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Wasn't being careful the other day and tilted the motor with a fender between the head and the splash well. Bent the throttle cables pretty good. I was able to bend them by hand and they also straightened some by themselves. However, shifting just isn't as smooth as it was. I don't see any...

I only mention this because I have never heard of 1 1/8" hose, and I spent a lot, a lot, of energy trying to get 1" sanitation style hose on the fitting. Duh. Mike

Hi All, Cutter Marine has a CD-22 sliced into a cross section. When I was there in 2006, I took some photos. Finally got around to putting them in my album. I'm not going to post a link in case I move stuff around - but they are not hard to find. Looks like there is maybe 1/8" of coring in...

OK, this has to be easy. I just got MapCreate 7.0 and am trying to display water depths. Nothing...just blue water. In the Map Category Options, I have Depth checked and all its suboptions. I also have all options under water checked. This can't be that hard...but it's late and I'm probably...

Anyone have an opinion on the Simpson/Lawence Sprint 600? This is a vertical windlass that they claim is good for boats up to 30+ feet. I'll be putting it on a CD-22. How important is the ability to free-fall the anchor? This model doesn't seem to have that feature. What other windlasses...

Anyone know what happened to Powerboat Reports? I got a card in the mail saying that I'm getting Boating instead (twice as many issues of Boating as I had left on my PBR). Nothing on the Powerboat Reports website yet... http://www.powerboat-reports.com (Type the url correctly or click on it...

Anyone have an opinion on the JRC 1000 series small LCD radars? Any thoughts on the older 1000 vs. the newer MKII? Better to go for the Furuno 16xx or 17xx series? I have modest needs (well, wants, no, needs... :-) ) Thanks, Mike

I was in West Marine the other day looking at the smaller Lowrance units. They currently have the LMS-337C DF on sale for about $550. Best price I've seen is about $650, but that is from an Internet store. Not sure what West sold it for full price - about $700, I think. They also have other...

I've been installing a shore power system on Shelly IV. Nigel Caulder's book discusses at length why you should connect the 120V grounding connection (green) to the DC negative system in the boat. While this can cause galvanic corrosion, safety concerns should prevail. Briefly: the concern is...

We just bought a Load Rite single axel, surge brake, disk brake, step wheel covers (those are really handy as they allow you to board from the side) with good guide polls for $2700. I was told that was a special price because we bought the trailer from the broker - a C-Dory dealer as well...

The current antenna we have is a four foot whip mounted on a non-flexing, non-removable round base. It is also mounted on the pilothouse roof such that the antenna points out to starboard at an odd angle. Any reason a regular old rachet type SS mount can't be used with an 8' whip right on the...

We like to use a fair amount of 12V power - lights, radio, VHF, etc. And while doing so, I'd like to have the batteries be charging when 120V is available. To that end, I plan to install shore power and a 20Amp or so charger. Right now, it looks like: CHARLES 93-12205SP-A CHARGER 5000 SERIES...

Anyone from this group buy the 1992 (1993?) 22 cruiser down in VA a week or so ago? It looked to be in good shape, but only had a 45hp Honda. It was listed on www.boats.com and some other sites as well. Trailer...$15K asking. Sold in 4 days, I think. We had thought about buying it an...

We're looking at a 1999 TomCat with only 110 hours on the meters. However, a compression check shows a range of 110-140, with either two or three cylinders on each motor reading low (below 10% of the top). There are two cylinders in the 140-145, range. I'm not sure if I should post the...