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    Material for making doors

    I doubt I'm using the right terminology. Sorry. When I got my boat, there was a piece of untreated bead board on hinges hanging down over the bilge compartment as a kind of door. There was another bead board panel latched in place to cover the access to the bow storage compartment. Those...
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    Adapting a swim ladder

    I just got a folding gunwale-mount swim ladder. Its selection was determined by the Head Bean Counter. Uhhhh... I don't think this ladder was designed for gunwales that were in vogue when my boat was built. This picture shows the design of my gunwales: The 7" "hook" on the swim ladder's...
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    I don't get it...

    I don't consider myself to be particularly thin-skinned. I have thrived for more than twenty-five years in an industry that produces an awful lot of individuals who Stephen King referred to as "twenty pounds of BS in a ten pound bag". And yet... I see a startling number of instances in...
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    Need tube for my daughter: lay down or sit down?

    We're looking for a tube for our daughter. We have a 17'6" fiberglass runabout with a 70HP Evinrude outboard. The boat is set up for only 3 passengers. We would carry a driver (most likely me), a spotter and my daughter. She is a tremendously strong, athletic and petite 13-year-old gymnast...
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    Voltmeter wiring: would this work?

    I have obtained a voltmeter because it appears it would be a good idea, based on my experiences, to be able to monitor the voltage output of the battery that starts my motor. I have read here that the voltmeter is wired into the ignition switch so that it is not on all the time. OK, that...
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    Aw, man, I screwed up! HELP!

    Yup. I was in a hurry and stepped in it... :mad: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek: The current steering wheel on my boat is a piece of junk and I need to replace it. The clock is ticking (of course) as my wife has committed that we will bring it to the big camping outing next month. Of course, she...
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    An assortment of stupid questions

    Sorry about the title -- I could not have come up with a less descriptive one if I had tried. I have a list of questions that I have been unable to answer satisfactorily using search functionality. 1) The plug empties water from some kind of formed "bowl" or "pan" in front of the transom. It...
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    Bilge pump installation: question regarding outflow

    First off, I apologize if I posted in the wrong place. I'll try to come right to the point. My boat had nothing electrical when I got it last year. I am in the process of restoring functionality to it step by step. Concerned by things I've read here and not wanting to put family or friends...
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    Trip report: first time out

    My boat made its "maiden voyage" under my ownership on Saturday morning. All the important things went well. Launch, motor start, motor stop, motor restart, lake navigation, docking and recovery all went well. The fish weren't biting, but that's another story...:( There were issues, but they...
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    Determining age of fiberglass speedboat

    Hi. I've been lurking here for about a month, which is when I bought a used boat/outboard/trailer package. I've been on it, driven it, had a kind of "training course" on it and plan really to only practice loading it, unloading it and maybe go fishing once or twice before I store it for the...
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