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...you need to order very carefully and be sure to get the kit version that includes the tilt helm. [SeaStar Solutions] wrote to me: Thanks for following up. [SeaStar] does not offer a tilt kit. You would buy the parts separate buy choosing the helm HH5260-3 , hoses HO51xx, and ram HC4645-3, with o...

[The responses contain] great advice. GoldenDaze: [your prior article on installation of hydraulic steering to a 160 VENTURA is a] great resource. The helm pump mounts inside the console and the wheel isn't any further aft than it was before. This is a very notable comment. I just sat in my 160 VENT...

The OEM steering on my 2003 160 VENTURA with Mercury 115-HP engine has broken. To replace the Teleflex 4.2 NFB steering with new components is turning out to not be as easy as I had hoped. The Teleflex 4.2 NFB steering has always been stiff, and at the ripe young age of 64 I really don't want to be ...

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I have a 1995 Dauntless 13. I want to install an electric windlass. Any ideas appreciated
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[Speculates that there] are lots of people who'd like to find out how to get water out of foam hulls--me, too. [To remove water from boats with foam hulls] I have: --drilled holes and drained: [no success]; --drilled holes and hot boxed to vaporise the water: some success; --cut the hull exterior, c...