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Yup, no question it's quieter running it in a tub! Much quieter. I have a plastic 55g drum I picked up on Craigslist for about $10 that I use for this. I can also hang kicker motors on it with a short piece of a wood as a "transom". Don't have to worry about the muffs sliding off, either...

Oh, I think I know the ones you mean, now. I have something similar on my 2-stroke. "Assuming" they are the same (can you post a link or better description to be sure?), it's just a matter of removing the head cover. When I checked mine, they were nearly intact so I re-used them. You may...

Ha! That's another good one! :)

I know, but the ones that say that are wrong. They are two entirely different things. Just 'cause it's printed in some destruction manual don't make it right! And... I know you're just poking at me in good natured fun :)

Looks to me like you made yerself a country-boy jacuzzi!

It's on the "real" hull bottom - where the water touches.

Then "anti-ventilation" plates should be roughly 1" higher than the hull for every 1' setback when trimmed parallel with hull. Can't tell from those pics - put a straight edge on the hull.

Are you talking about the ones that are right there on the valve cover? Those are the ones typically referred to as "internal anodes", but there's no dismantling needed.

I'm not positive on this, but I thought Vantage was a subsidiary of Venture (who's known to be a "price point" trailer). Without knowing the specs of the trailer vs the specs of the boat we don't know if the trailer is the proper trailer to start with. Maybe the previous owner bought a skimpy...

With 200HP, my "guess" would be that you're either not starting out with the trim all the way down or are going to gentle/slow with the throttle (or both). Trim tabs will NEVER hurt - but that's not the issue at hand. The hull needs to be spotless, as well. Along with what's already been...

The diameter is definitely small. Like mentioned, closer to 15-1/4 should be correct. If you drop pitch, your RPM will go up - but that doesn't seem like the proper thing to do and it would really be a band-aid fix. I think there's another variable still at play here. A 4-blade won't hurt -...

Something to consider is that going with more chain is never a bad idea - better holding power and having more weight in the bow helps things, too.

Yeah, that about sums it up ;) Truth is, there is really VERY few places where 5200 is approriate. The problem is, it's so widely (wrongly) recommended on forums over and over that we tend to believe it's a cure-all. With something that is not permanent and is primarily a mechanical...

"reseat" is different than "reseal". Reseat simply means to remove and reattach. Is that all you did? What thru-hull are we talking about here? There are different kinds of thru-hulls - some are through a cored area, some are not. However, there's either something else going on or...

Correct, Tony. Although you wouldn't have to use the "West System" brand. Good stuff, easy to use and good customer support - but it has a price tag to go along with it. You can less expensive epoxy and resin. That said, a gallon will suffice so it's not a huge bill.

:) Just for clarification, I was referring to polyester resin - not polyurethane. However, anything would be better than nothing. Heck, even some thick grease may work!

Rollers weren't the cause - it's delamination from water intrusion. Since you keep it in the water, Tony, this is more of an issue. If you only trailered it in and out every day I would have said don't worry about. So, the issue is that fiberglass can absorb water whereas gelcoat does a...

No, fogging is still good. It's just done differently to protect the injectors and any sensors that may be in the airstream. You can either mix up a "cocktail" of gas, 2-stroke oil and stabilizer or just pull the plugs and squirt some fogging oil (or regular oil) into the cylinder, then...

Ditto the above.

You know I was kidding with you about the bag, right? Another thought... the new one is going to do the same thing - I know what you're talking about with the bare magnet. Clean up the one you have with muriatic acid and coat it with poly or epoxy resin. Or coat the new one to keep it from...