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Can you access where your fuel sender is located beneath the floor? Is it sealed properly? Mine gave me a problem many years ago but whatever sealant I used, it is still working. Lucky me, the sending unit is still pretty accurate. Denny and I swapped out the old filler line but we did it...

My 1987 235 does the opposite. When it is a cold start and I have to pump the shifter while cranking, it will sometimes rise to 2000rpm. Then I'll adjust the shifter to a lower rpm. If my engine is warm from a recent run, all I have to do is turn the key and it starts and settles at 900rpm...

Never heard of those pin holes before. It amazes me that these areas have lasted nearly 10 years without fading while the rest of the boat, after two attempts to "regenerate" it, keeps fading. Too much work now. Thanks for the info

I’m not going to get involved in another gel coat battle but I am interested in opinions. I wish my whole boat looked like those scratch areas.

Many years ago while returning to my slip the wind caught my boat and pushed me into an outboard boat with its engine fully raised. Needless to says it caused a large gash into the gelcoat. There was also lengthy key scratch along side as well. I took plenty of wet sand paper to try and...

I finally made my trip this year to Toronto Island. I initially tied up at the mooring wall but on the second day, I anchored out by the beach. I used the navy anchor off the bow and the small fluke off the stern. The stern line was at a 45 degree angle. The wind picked up a little bit to 10kts...

It also sounds like the problem came after you put gas in. You should check with other boaters at your marina to see if they have a similar problem. Did you really run out of gas? I envy you owning a Sig 270. Ever since I first saw one at the Toronto boat show 10+ years ago, I said to myself...

I just saw this news item and watched the video. I was skeptical at first. Thought it was a sneaker or a toy floating in the water. Then the tail came to the surface. Hope they find it soon! I wonder how fast it can swim to Buffalo...

I haven't really taken a look at it. Will I have to learn about sailing and PWC along with boating?

Here in NYS, "they" have been slowly making everybody take the course. I've been able to grandpa along for several years but in 2025, everybody has to take it.

It's been many years since I've been to Long Point. Once with my dad in his Bayliner and once with my Chap [launched from Port Dover]. I recall back in 2001, just before 911, I flew from Buffalo, along the Lake Erie shoreline and out to Long Point. You could see the sand bar in places that...

My engine holds 5 quarts. But I never seem to pump out more than 4. Reaching for the drain plug is too difficult with a hot engine.

I was maybe 10 years old when I saw a tire change onto a rim. I saw him swab some kinda liquid onto the tires beads and then watched him mount it. I just assumed it was some kind of adhesive, not a lubricant. Never thought a tire would hold under such extreme conditions without it.

My heart skipped a beat or two. I initially thought it was my boat! Holy snake bite! Thankfully it isn’t mine. This would make me sell my boat.

Just picked up the trailer. New leaf spring suspension. 4 new tires. Up graded from c to d (stronger sidewalls) and a Freon charge to the truck. $1650. Now just waiting for a good stretch of calm weather and start towing into Canada. 👍

Probably back in 2009 or so when I was a lot stronger, I had my first boat trailer flat tire. Not like the shredding this time.....just a flat. Anyways, those lug nuts were on so tight I spun the wheel. I'm kinda laughing, how in the hell am I supposed to get the lugs nuts off it the tire is...

Problem being solved as I write this. Over the weekend I got my nephew [younger and stronger] to help me out. But even he couldn't get that last lug nut off. We just kept scratching our heads trying to figure it out. I walked back to my truck to dig out the tools to change a tire on my truck and...

On my car I can remove my lugs that are torqued to 125lbs. But the trailer and my truck are torqued waay beyond that. Thank goodness I have never needed a tire change on the truck. I simply couldn’t do it.

I have to say these tires are pretty good. The destroyed tire never stopped turning. There are no skid marks anywhere on the expressway (I found the chunk of tread), off ramp or parking area. Rim still looks good even with the balance tabs. Hopefully a happy update tomorrow.