Boats & Boating

2007-08-02 11:49:37 · 19 answers · asked by Dan 1

replaced attwod pump antifreeze is flowing good . sea water seems to be flowingthrough plexie glass engine runs cool at low rpm when crusing quickley heats up. any help with this would be great thanks for reading

2007-08-02 05:58:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

my dad served on this ship during the war as an asdic rating

2007-08-02 05:11:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Despite being on a lake with several floating decks, absolutely no one local, (owners, marine shop, handymen) can tell me how to acquire plastic 55 gallon drums. Any thoughts? This is a relatively inexpensive item, typically recycled, but large, so I fear shipping costs would be ten times the price of the barrels themselves.

2007-08-02 02:32:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am building commuter boats at the moment for the Otago Harbour in southern NZ, the more the merrier.
Latest idea: Get a displacement hull and power it with a diesel pump, to get a jet drive (good for crossing the sandbanks at low tide, and to allow the boat to sit on the mud if the water recedes).
But just what kind of pump would work? I need to get the displacement boat up to about 8 knots.

2007-08-01 21:17:13 · 4 answers · asked by Tahini Classic 7

2007-08-01 15:19:04 · 10 answers · asked by cucucurry 2

Via a regular cargo ship, not a jet boat or anything suped up.

2007-08-01 14:58:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

There must be a trick to getting at the water pump of my outbard motor without using force to seperate it from the drive shaft.I can make it budge 1inch but something is holding it back.So far I haven't seen anything that needs to be released beside the four bolts holding the gear case on.

2007-08-01 14:13:59 · 6 answers · asked by geoffrey s 1

We're looking for a quality sailboat and would like recommendations on a good manufacturer. It appears we need something in the 40' range. Is our budget of 80-90K reasonable? If anyone has a broker they recommend, we're interested in that too.

We plan to live aboard for a year and keep to the waters of the Washington coast. We admit we don't know much, but we're willing to learn. Yes, we've heard owning a boat is like throwing money overboard. We may be niave and too optimistic for some people, but we figure you only live once!

2007-08-01 09:03:37 · 5 answers · asked by colorhappy 2

it is been like it for while so i have completeley changed all fuel lines and filters and it is slill doing it. i think it is something to do with the new filter i have put on as i cant see air bubbles in the fuel line b4 the filter but i can see air in the line after the filter. but all connections are tight and i just cant see a possible way air can be getting in but it is somehow. any ideas

2007-08-01 08:32:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-01 07:14:17 · 3 answers · asked by kali k 1

i have found each of the brass couplings on the both sides as two and one in front by the water pump
where else?

2007-08-01 04:46:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I found an old 22ft. wood shrimp boat for sale and needs a lot of work. Some of the wood needs replacing. What kinds of wood should I use, what do i seal it with, HOW DO I MAKE IT SEA WORTHY????

2007-08-01 03:26:45 · 10 answers · asked by Will 1

2007-08-01 03:04:12 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

that kida floats aad has a blikkgin light that helps bots sees it to guide themselfes in the 'fog or something like that , that peilicnas always rest on it

2007-08-01 02:16:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-31 21:42:51 · 10 answers · asked by scoash 1

2007-07-31 18:37:48 · 6 answers · asked by prave 1

My dad has an old 1960's Grumman aluminum boat. 16 foot. It would still shine up pretty good with a buffing wheel. But would it be worth putting a new engine on it? Or just get a used one?
Also, it was rated for 25 hp. Could I safely put a 30 - 40 hp motor on it? It has a steering wheel and lever engine control. The hull is pretty heavy duty, thick aluminum, transom is solid.

2007-07-31 17:02:12 · 9 answers · asked by freedom_vs_slavery 3

2007-07-31 13:43:24 · 7 answers · asked by steve a 1

2007-07-31 10:49:23 · 2 answers · asked by Charlene 1

I am buying a bass boat because I am an avid fisherman and was wondering if it is possible to pull a skier or a tube or something with it. It has a mercury 115 outboard motor and the boat is 16 ft long. Any thoughts?

2007-07-31 09:41:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do they work? How are they created?

2007-07-31 06:45:28 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

fletcher bravo arrowsport 155, 16 foot

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or at least how i find find out, any info would be much appreciated, thanks guys...

2007-07-31 04:51:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-31 03:59:22 · 6 answers · asked by Screw Monetarism 4

Two days ago I started it up and it worked fine, I let it idle for a little while and it was still going fine, then I turned it off and walked away. I came back about three hours later, turned it on again let it run for a few minutes, turned it off, then since I was taking out the next day, I started it back up, and poof there is this HUGE cloud of smoke/steam comming from the center of the prop. What is it and how do I fix it. I want to sell my boat and can't without being able to start it.

2007-07-31 03:42:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone know what I can use to remove it with? Stanley Steamer could not get it off.

2007-07-31 03:21:38 · 3 answers · asked by julie m 1

I am seriously dying to buy one and I wonder if it will hold? I am afraid that it will sink once we get into the open water since it is literally just a ballon. Yet we can't transport canoes, so these boats are our only option.

2007-07-30 17:25:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am currently constructing a surfboard-based catamaran with small, rigid sails. The idea is to build a windpowered water vehicle anybody can handle, and which won't capsize, and lets you commute through New Zealand harbours provided you're wearing a wetsuit.

I've put an image of it in my 360-blog and would be really happy if someone who understands the subject could take a look and tell me whether this will work.

Thank you for your help.

2007-07-30 17:07:30 · 4 answers · asked by Tahini Classic 7

1985 kawasaki 550

2007-07-30 15:54:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-30 14:44:44 · 8 answers · asked by Birdmanbw95 1