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  1. dogdoc

    280 Marlin speed and fuel economy with 4 strokes

    3x16x21.5. One thing I have noticed is that trimming is not near as critical for optimal efficiency. It does take longer to get on a plane if I forget and have the engines up a couple of chicklets. Once on a plane trimming up or down does not seem to change much. Unlike the 250 OX 66's...
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    280 Marlin speed and fuel economy with 4 strokes

    suzuki 250 4 stroke, 1992 280 marlin. cruise 3850-3900, 30mph, 18 g/hr under ideal situation.
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    Trailer opinions please...

    My buddy just brought his trailer to a shop for work, the trailer was marginal for his 26ft Pursuit CC. The guy at the shop gave him the option of going from a tri axe with around 9k load capacity to a 2 axe with 2 6k torsion axles and total of 12k capacity. Increase capacity and save money on...
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    What have you done to your Grady lately?

    safety device for man overboard
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    What have you done to your Grady lately?

    Finished my helm clean up with installation of new but smaller compass. Now on to bow pulpit/anchor roller, if it ever stops raining.
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    Air Conditioner in Head ?

    or just "get er done quick" and get out
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    bow pulpit repair

    hard freeze not much of an occurrence down here on the treasure coast think i will do a hybrid and fill the front only and cover it all with starboard and seal it up with 4200
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    bow pulpit repair

    I read that post Skunk. Any chance you could give me some details on how to. I am not well versed in this area. thanks
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    bow pulpit repair

    have to fill the front of the channel otherwise a large gap under the starboard
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    bow pulpit repair

    1/2" allows for plenty of anchor clearance, guess its fill and cover. I have some starboard that will work fine. Now how do I fill.
  11. dogdoc

    bow pulpit repair

    Just want to fix the defects on the edges of the roller. I do not think putting the roller on top will work because the anchor will hit the bottom of the pulpit. I suppose clean up meant cosmetic repair. The pictures I took did not upload on the first post.
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    bow pulpit repair

    Looking for advice on how to clean up the bow pulpit anchor roller area. I am pretty weak in the fiberglass area so need some help. The entire pulpit is ok, no movement, bending etc... We never anchor in deep water and only use the anchor when at the redneck Riviera at the inlet beach. Maybe...
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    digital gauges/tank sender wires

    Sight gauge is simply a circular dial on the sender which has a needle and can reads from empty to full. Over the last 3 years they have shown to be fairly accurate based on tank volume, reading of the gauge and fuel put in to get to full reading. That is if it says 1/2 full, I can put in...
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    digital gauges/tank sender wires

    Yup that did it, thanks. Unfortunately solving one problem led to another. The Garmin and the separate tank screen read about the same and accurately represent the readings of the sight gauges on the senders. The problem is that the combined tank readings screen shows a substantially lower...
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    digital gauges/tank sender wires

    After a couple of months and a few trips I have worked out most of the bugs from the repower. Currently my only problem is that I am pretty sure both gauges are reading my main tank and showing the level of that tank on both gauges. The garmin engine screen does read tank 1 and tank2 and gives...
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    Repowering

    Suzuki, Yamaha, Merc prob all good choices. Suzuki will be the cheapest. What is very important is the repower facility. A tale of 2 repowers, mine with Suzuki and my friend with Yamaha. On mine the engines were hung fine but after that very sloppy and poorly done. Left the yard not being...
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    bolster foam

    interesting info about monel https://www.americanspecialmetals.com/MonelAlloys.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwnMWkBhDLARIsAHBOftrbH5iToyWgT3ZnZhALikd78STE-0QkOZ7EF1HGEXWk04MYQtFPJX8aAteGEALw_wcB
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    bolster foam

    thanks, sounds like 2 in is the one. i use monel
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    bolster foam

    Have all the tools, just need guidance on thickness of foam
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    bolster foam

    Next project is the cockpit bolsters. I have the vinyl fabric, staple gun, etc... no sewing. Am a bit overwhelmed by the foam choices. Any suggestions as to type and thickness would be appreciated. thanks