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Hey Folks... haven't been posting for awhile but I've been lurking and boating and fishing and trying to get to the bottom of a problem that has been around for a year now. I've posted this over on The Hull Truth... here is the cut and paste: http://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-for ...

Here in the Eastern Shore of Virginia we've had lots of cold and wind and now we have snow to go with it. Richard

I know there have been one or two over the last couple of years for sale. I have a 2004 2520XL. Thanks, Richard

Symptoms..... noticed there seemed to be a weaker stream and had a couple of overheat alarms at idle that went away quickly as soon as I increased RPM. Never had a problem running at speed. Here is what I found: The material in the outlet channel is hard welded plastic. I'm glad I...

Hey Folks... I've posted this over on THT... looking for ideas.. suggestions. Here is what is going on. I just replaced the Low Pressure Fuel Pump and cleaned VST and replaced filters. Problem unchanged. F225 680 hours... no problems until now. Scenario: Pump up fuel bulb.. start...

I've got the parts on order and I'm planning on doing the job myself. I've developed a problem that is likely the low pressure fuel pump (450 dollars!) I'll start sometime next week. I'm looking for some input before I start the job.... I've looked over this...

Karen and I are recovering from 3 weeks traveling around Alaska as well as a stop in Missoula Montana and Glacier National Park. I looked around all the marinas and found a few Parkers although I'm sure there were others I missed. Here is one in Ketchikan. In Skagway I found two of them...

Saturday, July 3 We were up at our house at 3:30 AM. The plan was to leave the dock at Willis Wharf at 5 AM. Karen and I stopped at the early morning coffee and gas place and made our final preparations. We met Monte and Frank who are our usual offshore crew. Karen brought a blanket and a...

What is today? The 23rd of April? Too early for black drum? I needed to get out fishing this afternoon after a rather unsuccessful morning of turkey hunting. The weather seemed right for black drum so that was the target. First stop was Chris's Bait and Tackle where I bought a bushel of the...

After much work and cleaning this spring I'm out enjoying the fruits of my labor. I'll probably take today off after spending most of the last two days on the water. We've had great fishing weather with winds around 10knts and temps around 65. Water temps have broken the 50 mark and fish are...

After days of spring cleaning and maitenance and modifications.... I had a weather window to go for a ride this morning. I knew the small craft warnings were posted but I also knew it wouldn't be that bad. I left Willis Wharf and ran to the Machipongo Inlet. The inlet had some 3 foot chop...

Somewhere I've seen pictures of nets attached to the top of the forward cabin to store light bulky items. I'm looking for ideas for that as well as for stowing other gear forward. In the past I've used plastic bins.. they work...but they are always sliding around. During my spring cleaning it...

I want to spend more time on our barrier islands here on the Eastern Shore and when the water is cold the best way to do that is to anchor the boat in water deep enough where I don't get stranded on low tide and hop in a dinghie that I've carried out on the boat. I'm considering rigid vs...

Yes... Spring. The sun is shining and in two days they say it will hit 66 freeking degrees :lol: I've got about 10 projects underway to have the boat in the water around the 26th of this month... no later than April 1st. I was changing my Racor S3213 and it got me a little worried about the...

Today I was feeling motivated by the 60 degree weather and got the motor oil changed as well as the water pump and lower end oil. The lower end oil had a green color... I don't think it was green when it went in... so I'm assuming some amount of water has intruded. Does anyone have experience...

I spent the day in the yard working on the boat and other things. I had the radio on the whole time. I listened to the coast guard coordinate this search. http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news ... ng-boaters

I'm looking for opinions on what to get. I'll be using here on the Eastern Shore to get from my anchored boat to a barrier island with typical distances of around 50 yards. Max capacity only needs to be 2 adults. I'll plan or rowing so I don't need something capable of a gas motor. All I'll...

To work.... And replace my stock windlass with a Lewmar Pro Fish 700. Over the last year I have not had the boat out enough to my satisfaction. I've picked up another hobby... photography... for what I've spent I could have repowered with a Yamaha 300... but so be it. My windlass (horizin...

David, Michael and I left my house at 630 AM. The plan was to run out of Kiptopeake and spend an hour or so catching some live bait and then set up for a slack flood tide at 930. First stop was at the local Quicky Mart where Michael loaded up on Pringles, Honey Buns, Oreos and Ho Hos. Second...

It feels good to post a fishing report after a long winter. I’ve been working too much I think and I haven’t been out this spring except for a boat ride. I didn’t make it out Sunday as I had hoped for, but today was perfect. I had spent the night in Norfolk last night so that I could deliver...