Boat Forum / Boats / July 2008

and it should put a smile on your face.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY

i have a johnson 20hp outboard model# 20BA 76D i need to know what
year it is.
thak u 4 helping

I have a sea ray with 4.3 mercruiser, the boat was running fine all
season until 2 weeks ago. It will run fine if you keep it around 2,000
rpms but then when you start to go faster, it will surge from 3,000
rpms to 4,000 and continue to do that until it stalls out. Its not the

Anybody else notice anything odd about this Yahoo weather forecast?
http://www.eisboch.com/Yahooweather.jpg
Eisboch

I'm a semi-retired car mechanic that's been drafted by the boat owners from 8
small lakes in the Central New York area to fix their boats.
Most of my repairs are minor and people are usually thrilled that they don't
have to pull their boat out of the water and lose it for most of ...

Turns out that clearing the atmosphere and reduced emissions may
actually contribute to global warming.  
http://tinyurl.com/6o9p9p
Of course the Sun has nothing to do with global warming.

home Sunday night!
Meeting two of my brothers in Cumberland, MD, from where we'll head south
into West Virginia. West Virginia will have to put up with the three of us
on our motorcycles until Saturday afternoon when we'll leave that glorious

Although we are going by car our destinations are generally on the
water I did not consider this to be OT.
We are taking the trip we planned last year (canceled because of work
demands at the time) to Baltimore, NYC, Boston and lower Maine.  We

After having my waterpump and prop replaced over the winter I took my
99 Larson out for a test-drive.  It ran great for about 45 minutes
then I started to smell burning rubber.  Checking the engine
compartment the rubber bellows that go from the exhaust riser out the

Here's a little road music for you heading out for the weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nLiQBV6A7c&feature=related
Back when Lyndsay Buckingham didn't look like 20 miles of used and
abused rail road bed.

I'm changing the bunks on a used trailer I bought and need some
advice. The bunks are adjustable and I have measured the position on
my old trailer and have all the supports close. The only question is:
What's the best method to curve the bunks to fit the hull? The bunks

hi 2002 2452 bayliner 300hp 5l alpha leg what is my best prop 2 people
not much gear   rshicthanks

Launched around 12 noon and was surprised that there weren't many
boats at the ramp - maybe ten/twelve trailers and the ramp was
completely open.
Cruising out of the launch area, the water was flat dead calm and not

This is nonsense. I have a hard time believing that the intelligent
ones here would believe anything and everything that the fat nail
biting idiot would say. Am I really trying to have a conversation with
people that would believe such things as a trans Atlantic trip in a