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  1. bow wow rider

    Ohio River boating near Cincinnati - found a great stretch of water

    Dropped our Four Winns Horizon 170 in yesterday at the Augusta Street ramp in New Richmond, Ohio. The ramp is free and has a nice long dock and a two-lane ramp. Wasn't too busy for a Sunday afternoon. headed upstream (south/southeast) toward the Meldahl dam, and what a great stretch of water...
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    chewed up the prop -- think the drive shaft is ok?

    i had a bad moment :facepalm: on the Ohio over the weekend, and got the prop caught up in some rocks/mud near the shoreline. tore up the alum prop pretty good, one of the blades lost about a 1 inch chunk. the rest look like they've been gnawed upon by a trex. with the chewed up prop, vibration...
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    Tire wobble, trailer vibration -- but i was prepared

    pulling the boat on i-275 near cincy this afternoon, started to notice the sound first. sounded like wind buffeting when the back windows are partially rolled down. over the next 20 miles, it got worse, soon the whole starboard side of the boat was noticeably vibrating and the...
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    wake... by definition

    busy day on East Fork Lake near Cincinnati. Heading in, I get to the ramp and there are 3 dudes in daddy's boat with a ton of ballast, music blaring, wake surfing, in tiny circles around the no-wake buoy. tie up our 17 foot bowrider and it's rocking against the dock, over and over. same...
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    MPG while towing

    I just got a 2011 Jeep Liberty (5,000 lb tow capacity) and have been using it to pull my 17 foot bowrider (3,200 lbs). My MPG while towing at 68MPH (interstate, relatively flat land) is about 12.5. When not towing, the Liberty normally gets about 25MPG at this speed. My towing MPG seems...
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    towing in the rain

    going up to northern ohio this weekend to get my 17' four winn bowrider out of storage. it's a 3.5 hour drive back here, and it will probably be raining for some of the trip, possibly heavy rain. does anyone have any tips for towing in the rain? i'll be pulling the boat with the cover off, so...
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    Cincinnati boat show

    I won 2 tickets to the Cincinnati boat show... very excited. Have never been to it. Can't wait to board some vessels that will forever be out of my price range!
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    Removing drain petcocks on volvo 3.0 -- winterizing

    I was annoyed that my service manual doesn't show where the drain petcocks are exactly and also it says there are four when there are only two. I haven't been able to find pictures/diagrams of the petcocks on this popular engine anywhere, so I took some of my own and posted them. This is for...
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    video: boating on the maumee river, ohio

    we launched at napoleon, ohio (my hometown). i don't live there anymore but went up for fun and to take my dad for a ride on the four winns. me, my wife, my dad and my dogs. great weather for october in northern ohio. really nice public launch in napoleon, good trip...
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    pic: boat put away for winter =(

    Makes me sad. But at least it's a nice place to rest for the next few months. Looks kind of like a showroom. Contemplating putting the trailer up on jack stands to take pressure off the tires... thoughts?
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    new pic -- boat on water

    Here's me, my wife and our two "bow wow riders" as I like to call them. This is at East Fork Lake in Clermont County, Batavia, Ohio yesterday. Air temp was around 70 but the water was still about 77 degrees... good day for some wakeboard/kneeboard wipeouts. Anyway this is our 2004 Four Winns...
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    power loading your boat

    It is generally quicker and easier than winching the boat all the way up the trailer. I saw this page and video showing why it's apparently a bad idea: http://www.boat-ed.com/mn/course/p2-4_trailering.htm I always get the boat off and on the trailer with a little bit of throttle, but not much...
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    winterizing -- should i try to do it myself?

    i've been around boats for years but just bought my own this year. it's a 2004 four winns horizon 170 I/O with a 3.0 volvo penta SX. i'm trying to decide whether to winterize it myself or pay a shop to do it. i am mechanically inclined, do lots of work on our cars, etc, but i am nervous about...
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