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    Boating with small children ( Toddlers ) Best Life Vest.

    Apparently as long as I use the GTA5 all will be well...
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    Boating with small children ( Toddlers ) Best Life Vest.

    thanks! I am pretty big on maintenance. Anything for the next two years will just be around the local lakes and never when it's busy.
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    Boating with small children ( Toddlers ) Best Life Vest.

    To the amazement of some of the people who remember the early days of this forum, I have had sex at least once and now have a child! The doctors recommend 4 months before taking the child on a boat and I am going to go the extra mile to make sure his neck is in good shape and I will not be...
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    1975 oday 22

    Why are you using an anchor winch like the one you posted? Those do not last long and they will not be able to pull up the chain. Remember sailboats move with the current while anchored and powerboats, especially planning boats, move with the wind.
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    Grass Cutting

    I had a two-month break from cutting grass here in Texas. Now it's growing again and I'm contemplating letting it get long.
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    Prop shops in US that will rebuild Merc 250 Jet Drive Impellers and Stators

    Would it be worth just buying a new stator and impeller or should I dish out the 1800 for the fancy rebuilt? I’m running in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas lakes and occasionally the coast. I’m not running shallow water or near gravel that the improved set up is designed for. I trailer all my...
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    Prop shops in US that will rebuild Merc 250 Jet Drive Impellers and Stators

    Thank you. They are more expensive then buying new. That’s one of the companies I looked at previously. I just want to get the impeller reconditioned and the stator repaired.
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    Names From The Past

    I check in once a year, post every 5. I posted three times today so probably will not post for 15 years now. :-)
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    Prop shops in US that will rebuild Merc 250 Jet Drive Impellers and Stators

    Hello, I have a Seadoo Utopia 250 Mercury Jet Drive inboard boat that I use for skiing, The impellor is showing some damage from common debris and some cavitation. The stator vanes are also heavily damaged. I searched around and most people are sending these to propellor shops to get rebuilt...
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    What happened to the forum - layout

    It was like that last week, its actually working again now. When I made that post the dockside chat (which is always active) first page had “new replies” from nov, last year, january and a bunch from December. Now it all seems to be working fine. I figured Admin5 was upset that that I logged...
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    Replacing keel roller with boat

    Chock trailer, lower tongue all the way, place shoring at the stern, raise tongue until it is lifted. Place auto jack stands around trailer for safety.
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    What happened to the forum - layout

    Hello all. All the post are out of order now instead of in order by newest reply /post on top. Anyone else seeing this?
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    2002 240 EFI jet drive (essentially Optimax ) - Tachometer replacement

    Posting this here as the engine is essentially a 240hp EFI two stroke optimax outboard mounted inside the hull of the boat and mated to a jetdrive. This engine has mercury smart craft installed but I’m guessing a very early edition of it. The tachometer stopped working and I troubleshot it down...
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    2HP Honda outboard year

    Hello! Can someone please tell me the year of my outboard? bZBF - 1203406 I tried joining the hondapartsus website to get the year but it appears to be down. I'm inclined to say that the motor is a 1998 model but I want to be sure. Thanks
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