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Hi,
I am looking at a yam 480r rib. Do these boats have a deep vee and how do they handle in the rough stuff?
Could you compare it to a 4.7 searider?
Many thanks
Nathan
Hi,
I have a terrible degrading antifoul coat on my boat that the previous owner put on, it will be kept on a trailer so i want to get rid of it.
Right so how can i get rid of it?
Someone told me about hydrochloric acid but what Molar do i need?
I have also heard sanding, sand blasting...
Hi,
I live in the uk and finding a 225-250hp if proving really troublesome.
If anyone here knows somewhere selling a engine that's either 4 stroke, optimax or evinrude newer than 2000 please post a link below.
I have found five engines advertised in the uk so far at the power and age i...
After 4 months of constant research and work to raise the funds i have bought a boat.
It?s a 23 foot sea fox 230 walk around.
I was planning to buy a bow rider but after finding this at the price (?3500) it was i fell in love with it.
The windscreen and engine have been stolen hence the...
Hi,
I am buying probably two small speed boats to get the engines and then sell the trailer to get a bit of money back.
how do i dispose of the hull though? can i just take it to a skip and how much do they charge?
also... would ( for example) a mercury 115hp 1994 and a mariner 115hp 1991...
Hi,
There is a sea fox 230 and it's going for around $5000 (not 100% sure on currency rates) , however, there is no engine or windscreen.
Now i know the windscreen is not cheap so I?m planning to not get one. :p
The engine is proving out to be tricky though. I?m at the edge of my budget...
Hello,
I'm on a budget and stuck on what will be cheaper.
How much will it cost to service and maintain a 3 liter 4 stroke mercruiser inboard in a year?
and how much would a 2 stroke 125hp (ish) outboard cost? (not including 2 stroke oil)
i have heard that to service a 3L mercruiser your...
Hi Forum,
I'm looking into buying a bayliner with what is apparently an 125hp force outboard from 1990.
Any advice or past experiences with these engines? anything i should look out for?
I have looked on some old threads i dug up on other forums and these engines seem get alot of bad reviews...
The boat i am looking to buy it for is a 1993 Thompson bow-rider 1800 with a 3 litre mercruiser, i think it originally had a 19' prop.
i don't know anything about pitch apart from the Iboats quick guide where it said the bigger the pitch the more it can travel in one rotation?
so would i be...
Just viewed a boat and i think i have finally found the one...3.7 litre picton bowrider and will do 50mph and yet there is still plenty of space with a fully open bow.
there is only one thing i noticed on this boat, the steering had alot of play in it. :(
is that a big problem to fix?
there...
been looking for a boat for a long time now and i think the final verdict is a cuddy powerboat.
i will be going halfs with my dad and our budget would be ?4000. first, is there even hope of getting a speedy and comfortable cuddy at that speed?
also what size OB would you need on for example a...
hi forum
i was out today testing a bowrider i was looking to buy (17ft 3 litre) when the weather took a turn for the worse
the waves were taller than the boat, i'd say 4ft maybe 5ft waves! this was the first time i'd driven a "powerfull" boat if you could call it that, and i was having the...
hi my names Nathan and i'm 15
i really want to go powerboating but my age is really holding me back right now. :(
my parents are worried i would crash into something and cost them alot of money, so third party insurance is a must. however, getting insurance for me is turning out to be...
