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Whatever 15-foot or 17-foot boat you buy will be illegal and too powerful for a 10-year-old to operate alone. TBuy a 17-footer for the room and comfort for the four adults use. I'd expect the 15-footer would be as fast or faster than a 17-footer. Or buy whatever 15- or 17-footer you find first that ...

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I was looking for an iPhone 8 app for planning a trip while not on my Whaler. I have a Raymarine MFD with Navionics on the boat if that makes any difference.

What are the recommended software options for using my iPhone on land to plan a marine trip?

Thanks,
Don

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Thanks Jim.

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My boat had a Humminbird fish finder transducer wire installed via a 3/4 inch hole drilled through the transom a few inches above the water line. What is the recommended way to fill this permanently? I replaced the transducer and put the wire over the transom instead of through it. I thought of fill...

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My Outrage has a bad crack under the rub rail on the starboard side, the rub rail is busted (there and several other places) and I am replacing it with a new rub rail from Barbour. The vertical area the rub rail base sits on has a crack and about a 3 inch piece of the surface fibreglass is loose. I ...

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The tab on my fuel tank cap, where the hose to the outboard connects, is broken off. Could I connect my ground to one the the screws that hold that plate onto the tank? Or some other suggestion?

Thanks,
Don

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If you are asking about a dedicated tab welded onto the fuel tank just for the vent fitting, I don't recall if there is such a tab on the typical Boston Whaler aluminum fuel tank made by Florida Marine Tanks. This is what I was asking about, so thanks for the clarification. I have seen in practice ...

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I do not see a tab for the ground wire to attach to near the vent tube in front of the console. What are my choices for attaching a ground wire in this area? Has anyone solved this problem before? Could I fasten a hose clamp at the base of the vent tube and attach my ground wire to the hose clamp? T...

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Thanks, I'll try that.

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My existing rub rail base was installed with one piece on the starboard side and one piece on the port side from the stern corners where they meet at the bow. Can I replace these 2 pieces of base with one piece of base from stern corner to stern corner and no join at the bow?

Thanks,
Don

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A Permatex type RTV gasket maker type sealant is resistant to petroleum products and at the moment, we can still get ethanol free gas Jim, premium only. I also have some liquid electrical tape Phil, but the RTV is more flexible so I'll see which of those products that may work.

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I'm installing my new fuel line.

Is there a sealant I could use on the cut edges and ends of the fuel line to seal the metal?

I thought [sealing the cut ends of the fuel hoses] may help to keep [the metal in the hoses] from rusting.

JB Weld? A good RTV?

Thanks,
Don

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[The fuel fill line and tank vent hoses on a 1986 OUTRAGE 18] definitely needed replacing. To get the fuel fill hose out was a fight. The rubber was rotted so badly and the metal inside the rubber was very rusted. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL164/2040090/3952594/413914181.jpg http://pic20.pictur...

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Test to see if I'm doing this correctly. I have a Picturetrail hosting pics. [IMG}http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL164/2040090/3952594/413914181.jpg{IMG] | | The problem is the first right bracket is wrong. And at the end the left bracket is wrong --jimh

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At 999-lbs per engine and with three engines, how much weight for a full tank of fuel for this setup?

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How do I post a picture?

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Thanks for the detailed information. I am using the original mechanical fuel level gauge which is under the clear plastic cover [on the cockpit deck] behind the console.

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The fuel line from the tank to the outboard was original USCG 1986, it was pretty crusty. I'm sure the fill line and vent line are also original. RED BUTTON--did Boston Whaler boats of c.1986 have an emergency power shut-off switch? There are only two conductors on the back of the RED BUTTON [now ca...

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Beautiful detailed work and photos, better than when new from the factory. You have a lot of talent.
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[Should I run] a 10-AWG green wire from the filler (A) to the vent (B) to the fuel tank itself at a welded-on tab in the aft portion (C), to the circular fuel withdrawal plate where the fuel pick-up fittings and hoses attach (D), and last to the negative battery terminal (E)? On the machine screw, I...

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I've not seen a transom mounted bronze electrode. The wire at the filler neck is heavy gauge green, so any other wire connected originally by Whaler would have been the same wire as that? What did the wire from the vent area connect with? The metal tab I mention at the stern area where the fuel line...

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There may be nothing wrong with the plug you have, maybe you just need to tighten it the way Jim said.

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In replacing the fuel lines and doing some electrical [on a 1986 Boston Whaler boat] I have a question on ground wires; I get ground from the negative side of the battery for the electrical system. What ground wires should I be seeing for the fuel tank? There is a wire from the filler to the top of ...

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I meant to add, I am replacing the fuel lines, they are all pretty ugly looking, flaking and the filler is hard and cracked.

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Thanks Jim.

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Thanks for the reply. That fuel filler hose bends 90-degrees and looks like a bit of muscle was needed to install it. Is there anything inside that hose to keep it from collapsing? Or does the marine hose have enough bend-ability to work without additional support? The vent hose has a spring on the ...

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No boats involved but a local Nova Scotia company sued Aeroflot, the Russian airline and won but couldn't get them to pay. So the NS company seized an Aeroflot flight. I thought that took guts considering how Russians deal with people they don't like. https://www.apnews.com/6e8ab3313a79f2a95643e9a94...

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RED BUTTONS AND LAMPS On a 1986 Outrage 18 dashboard there is a red plastic button under the wheel in a panel. Under the remote shift lever there are two red lamps. What are they for? I'm adding an electrical panel. Were these lamps and buttons stock? What are they for? [This 1986 OUTRAGE 18] origin...

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Thanks Jim.
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Thanks Phil.

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Thanks Jim, I was not familiar with marinium, it just looked like aluminum to me. After your post, I googled the word and found out what it was and also found this old post. http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/003272.html My stern rub rail caps are made from the same material as well as the ha...

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[On a 1986 Boston Whaler OUTRAGE 18 boat is] the aluminum bow chock held on with a bolt and nut? In trying to remove [aluminum bow chock on my 1986 OUTRAGE 18 boat to permit] replacement [of the] rub rail, the fasteners broke off and appear to be bolts. Is there a nut inside the hull? Can I drill an...

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I have a friend who has [a Bearcat engine] on a stand, I don't remember what HP. It was re-built by a pro years ago and never started.

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Thanks Ken.

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Boat is surprisingly intact considering the bend in the trailer tongue and the chunk out of the side of the boat.

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I've read the reference on this subject and found kits at Twin Cities and Specialty at $425 to$450. They've gone up a lot from the amount they were when Jim did the reference articles, about triple. Any there other options that work and cost less? My vinyl base is busted in several places, very brit...

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Thanks Jim.

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Standard Horizon are bring out NMEA 2000 for a GX 6000 and GX 6500. I searched those numbers and found both on backorder for US$670 and US$1,070. Out of my price range for a VHF.

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Read in today's paper they expect to remain in Montreal due to ice until March. A lot of early ice caught them off guard, usually no problem getting out in December, according to the article.

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Thanks Jim, we have a boat show coming up in Halifax, I'll be having a run around there to see what products are available. We also have a good marine shop that sell a lot on line, good prices, The Binnacle. I like the Raymarine, but not spending US$2300 on a chartplotter/MFD. It seems to me the NME...

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Thanks Jim, I can see your advice of not being able to connect the Standard Horizon to the Raymarine is good advice. I'll have to rethink my hardware.

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Thanks Jim, very helpful. The Standard Horizon GX2200 was one I was looking at. I also like the Raymarine Chartplotters, the Axiom 7 or A78, I had a Raymarine on the 1991, so I'd like to get something I am used to already.

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Jim--I like the AIS and GPS feature for the VHF radio. If I get a chartplotter which displays AIS on the chart, is there a need and benefit for this feature on the VHF radio? I am in the market for both the VHF and the chartplotter, so just wondering: [is there is a need for or is there is a benefit...

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Boats and cars are all adding "bells and whistles" and each new thing adds weight. Everyone seems to be buying SUV's and pickups with ever increasing weights, but there is a trend to reducing weight in cars and trucks (F150's with 6 cyl turbo instead of a V8) via smaller turbo blocks, addi...

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If you have a trailer now, I'd weigh the setup, rather than speculate. The trailer sites have their dry weights listed, check that out before buying one.

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Happy New Year, still there. Must need a tug.

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And the sensor and the gauge have to match each other for an electrical gauge, they measure via a range of resistance at each end. At least that's the way the older non mechanical gauges work.

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You'd never have guessed it was used commercially from the pics, pretty clean looking unit.

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Thanks for the replies, I'll look at Uflex too.

I was hoping someone else who had done this recently would have some insight.

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Did the original poster install hydraulic steering? If so, what did you install and what were the results?

I'd like to change to hydraulic on my 1986 Outrage from the mechanical cable system it has now.

Thanks,

Don

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