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Aside from being pricey...$5,000 - $8,000 does anyone have any experience or thoughts on these? htt
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Hello does anyone have a source for a motor davit that can attach to a 2" radar pole"
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People really like to grab my midship stanchion when docking even when I tell them not to touch it.
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I'm have to remove some wood strips from the inside of my hull to access a stanchion bolt. What glu
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We are looking to spend a lot of our next summer time on the boat at the dock, and want to know how

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Proper way to shut down an outboard for long term storage
Timm R Oday25 at 7:56am 01.19.26
I would only add one step . Remove the sparkplug and add a small amount of fogging oil . Reinstall t
Mercury 9.9 steering lock
Crazy Dave Condon at 7:41am 01.19.26
I was a Tohatsu dealer and manuals were the same. Please provide evidence to that effect Tohat
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marcham at 7:00am 01.19.26
Time for haul out? You'll likely see a spot on the outside of the hull that is taking longer to dry,
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marcham at 6:51am 01.19.26
We had a Merc 2 stroke with only fwd / neutral. It could get the dinghy on plane with only one perso
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SteveHughessails at 6:48am 01.19.26
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy...
shemandr at 5:08am 01.19.26
I think for dinks you need neutral. You can start and warm up the motor without spinning the mother
Mercury 9.9 steering lock
Timm R Oday25 at 6:24pm 01.18.26
These are the two versions of the tiller lock . The one one the left is for the remote version . I r
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Captain Larry-DH at 5:53pm 01.18.26
@JavaMan I think you'll get better quality advice if you ask about a specific engine you're consider
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Stu Jackson at 5:20pm 01.18.26
I used to have an old Johnson Seahorse 2hp with no gears. Direct drive, prop always spinning. It
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heritage at 5:06pm 01.18.26
Propeller Depot stocks a good selection of prop struts. Buck Algonquin Struts.
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jssailem at 4:30pm 01.18.26
I had a Mariner 2cycle 3 hp outboard on a 15 ft trailer sailboat. It worked great. You throttle down
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SailingLoto at 3:41pm 01.18.26
All I read was Mercury in your original post and responses A couple years newer would have been to
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SailingLoto at 3:39pm 01.18.26
I am not able to link the website I found the answer on the Crowley Marine tech website . Depending
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colemj at 2:00pm 01.18.26
I used to have an old Johnson Seahorse 2hp with no gears. Direct drive, prop always spinning. It w
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy...
Davidasailor26 at 12:55pm 01.18.26
We used a 3.5hp Johnson with just forward and neutral for many years. I never minded it at all. Just
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy...
Rich Stidger at 12:19pm 01.18.26
I have used a Nissan 3.5hp with F-N shift since 2006 with no real problem. If you shift into neutral
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy...
Timm R Oday25 at 12:10pm 01.18.26
There a a number of You Tubers that have bought these . There are a similar of common themes . Scarc
Need opinions on outboards for my dinghy...
dlochner at 11:52am 01.18.26
Bewary of very low priced OBs, many of them don't exist but the "dealer" will take your money and di

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