The iboats forum moderators are excited to announce that at this time it appears the iboats forums posting pictures function is working once again. Though we cannot promise for how long, we're hoping for indefinitely.
I have a 1989 FourWinns with a 4.3L OMC I/O. I had the boat winterized by my local FourWinns dealer. I put the boat in my garage for the winter with a tarp on it. Today, I pulled back the tarp and noticed a gassy/oily smell. I looked all over in the engine compartment and couldn't see...
I have a 1989 19 foot FourWinns I/O. There are several areas on our local lake that have sand beaches and many people "beach" their boat by slowly driving bow first towards shore until the sand stops them. <br /><br />I haven't done this yet for fear of what it would do to the hull of my boat...
I'm new to both boating and this forum.<br /><br />One thing that I've noticed is a preference by those posting for Outboard engines over I/O. I understand the arguements that are being made for Outboards and don't necessarily disagree.<br /><br />What I don't understand is that in my part of...
I'm a newbie to boating and am considering the purchase of a 1987 17 foot Cobalt bowrider with a 4.3 engine and a Mercruiser outdrive.<br /><br />The boat has been run some every season except this one. The engine has approximately 250 hours on it. It is in Iowa.<br /><br />How many hours are...
