shop, the mechanic has it down to a bad ECM...
My buddy just bought 2 (same model) 2005 Yamaha Waverunners. Initially, no problems. They would both top out around 58-60mph. Now the one won't go past 45 mph at full throttle (no noise, no smoke etc.). The Runners have not been beached or mishandled. Any things to check? Suggestions?
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I just bought a (used 2002) 20' Starcraft/Stardeck for me and the family to cruise and island hop (coastal Georgia). The "stock" depth finder doesn't seem to be very accurate (bad transducer?) Anyway, my concerns are accurate depth readings and mapping my routes/waypoints/markers etc. Garmin...
