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VST2

thanks, it's not too difficult, just takes a lot of planning :)

thanks, I just did a test run this afternoon (in the driveway), takes about 15 seconds to put up, and 10 or less to take down. And I misspoke, there are two snaps, one on each of the straps that are wrapped around the roof handrails, but they're not attached to the boat. Everything is double...

Just about finished on our summer mooring cover for our 16' cruiser. We did NOT want to drill holes or do upkeep with snaps, so I made this cover with Sunbrella fabric that attaches with nylon webbing and/or elastic to the two top handrails, the two back handrails and the ubolts on the back of...

6-1-22 mooring cover

6-1-22 mooring cover

thanks, but the (2006) motor is original to the boat, and the kicker is new, they both have the same connections. The only fitting we could find for the tank connection to match the fittings on the motors was a fitting for a PRE 1998 mercury. Doesn't make sense :)

thanks Colby, yes, I'm aware of that, but it doesn't explain why various manufacturers advertise parts as fitting certain Mercury models, when they don't. At least we finally found one :)

So, we have a 2006 Mercury 50, and a new Mercury 5hp. We were changing out fuel lines and fittings to go to a new portable 6 gal gas tank. Every site we went to said to buy the Mercury male fitting (as pictured in the right of this photo). So we did, several times. NO way did they fit to...

fuel line fitting

looks great! Wouldn't work for us for fishing, but it looks great there for your needs. Thanks for following up :)

It turns out the water was coming from one of the rub rail rivets we had replaced with a s/s through bolt, apparently we hadn't sealed it enough with 4200. About 3 months ago, we had replaced various rivets, instead of removing and redoing the whole rail. At the time, I looked at the various...

We've been using a cutting board (polyethylene) 12 x 18 x 1 cutting board I got on Amazon to make a number of small attachment points inside the bilge area, at $25, a bit less expensive than starboard, especially if you need a small amount. Now we're thinking of using some of it to make a...

Now of course it's not going to rain for a while, but I'm ready with paper, etc.:) Marco, there's already a weep hole there, although not as low as necessary, we could put one in lower. But that doesn't answer the question of where it's coming from. After the last rain, we wiped it up, and...

Great price for all three!

well, that's definitely worth a try. Although if we're not there to see it coming in (i.e., too many glasses of wine waiting), all of the paper might get soaked and foil the attempt at location. Rain usually doesn't start til midnight, but at this point, it's worth the wine to try, thanks :)

We can't figure out how water is getting into the helm seatbox. After a medium relatively short rain last night, we had about a 1/2 cup or more of clear water sitting in the helm seatbox, in the aft midline area. There wasn't any appreciable condensation inside the boat, in fact it was...

Helm seatbox

We probably will too once we decide on the best size for a cooler :)