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    Recomendation needed: Controls

    I want to install a new side mount control on my 91 Seasprite cuddy. Engine is a 91 5.0 merc, alpha 1 gen 2 outdrive. The current control is a quicksilver (assuming original?) with tilt/trim and a trailer switch with a neutral push button. The push button is cracked and constantly pops out...
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    Re-Wiring the dash. Wire gauge/type question

    Decided to pull all the old guages and replace with shiny new Teleflex ones. Since I am doing this, I figured I would just go ahead and rewire everything since the boat is 20 years old. Question, can I use something like this? And is 14/2 gauge acceptable to use...
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    Preakness

    I wanted to get a non Baltimore perspective...Any of you who watched The Preakness this year, did you notice a lack of infield crowd? It is estimated that the attendance was down roughly 30K or more this year. For the first time ever, the race management did not allow BYOB in the infield, and...
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    Double checking old to new tire size

    Currently I have F78 14ST C load tires on my trailer. As I understand it, ST205 75D 14C is the newer tire I should be looking for to replace (as a pair, of course). Is this correct? 5 hole wheels that come with should fit on the hubs I currently have?
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    I should watch Nat Geo tv more often.

    Every time I turn it on I learn more and more trivial facts. Soon I will be ready for Jeopardy... Last night I was flipping and ran across some scientists kayaking the Congo River. Apparently, they used some Lowrance equipment and ran across several areas that are...over 750 ft deep. They...
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    Drywall, Peppers, Toys...

    Every few months it seems that something made in China is going to kill us. Just recently, we had the whole lead paint issue with toys. Now we have drywall with a sulfur compound turning homes into rotten egg smelling toxic nightmares. Just 2 examples in a long list. I'll throw peppers from...
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    Fishing boat sinks off NJ; 1 dead, 4 missing

    http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jk76JQvQKRILJxu71hQU2zRZXd6QD974FKMO0 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ? A fishing boat sank off the New Jersey coast Tuesday morning, killing at least one person and leaving four others missing, the Coast Guard said. Rescuers plucked three people from...
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    Marine Retail Chain to close

    I was in Boater's World here in MD this morning and the Manager and staff were making a big fuss about a "huge sale for the next 3 months". I thought nothing of it until the manager took a phone call and mention liquidation. Came home and found this article...
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    Humminbird 755c, 785c2

    I have a fish finder I am happy with already and want to dip my toe into the gps market. I did a lot of price searching and homework on the bazillion chart plotters out there. I noticed these 2 models are pretty dern cheap. I assume these are older models (how old I am not sure) because they...
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    Are these doohickies what I need?

    My wife re-vinyled our entire interior and I need to screw the port and starboard runners back in. I really don't want to mess up her vinyl job, so I plan to use washers. I would also like to cover the screw head and washer. Something like this what I need...
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    Hatch Supports or Gas Springs?

    I own a 1991 Seasprite Cuddy and had to rebuild practically everything with wood in it when I got her. We are on our last phase, the hatch cover, and back seat are built and ready to install. I have been trying to figure out what to use to hold up the engine hatch cover and would greatly...
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