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For many, many years, I've used the vertical poles on different boats - including my current one. Personally, I just like the idea that the "rubbing" is against the rubrail instead of the side of the boat. They give a little bit so if you're coming in a little hot, it's not a "hard" hit...

Playing devil's advocate here... would stern rails like that ENCOURAGE kids to stand up on the aft seat and possibly lean over since it's now a natural "handrail"? Kids love to climb!

The little nubs inside the fitting are there for just that reason - to keep the fitting from moving while installing/removing. There is a special tool for that, however a makeshift one is fine. A much better to do it is to EXPAND the pliers to the ID of the fitting and situate it such that...

Agree - not 4200/5200. This would be a good place to use butyl rubber tape. But the Boat Life products are usually my "go to" stuff if I wanted to use a tube sealant - in this case, I'd use Life Seal. But just about any decent product will work for this application.

You got it! It's nice when the fix is "free"!

Got it. That's going to be near impossible, if not completely impossible, to find. It would probably have to be on a junked boat sitting in some salvage yard somewhere... and who knows if the core on that one will be good. The best course of action is to just rebuild it. If you're moderately...

Just offering a different point of view from a life-long boater with lot's of experience with kids.... honestly, you'll be fine without anything extra. She's a newborn, to start with, so she's either in someone's arms or laying on a blanket on the deck. As she gets older (or maybe you already...

What piece, specifically, are you talking about?

So... Sims... you never really fully clarified, but are these NOT below the waterline fittings? Clarification and responding to posters that are trying to help is important when we only have words to deal with. Assuming these are on the side of the hull... first, if you have the room, you can...

We won't really be able to help much till we know the prop specifics. Can you just jump in the water or use a skiff or get it close to a dock and tilt it up? When you say you are trimming it up properly - at WOT, have you trimmed it till your speed no longer increases (good question above...

That lid is barely broken in! As mentioned, that can be easily fixed... although you could leave it as is since it's still functional and just sand it smooth.

Since you physically saw spark at the plug, it's a safe bet that that side of things is good. There's obviously no combustion process happening inside that cylinder, based on the spark plug. The dark part is probably just burning oil and the dark spot was probably the "bottom" of the plug...

IF the hose is still worthy of reuse... Is there enough room between the nut and the hose where you can back off the nut about a 1/4" (I would assume there's enough room)? That may be all you need to squirt some sealant in from the outside between the fitting and the hull. OR... I wonder if...

(I shouldn't have said "if" that's true - that's just the way I worded it). I know, that's what's kind of funny here. HP "DI" - right there in the name and I wasn't even thinking of that! :)

If that's true, Lucky, that solves the mystery right there - thank you. For some reason, I though the oil/gas was mixed before the injectors in the HPDI. A different way to go about fixing a bad injector is to have them professionally cleaned/rebuilt, as well. It's about the same cost ($20)...

Aha! Good! It sounds like you get a freebie here - it's just user error. You have to trim up to get more speed. Trimming up gets more boat out of the water. Too much hull in the water while on plane causes listing. For the "port tab" thing... are you actually saying that you are adjusting...

We'll need more info. But, first, you're misinformed about props... you would need to go LOWER to raise RPM. But, we can't go to "prop talk" without more info. What size is currently on there? Also, we need to know how you are trimming the engine? For example, if you're not trimming at all...

Ah, OK thanks for the clarification on that switch. Now, looking back at your plugs, though, it appears #3 looks like one would expect in a normally operating system. If that switch was wonky/mal adjusted, wouldn't #3 ALSO be clean, like #2? When you "got spark", did you verify you're getting...

Is this your first boat - or maybe first "bigger" boat that planes and/or has power trim? Explain how you trim the engine. Did it just start doing this or has it always done this? Does it sit in the water?

OK, maybe there's a disconnect here in terminology. A "neutral safety switch" is what is typically defined as the switch that prevents the engine from starting in gear. I believe/though that the cylinder deactivation is a part of the computer programming? However, it's possible/probable that...