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You'd think that floating docks would be a cure for a Great Lakes marina fighting variation in water level. In Northport's marina the newest docks are floating docks. Last Saturday Lake Michigan was so high the floating docks were buoyed up against the limiting pipe that prevents them going any high...

Thanks for the information re the buoys not being back in place yet. In the past year or two, when a major floating navigation aid is removed for the winter in the Great Lakes an AIS Aid-to-Navigation signal takes its place. Or sometimes a winter season buoy is substituted. The USCG NOTICE TO MARINE...

As I already mentioned earlier as the preliminary qualification for all my subsequent coments, but will now emphasize: If the gauges are NMEA-2000 devices... The wiring harness you have now revealed in your illustration (Fig. 2) above looks more like a an old, obsolete harness--but probably is for N...

For advice on how to construct a modern NMEA-2000 network read the article in REFERENCE at

NMEA-2000 Networks and Modern Outboard Engines
http://continuouswave.com/whaler/refere ... A2000.html

Another problem with high-water: at Northport I noticed the harbormaster had the dock boys bailing water out of an enclosure that contained the fuel hoses and shut-off valves for the fuel dispensing pumps at the end of the fuel dock. Because of the high water, this enclosure accumulated some water. ...

DT--thanks for posting the link to the RACOR advice regarding fuel filter bowls and their service life with ethanol-gasoline blended fuels. I need to inspect the RACOR filter on my boat. It has a bowl. The filter location makes visual observation of the bottom of the bowl difficult. Maybe I can get ...

Please edit your initial post to clearly state:

--where the boat is located
--what the asking price is
--how to contact you directly without requiring public postings to this thread

Please read the required minimum content for postings of for-sale items. We need a price, a location, and a means to contact the seller.

For many years I have been using the launch ramp at Northport, Michigan. It's a very nice ramp, and it is very convenient for me to use as it's less than a mile away from where the boat sits on its trailer all summer. On Saturday, May 25, we rode bicycles over to Northport to see the classic car sho...

I learn something new about boating every time I go boating. It is a never-ending learning experience--and a lot of fun.

Regarding fair price, a topic that would normally be discussed on its own in a separate thread, and not part of a discussion about making repairs: A3: The 13-foot pre-c.1973 hull appears to be in nice condition, but real assessment cannot be made from photographs. The hull is probably worth $500 to ...

A1: Any damage to the Unibond hull of a Boston Whaler that is below the waterline MUST be repaired. For advice add these articles to your reading list: ⋅ The Epoxy Cure ⋅ Repairing Hull Damage The Whaler Way ⋅ Instructions--Hull Patch Kits Until you make a permanent ...

Perhaps reading my article about fabrication of a new aluminum instrument panel will be helpful:

http://continuouswave.com/whaler/refere ... gging.html

A propeller pitched at 9.5-inches will have a rather flat look to the blades. According to Boston Whaler literature (c.1998) a 9-HP engine should get a 13-footer on plane with a minimal load and a bare, dry hull. I think that is what was achieved with your boat with just your son in the boat and the...

On Boston Whaler classic OUTRAGE hull boats with the optional sump pump, the pump is located in the deepest aft inboard corner of the sump. The pump is oriented so the discharge outlet points outboard and upward. The discharge hose is carried upward and passes through a notch in the corner of the wo...

The [propeller]...looks...like a tugboat [propeller]. I don't know that I can recognize a "tugboat propeller" on sight. Most tugboats have very deep draft and their propellers are far too deep in the water to be seen. And I don't know that I have ever seen a a tugboat on a graving dock wi...

While the topic of how to modify an outboard to increase its power to a higher output is often mentioned, reports of having actually done this with success are almost non-existent. I started this separate thread to discuss this problem, and I have moved several posts from another discussion to this ...

Carlos--if you must have individual DeviceNET Micro C connectors, you can buy field-installable connectors. But they are expensive, and, I would expect, may be very tedious to install. I would just cut off the Deutsch 6-pin connectors and wire all the gauges to a terminal strip, aggregating their wi...

Among the more than a dozen three-blade and four-blade propellers I have tested on my REVENGE 22 W-T Whaler Drive with E-TEC 225-HP engine, I have never made any measurements of the difference in the boat speed or acceleration while operating with sternward propulsion. I would be interested to see t...

In some outboard engines, the air flow is restricted in lower-horsepower models by a restrictor plate. Removing the restrictor plate permits more air flow to occur.

The word regatta is defined as: a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races. Cf.: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regatta Regatta has been used since the 1600's with that meaning. Unless you are trying to organize a speedboat race limited to Boston Whaler boats, using t...

Re repairing the manifold by welding: is that casting made from metal? I would not be surprised if it were some sort of composite.

You should ask about this at Glen Ersly's VERADO CLUB site, if you can do so without to much fuss and rigamarole.

To invest in a new engine is certainly possible, even if the economics of the engine cost compared to saved fuel expenses are not justifiable. I have done exactly that, myself. Hydraulic steering is a very nice improvement. If in this instance hydraulic steering comes as a bonus with the new engine ...

Regarding changing the carburetor in the 9.9-HP engine in order to increase its horsepower to 15-HP: if you want a 15-HP engine it would be simpler to just buy a 15-HP engine. To turn the 9.9-HP engine into a 15-HP engine may require more than just changing the carburetor. Also, in the carburetor yo...

Recall that I prefaced my reply above with this comment: ...[I have] some familiarity with electronics used in that era on OMC outboard engines. Here I am assuming the TurboJet engine is using similar technology. That the TurboJet uses some different configuration of the sensors, alarms, and S.L.O.W...

The “shipping weight” listed for that new model is only 0.2-lbs. or 3.2-ounces. These modern devices are sure lightweight. (I think that figure must be in error; the six-foot power cord must weigh more than that.)

...the two bottom bolts are missing. These are bolts that seem to thread into the transom bracket itself. What is the length and thread pitch of these two lower bracket bolts? I think you are asking about the BLIND holes on the engine mounting bracket. If you have the actual engine, you can experim...

UPDATE: I just found the new Promariner 1.5-Ampere charger at a very good price--$30--from DEFENDER:

https://www.defender.com/product.jsp?pa ... id=3728474

BUTCH--for many years I have used a precision float charger to maintain the 12-Volt 70-Ampere-hour AGM battery I use on my work bench as a power source. This charger is made by ProMariner. The voltage output is supposed to be tightly regulated so that it can be left connected to and charging a 12-Vo...

If you just bought the boat, you must have already determined its value to you based on the price you paid--unless you inherited it or it was a gift. I think you are now asking for others to offer you their opinion of the value of the boat to themselves, perhaps to assess if you can immediately sell...

afinelli wrote:Q3: is there anything in particular to look for in a 2005 Yamaha F150TXRD?

Be vigilant for corrosion in the cooling system of Yamaha four-stroke-power-cycle engines from this era, particularly in engines used in saltwater.

This 1989 Yamaha 150-HP engine runs fine, but is not very fuel efficient. If the present engine is running well, I don't see the need to replace it on the basis of poor fuel economy. If your yearly operating of the boat is about 40-hours, and if the 150-HP engine consumes about 5-GPH on average, yo...

AN ALTERNATIVE THEORY: the cause of the problem is just a failed Power Pack. Failure of the Power Pack is common, particularly in engines that are more than 20-years-old. The Power Pack may be just unable to operate the engine at speeds above 3,000-RPM. My 1992 Evinrude V6 outboard engine required r...

MikeeH wrote:What is a "non-VRO" pump?

The pump you describe is just a fuel lift pump without the oil mixing system (OMS). It is a standard Evinrude part.

Can the VRO pump be replaced with a "non-VRO" pump? Yes, but there is really no good reason to do this. If the OMS pump is bad, you should replace it with a new OMS pump. You can replace it with a non-OMS fuel lift pump, but then you will have to always pre-mix your fuel to the proper rat...

Someone suggested [the cause of the problem is] the VRO pump: how do I confirm that? Many people think that any problem with an OMC engine is due to a problem in the OMS pump. The OMS pump is blamed for problems it could not create. See THE MYTH OF THE MIXER http://continuouswave.com/whaler/referen...

A close and careful reading of the engine owner's guide will explain the behavior of the engine and its alarm system. If you have the original engine owner's guide, it may explain more. Your inference that the cause of the consistent refusal of the engine to accelerate beyond 3,000-RPM and subsequen...

The only remedy to the non-skid pattern having deep recesses that can trap dirt available from Boston Whaler would be for them to create a new mold for the deck with a different pattern and create a new boat for you with that deck. I don’t think that outcome is likely to obtain.

If two fully charged batteries were drained in a few minutes, and if the Main Power Relay is “fried”, there must have been a very serious electrical fault. Usually a high-current electrical fault leaves some physical evidence behind to reveal its location. Begin your investigation with a very close ...

The initial problem was the engine stalled while underway. The cause for that could have been many things—maybe fuel, maybe electrical. Next, the engine starting battery is changed. The engine starts, runs briefly, and then never runs again. Perhaps the battery change induced a new problem. Generall...

Please give engine mounting height in units of 0.75-inch or “holes” above lowest possible mounting.

“All the way up” is ambiguous.

The time required to clog a filter will depend on the media opening, the amount of filter media, the amount of debris in the fuel passing through, and the volume of fuel.

To clog a big RACOR 10-micron canister filter it might only take a few gallons of fuel with a high debris or water content.

The time to change a fuel filter is just before the media in the filter reaches a state of clogging that the suction pressure required to pull fuel through the filter will exceed the maximum allowed value stipulated by the engine maker. The suction pressure can be monitored with a vacuum gauge that ...

If the gauges are NMEA-2000 devices, you can change the connectors to the more conventional DeviceNET Micro C connector. Note: you can even use a terminal strip and wire the five conductors to a terminal strip on the network backbone.

Re using an analogue input for an OIL tank: maybe in the G2 engines there are resistive oil tank level senders.

For legacy oil tanks, I think you have to buy and install a resistive sender to get oil tank level. Usually Evinrude sells them with a NMEA convertor as an oil tank level kit.

I always liked the look of the 220 DAUNTLESS and its very low freeboard. Low freeboard would make entering the boat from the water much easier. I test drove a 220 DAUNTLESS with a VERADO FOURSTROKE L4 engine. It was a fun boat. I have not been on the other models. I don't think the three share a sim...

If offering advice in reply to your initial question, and if given the choice between white plastic or wood of mahogany, teak, cedar, pine, Douglas fir, spruce, or cypress, I would chose any of those woods over white plastic. The KING StarBoard material is quite dense. Making the interior from that ...

RICH--thanks for posting that nice image of your set-up for rod holders and down riggers on a plank. I was browsing through my collection of boat images (about 16,000 images) looking for something to illustrate that. Your image is just perfect. Here is another approach to adding some fishing gear to...

Don't worry too much about the future. If your family really enjoys boating as a family activity, you'll be getting a bigger boat very soon. If your family becomes very enthusiastic about slalom water skiing and wants to cut very sharp corners on one ski while being towed at 32-MPH or more, then you...

A good method to secure an object like an on-deck fuel tank to the deck will be a nylon strap with a convenient length adjustment and locking mechanism. The strap should have a width of about 1-inch. The strap passes around the fuel tank and also through two FOOTMAN'S LOOP fittings that are fixed to...

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