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    Spectrum Gelcoat

    There are a few cracks, gouges and spots where gelcoat has flaked off in my 1968 Boston Whaler Nauset. I am thinking of using Spectrum Gelcoat. Is this a good product. Does anyone have expeirence with it? Also, if it doesnt quite match where can I get some blue and white color agents to adjust...
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    Changin the Oil on a F100

    I have lost my owners manual and need to know how to change the oil on a 2001 Yamaha 100 Four Stroke. I usually have the dealer do it but the keep the boat way too long and the cost is crazy. Please help me, I dont think it should be hard.
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    Radar

    If I were to buy a Dome antenna by JRC, Furuno, or Raymarine. Could I see weather formations? Such as squalls etc? What all could I see? I have always been a small boater and now I got a bigger one. I am looking into Radar and have never used it before. Thanks
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    On Dock Baitwell

    I am building a baitwell out of plywood and fibergalss to sit on my dock. The plywood part is done. I wan tto coat it in epoxy and fibergalss cloth. Where is the best place to get good, inexpensive resin? Also where is a good place to get cloth? I am most likeley going to buy it by the gallon. I...
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    Contender Boats Bankruptcy

    I hear Contender is on the verge of bankruptcy. Anyone else heard of this? I am not bashing Contender boats, I love them. Just wondering.
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    Runaway Boat

    This happened a while back. Me and my brother were riding around in my wooden skiff with a twenty five yamaha. Its old and noisy so its hard to hear. My brother is crazy and wanted to jump off the boat while it was moving. I misunderstood him and thought he wanted me to jump off. I said okay and...
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    Yamaha F100 Smoking???

    I have a 2001 Yamaha F100 Four Stroke. It smokes after being warmed up. It is not a big puffs and clouds of smoke. It just comes out the exhaust a litte and then kind of dissapears. It is a whit smoke and I cant figure it out? If anyone can help it would be great! Thanks
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    Setting up twin 9.9 outboards.

    I was just wondering if you can run a twin yamaha 9.9 engine set up. If you can, how would you do this? Thanks
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    New Battery Problems

    I have a Yammy F100. I had an old Die Hard but it Died. I got a new one today. The old battery had two terminals. 2 for positive, two for negative. The motor and electronics were connected to the same terminal on positive. On negative they were on seperate terminals. The new battery only has one...
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    Big Battery Problems

    I have a Yamaha 100 Four Stroke. The battery died so I decided to use the battery from my yamaha 25 Four Stroke. When I cranked it the battery smokes and smoke came out of the motor cowling. What Happened?
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    Rail Screws

    On my whaler there are little screw holes on my rail. Some of the holes have them and some are missing. They are used to fold the rail pieces together at a Tee or Elbow joint. Does anyone know where I can get some? Thanks
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    Rail Screw Things

    On my whaler there are little screw holes on my rail. Some of the holes have them and some are missing. They are used to fold the rail pieces together at a Tee or Elbow joint. Does anyone know where I can get some? Thanks
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    V shaped water spray

    I have a 14' wooden skiff. The motor is a 9.9 yammy. The cav. plate is even with the wooden keel whichs really a 1x1 nailed to the bottom of the boat. The motor sends a v shaped spray right off the motor on the transom and sometimes over the transom. Can anyone help me stop this? Thanks!
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    Water in gas

    just curious. What are the effects of having water in the gas?
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    Yamaha 9.9 smoking

    My 1995 yammy 9.9 2 stroke smokes alot after being warmed up. It has always smoked a little but never this much,it is running fine. Can anyone help? Thanks.
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    Seafoam in gas

    I was wondering. Can I just put a whole can of seafoam in a gallon of gas and just let the motor run to get carbon out? Is this bad? Thanks
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    never leave the boat lift

    It was a pretty day in June on Mobile Bay. It was like glass. I just got back from a long ride in my Stauter Built boat. I put it in the lift and switched it to up. I had to go grab a motor flushing attachment so I went into the wharf's storage room to get one. The boat lifts old motor got fried...
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    Stripped Screws

    I have some stripped screws in my Boston Whaler. What can I do yo fix this, I was thinkin about putting in wood dowels in, would this work? Where can I get some? Thanks!
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    Yamaha 100 problem

    Ok, another question about this motor. During usage, at idle when it is warmed up it seems to smoke a little to much, it may just be me, but can anyone diagnose this problem? Thanks!!
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    Yamaha 100 smoking

    I have a yamaha 100hp four stroke. It has been doing fine since day one until today, when I started it, it blew a big puff of smoke out, and smoked alot for about 15 seconds, this has never happened before. After that ran fine. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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