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In Massachusetts it was a great day to be out on the water (for most that is) one of only a handful of good days this year. So my wife decided to take a run out to Stellwagon Bank and see the whales. We get to the NW corner (26 miles east of home port) and no whales so we start making our way...

I use leftover carpet squares from my commercial construction projects and screw them down in four locations with stainless screws. The backing is polypropylene as is the pile. I am right down the road from you and mine stays down all year and does not smell or get nasty.

Before you get too involved I had a similar situation this spring with poor charging, erratic voltage and minimal battery life. It was caused by a very dumb mistake on my part. I connected both ends of the ground strap that goes between the batteries to one battery. GW uses a jumper between...

Ten is way too many PERIOD. Remember that bad things happen quickly on the water. I would hold a lottery for the five safe positions.

Just a wild guess but if the mechanic put the impellers in the cups with the wrong rotation that might just cause your problem, low flow at low RPM. Does anyone know if the impeller is twisted into the impeller cup with the wrong rotation if it will reset to the correct position? Or will it...

I had a 95 saltwater series up until last year and had two experiences like yours. One was a failed shaft seal. The second was the top on the oil reservoir under the cowling was leaking and only when the engine was tilted up. The two stroke oil would dribble down into the engine cowling and...

My boats have seen extended periods below freezing and never this issue. I would doubt his statement. When was the last time you replaced the T-stats? They should be changes every two years. When was the last time you replaced your water pump impeller? Do you fresh water flush after every...

Striped Bass, If this deal is for real and it includes their "Captains Package", freight, dealer prep and bottom paint it is a great deal at $88K. If you cut the deal two things, first we need to talk on the equipment that they supply on the captains package and second if you are at the...

Before you get too involved here check and clean all of your ground and positive connections to the batteries. Pay very close attention to the condition of the cables and their connections and make 100% sure that the grounds are connected correctly. THIS IS IMPORTANT. Grady jumps their...

Sure does not make me very happy to see this as a customer of Baert last year.

Viperdrum, What going on have not seen you on line for a while. Hope you well and are happy with your new Tournament. I have a few questions for you and then a comment. First how much current is in the river? Does the boat porpoise with, against or in either direction with the flow of...

From my research and experience and frankly to my surprise there is little to no performance improvement between twin 150's and twin 200's. The jump increases weight disproportionately (by 237lbs for twin 150 – 200) due to the change in block from a four cylinder to a six and the increase in HP...

During the selection process for my 275 I looked at the F350, twin 150's, 200's, 225's and 250's. I was amazed to learn that there is virtually no performance improvement between the twin 150's and the twin 200's and only a small increase with the twin 225's. Twin 250’s gave a nice improvement...

Ask Clyde at Baert he is very knowledgeable, assuming that you bought from them.

Within reasonable limits you can never have enough horse pow Within reasonable limits you can never have enough horse power. So look for a boat with at least a 200 HP. I had a 200 HP 2 stroke on my Pursuit 21' DC which is the same size and weight boat and it ran very well with top end at 47...

Muqdam, My guess is that the engines are set up such that they trim down too much. Said another way the engines are able to trim too close to the transom. This will keep the bow down and make the boat squat when accelerating. When you are running can you trim the engines up and make the...

Could someone have used your speedometer tube to try to get some oil out of your lower unit and then reattach it? Will the tube pull down that far? If yes this tube could have got oil in it which flowed back into the pitot tube. Better yet why would someone go through that much effort...

Difficult how? The problem could be as simple as the height the engines are set at, the trim skeg not set properly or the props are wrong. I doubt that a total of 50 kg's of additional weigh would have much of an effect.

The easy answer is that they did not get the water tube into its socket when they reinstalled the lower unit. Otherwise, they screwed up the installation of the pump which is kind of hard to do.

You can purchase color matching paint from any good Yamaha dealer that is no problem, just make sure you get the correct year range. The problem you have is that you cannot just paint the spot that is worn off if you want to blend the paint in. Plus if the lines wore the paint down to bare...