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    help with a broken zipper tooth

    without placing blaim on the admiral, with a chilly November breeze here in VA, someone pulled very hard on the aft zipper curtin and ended up beaking off a tooth of the zipper. I can not seem to get the zipper to move past the broken tooth, so the aft curtin will only zip down about half way...
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    man overboard in VA Beach

    the following link will take you to an interesting tale about a lucky person who fell out of a boat coming back from an off shore fishing trip in Va. Beach. the video is great to view as I can only imagine how I would feel. I just showed this video to my 15 yr old son, to remind him why we...
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    problem fueling 2008 Gulfstream

    I sure hope someone can help me out on this one. I have about 70 hrs on twin 150hp -4 stroke Yamaha's, on a 232 Gulfstream (2008). To date it has run GREAT! I have kept the boat in a boatel since new. With the Christmas Holiday the boatel was closing for 5 days. With the weather looking...
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    yamaha idle settings for 150 hp 4-stroke

    Can someone help me increase the idle setting of my twin yamaha 150's (4 strokes). I recently performed the 20 hr service for the motors (and thanks for all the comments on this site about crush washers,- comments were greatly appreciated - I recently installed a new crush washer). My...
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    Yamaha Maintenance (oil change / gear oil change)

    When my 150 HP; 4-stoke yamaha's hit their 20 hr service needs, I got a quote of $550 from the marina where I keep our Grady to perform this service. Looking at the required effort, the main task seemed to be chaning the engine oil and the gear oil. So... I took the plunge and did it myself...
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    wake boarding behind a 232 Gulfstream; connection points?

    Looking for some advice on pulling a wakeboard behind our 232. We just got our 232 a few weeks ago and found out that our tow harness (the rig that connects to both ends of the stern of the boat, and then to the ski rope) would not reach the connection points. With the extra wide width of the...
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    Oregon finds a fix to the ethanol problem

    According to the May 2008 edition (page 7) of BoatUS Magazine, beginning Jan. 1, 2009; gasoline sold for use in boats in Oregon will be exempt from the 2007 law requiring that all fuel contain 10% ethanol. The bill was signed into law on March 11, and also applies to aircrat, ATV's, gasoline...