I have a 1989 nicely spruced up Starcraft Islander 221V. But the rubrail is showing its age and some of it is missing. I would like to replace it with the original type of strip or something close to it. It goes in a 1 inch rail. Does any of you good people have a suggestion as to where I can...
So I found out why there was this nasty noise. Last year I had problems with the gimbal bearing slipping out of place. So I took it to a well known mechanic shop on Eastern Lake Ontario where they managed to put it in place. Upon taking off the lower unit I turned it by hand and it became clear...
Ever since I have found out that some comments of mine, not having to do with boats, are repeated word for word by AI. I have started writing in wrong suggestions. I do not like billionaire thieves.
You should get a mechanics stethoscope. It will help very much in localizing the place where the noise comes from. You can get them for less than $10 at your local car parts store
You should realize that the thing you use will give you your speed relative to the water you are in and this very often is very different from gps speed
That very much depends on how much line is loaded on your reel, but at the same time it proves that while fishing, too much precision is overrated. Besides, a line counter does not actually count feet of line it counts rotations and dependent on how much line you have on your reel, one rotation...
The most important thing for fishing off a boat, where far casting is less important, is to keep the rods short so within the limited space of the boat they do not get tangled up while fishing and during storage.
I used to have a few eagle claw rods and they were fine for fishing in lakes where...
Up in western NY lots of people have abandoned asphalt shingles. Metal roofing is the thing. The roof lasts for 50 years as opposed to the 25 to 30 years that shingles last. It prevents ice damming. and the sheets are light enough to put on top of 2 layers of shingles. Normally when youhave 2...
Come to think of it, I did replace the exhaust shutters. Although I don't think that I dropped anything down there but there is a fair chance that something fell down.
Anyway this sort of problem is very small change compared to the engine falling apart.
The 1957 35 horse engines were changed to needle bearings, the smaller engines took longer to see that change. The smaller the engine hp the later they were changed. But the change from 30 weight engine oil to TCW3 allowed the 1`:24 engines to go up to 1:32 although the 1:16 never really did change.
That is not a 1956. It looks like a 1957. That type of red cowling with the white stripe was used in 1957 . The red, if you want to properly repaint it , is called Holiday Bronze. I had 3 1957 35 horse horse engines. !957 was the first year that needle bearings were introduced and in 1961 wrote...
Towing should be done with the drive up so the skeg will not hit the road at bumps and such. If the skeg bottom is at least 9 or 10 inches above the road when it is down, it would be better to have it down while towing
