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    Water keeps filling boat cover, please help!

    Hello, I live in a pretty rainy area and I can NOT seem to figure out how to actually cover my boat. I have an old starcraft so it has a covered bow but the rest is pretty open. It's a 22 footer so the open area is probably 12 feet by 7 feet or so. Long story short, no matter how I cover it...
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    Extra cost(s) breakdown of storing boat in a saltwater marina?

    Thanks. Is the insurance significantly more expensive? Ok, dumb question.... is a mooring different from storing in the marina? What's the big difference, just that you need to boat out to the boat? and I guess it's less protected? Aluminum in Salt Water, with an I/O Thanks! I'll check...
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    Extra cost(s) breakdown of storing boat in a saltwater marina?

    Thanks. I think something that would help is even getting a list of what the things are that cost money. Like, okay, bottom painting. I guess I knew that one, but my worry is, I don't know what I don't know. So it would be really easy for someone to think "oh, I just plop my boat in the...
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    Extra cost(s) breakdown of storing boat in a saltwater marina?

    Hi all, I have what may be a pretty dumb question but I couldn't find a comprehensive answer anywhere so apologies if this has already been asked a million times. I currently keep my boat on a trailer but I would like to eventually store it in a harbor (in the ocean, so... saltwater). Right...
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    Anybody have dimensions for seat area on late 60s-early 70's islander 22?

    Thanks, but I'm mostly worried about the base. It's on some custom base that looks like it can either JUST fit there or will be too big. Hard to tell the exact size based on a crappy craigslist photo with a tape measure, but it looks like the base is about 20" wide, give or take.
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    Anybody have dimensions for seat area on late 60s-early 70's islander 22?

    Apologies in advance, but I am visiting family and not near my boat. Someone on craigslist here is selling a really nice seat with a metal base that would be an upgrade for me, and I'm wondering if it will slip right into the area in between my doghouse and the sidewalls, near the stern. I'm...
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    Centering boat on trailer (solo) without trailer guides? or DIY guide advice

    Thanks all. I am going to try removing the front bunks and I am looking at adding some keel rollers. I have found a few on crossbars that look like they should work and have some side guides, similar to this kind of thing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/384921316596 Thing is, they look like that top...
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    Centering boat on trailer (solo) without trailer guides? or DIY guide advice

    hm. I guess I'm not exactly sure what you mean here by "above." The winch is about right even with the bow eye when the boat is fully on the trailer... the trailer has one of those double bow stop things, and the winch cable runs right through the middle of them: Is this not right? My winch...
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    Centering boat on trailer (solo) without trailer guides? or DIY guide advice

    Thanks, all. I must have my trailer set up poorly because it really needs to be backed way, way into the water or else the winch is basically useless. I have the kind of winch with the steel cable, and if the trailer isn't back so far that my feet are in about a foot of water trying to winch...
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    Centering boat on trailer (solo) without trailer guides? or DIY guide advice

    hmmmm... it's definitely possible that my trailer is set up poorly. I guess I've never gone through the motions of actually setting it up right, I just figured, as long as the boat is on the bunks, it's good. Is there a resource for getting it actually set up well? Thanks
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    Centering boat on trailer (solo) without trailer guides? or DIY guide advice

    Thanks all. When you say flat stock, what thickness is acceptable to replicate U bolts?
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    Centering boat on trailer (solo) without trailer guides? or DIY guide advice

    I have a 22' starcraft islander and a trailer without side bunks or guides or anything. I'd really like to be able to get out into the harbor the day before a fishing trip and catch baitfish, but I've found that when I'm solo, it's extremely difficult to center the boat on the bunks if there's...
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    early 70's Mercruiser 165hp inline 6 w/ MC-1 drive not going into gear (sometimes)

    Hello all, just following up on this. I still have not found either the problem or the solution. It has still been happening, and I'm a bit worried that I could get stranded or something. Could it just be that sometimes the gears don't line up and grind, like in a car? Is there some way to help...
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    early 70's Mercruiser 165hp inline 6 w/ MC-1 drive not going into gear (sometimes)

    Wow, first, congrats on 69000! Pretty wild how much knowledge shared and advice given that represents. I can shift the drive by hand pretty easily. Had a friend at the helm while I tried it. Problem is, I this issue is very intermittent. So I can't tell if this fixed it entirely, or if it...
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    early 70's Mercruiser 165hp inline 6 w/ MC-1 drive not going into gear (sometimes)

    Finally had a chance to test this and unfortunately the handle does not pull out from the body. I also had a moment where I was able to get it to not go into gear again, and for the first time, I gave the controls to someone else and had them work the throttle while I went to the stern to...
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    early 70's Mercruiser 165hp inline 6 w/ MC-1 drive not going into gear (sometimes)

    ahhh interesting. THAT i did not try. I'll give that a whirl and report back again. Thanks!!
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    early 70's Mercruiser 165hp inline 6 w/ MC-1 drive not going into gear (sometimes)

    Thanks. Yeah, that's a little hard to see and get a photo of. I actually don't think it's a button, that looks like the sticker that says "morse" but it doesn't seem like it pushes in at all like a button (if this is what you were talking about)
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    early 70's Mercruiser 165hp inline 6 w/ MC-1 drive not going into gear (sometimes)

    So my controller is made by a company called "morse" and here are some photos. I did not see any kind of button or anything that would put it into throttle only mode (last one is with the plastic cover off): So maybe that's not the issue, unless anyone knows whether this controller has a...
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    early 70's Mercruiser 165hp inline 6 w/ MC-1 drive not going into gear (sometimes)

    Mine definitely does not look like that. I'll grab a photo and share, thanks
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    early 70's Mercruiser 165hp inline 6 w/ MC-1 drive not going into gear (sometimes)

    Hm... I did not know that, but this seems like the simplest (and most likely) explanation of what's happening. This matches the symptoms exactly... I assume if it were more of a shifter issue or cable issue, I would hear or feel something but since it throttles up so smoothly with no noise, it...
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