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I'm getting more and more frustrated over the dock side handling, exspecially reverse with my Marlin. It's a 1990 with 250's. My marina doesn't have finger slips so I have to dock bow in so I don't need to reverse, spin, etc often. Good thing because I couldn't afford the damage I would...

Just curious if anyone on the south shore of LI was planning on fishing this tournament. I do it almost every year but this will be my first with the Grady. I'm not sure if I'm going to do the inshore or offshore day catagory yet (watching the forecast) but if I do the offshore catagory I'll...

I know the subject of what oil to run in a 2 stroke motor has been raised before and the general consenous is to use Yamalube. But here is my question. I had intended to buy Yamalube from the local Yamaha dealer/service yard in my area in bulk (you know bring your container and they fill it...

Just looking for a few opinions here. You guys have always been right on the money in the past. I have an '89 Marlin that was in storage for a few years when I bought it. I pumped out the old fuel, added new fuel and had it professionally polished. I then filled both 150g tanks on the boat...

I've never thought about this before since my other boats all had gennys and heat (reverse cycle and electric), but is it safe to use the alcohol stove to heat up the cabin? I know Origo who makes the stove also makes a heat pail so on one hand I wonder how differant they can be in concept...

Yesteday with the boat running great we set up on a drift for stripped bass. Both motors were idling and drawing off the main tank. I switched both motors to the aux tank while still idiling and with in 4-5 minutes both motors stalled and would not start. Switching back to the main tank...

I've read others mention de-carbing their motors. What exactly does this do? Is it purely preventative in nature? One of my '90 250 Yamaha's is sounding a bit like a cement mixer. I've got great compression and the motor starts great and runs fine with just a little gas and/or oil slick out...

I'm going to be handing this problem over to my mechanic on Monday but figured I'd through this out to the group and see if anyone has any ideas. Curiosity and apprehension of the mechanics bill makes for a long weekend (at least the Jets have a bye this week so thats one less thing to...

Just curious and a bit superstitious :? I know all about the various procedures/traditions that go with re-naming a boat. But what about having 2 boats with the same name? Are there any superstitions, etc about using the name on my "old" boat on the "new" one at the same time until the...

Ok...I give up. I know there must be a very simple and seemingly but not quite idiot proof way of doing this....but I'm stumped. I have a '90 Marlin. there is a triangular shaped vent window on each side of the helm. They are in the forward sections toward the front windshield. There is a...

New owner of a 1990 Marlin with twin Yamaha 250's here and I'm stumped. I have the standard "ear muffs" to flush to motor with fresh water, I've watched the yard run the motors on land using them, I know how to use them and know that its considered standard if not mandatory practice to flush...

Just curious but has anyone used this stuff instead of traditional wax on their fiberglass? Thanks