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    Adjusting throttle/ idle settings on 50 Merc

    Hello, I would like to know how to adjust my throttle/idle/timing settings on my 50hp Mercury. I had a friend show me last year, I do know there's a sort of rocker device with adjustment screws that controls each setting. The other day I knocked the rod that connects the throttle out of its...
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    Stuck starter - key issue?

    Hi, I was starting up my 50hp Merc yesterday and to my chagrin, the starter would NOT stop cranking, despite pulling the key out of the ignition. The only way I could shut it off was yanking a battery terminal. The key seems to turn in either direction, so I'm thinking it could be the wiring...
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    Best hitch for V6 Touareg?

    Hi, I recently bought a 2006 V6 Touareg and now pondering over which aftermarket hitch to install. I will be pulling a 2,600 load (boat+trailer) I've ruled out the VW-recommended manufacturer hitch as it's a ripoff at $700. Although, I've read on the touareg enthusiast forum that I should...
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    Corporate event: Everglades Holiday Park

    This Friday my boss is taking us on a fishing trip to Everglades Holiday Park (west of Fort Lauderdale, FL). We are renting 2-3 flat-bottomed fishing boats from their facility and plan to fish for 4 hrs (7:30 - 11:30). Considerations: - Group of 7 participants, all land-bound...
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    Minimum age to ride on boat?

    Hey, I have a 16ft bowrider which I've owned for 6 years but haven't ridden for a while, since we had our first child this year. We've been lending the boat to friends in the meanwhile, to keep it happy, but we'd like to take our daughter on her first ride next week. She's 6 months old and has...
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    Towing with motor down. : (

    Hiyall,<br />I gots me a Bayliner 160 bowrider, and although I consider myself a pretty cautious and dilligent owner, today I really messed up. <br /><br />Yesterday on bringing the boat home I parked it next to the garden hose where I could wash it down and flush the motor. It then started...
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    Need to (re) install bilge - Bayliner Capri 160

    Hi, after owning a Capri 160 for 4 years my bilge froze up. I had a mechanic come out, take the part and then....quote me for $$$A-Lot to get the little bugger installed. So I'd like to go about it myself! <br /><br />Problem is the owner's manual doesn't have an installation diagram, and with...
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    Boater's Paradise.....Sanibel Island!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Just made it back from Sanibel/Captiva island on the west coast, and boy, what a sweet place to go boating! Being a new boater (2 months) I had only been on the tame waters of the intercoastal in S. Florida, and after doin the west coast, boating at home will seem lame!!!<br /><br />Anyways, we...
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    Traveling.....with cover on or off???

    hi folx!<br />On friday i will be draggin my 16 ft. Capri behind me on a 3 hour haul (roughly). I'm deciding whether the cover should be on or off. I've got somethin like 10 elastic bands tying the thing down, but at 60mph the air pressure might lift it up anyways. <br />A fellow boater (an...
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    Adding name to boat

    Hi, folx. As a proud new owner of a bayliner 16' Capri, I would like to add a name. It's an outboard, so adding to the transom is out of the question. It might go either on the blue stripe on the side or below the stripe on the hull. Anyways, what's the best low budget way about this? <br /><br...
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    sharks s. Florida

    i know this isn't the travel forem, but...anyways, what do you guys think about all these sharks in Florida? In Daytona, six surfers were bitten. In Tampa, a huge school of bullsharks are migrating south, those are mean ones. Then the attack in the Bahamas, it goes on and on...<br /><br />Is...
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    Bayliner Capris: Opinions please???

    Being a novice boater, I'd like an experienced opinion on Bayliners. More specific, the Capri line. I hear one side sayin they're a good value for the money, and others labeling them as pieces of junk!<br /><br />For the latter, could you please explain why? <br /><br />Appreciate your opinions....
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    Towing problem

    Hey folks, first time here.<br /><br />I think I really screwed up on my choice of a tow truck. I have a Bayliner 16' to pull. I had a Kia, which worked but I knew I would have to upgrade very soon. So I got me a Mazda Tribute DX SUV. I got a reaaallly good deal on a 4-cyl model with manual...
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