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I happen to be a member of the USCG Auxiliary, and as part of my duties I am a vessel examiner. I just received this directive, regarding navigation lights. I am posting this only as a point of information, as I know may of you have changed or added additional exterior lighting. Lou

Arrr......, mark the date on ye calendar, Sat. Sept. 19th. be National Talk Like a Pirate Day. I be starting this thread off by a couple I heard from my we granddaughter. Where does a pirate have lunch? ARRbys...... What be a pirates favorite letter? Well ye might think it be the...

Well, we went to the lake yesterday, I was riding the 96GSX, my son was riding the 96GTI. We have a long no wake zone to get to the main lake. When we came out of the no wake zone, we both took off, I went around a bend in the lake and noticed Andrew was no longer behind me, I circled back, he...

I've been down the road with batteries, last year I bought a MagnaPower AGM from AutoZone, it lasted one season. So this year I decided to try another brand, so I purchased one on line from Advance. What a mistake, I went to the store I thought I ordered it from, turned out it was the wrong...

93 here today, this is weather like we usually get in July, we went to the lake yesterday and the water was warm enough to swim. I was just curious how the weather was every place else? Lou

I just want to wish everyone on the Seadoo Forum, from our family to the Seadoo Forum family HAPPY THANKSGIVING. Lou

I had decided about a month ago that I need to replace the welch plugs on the exhaust pipe on my 96GSX. You may ask how did I determine this? Well I felt under the pipe and the lower welch plug felt rough. So Saturday after winterizing the ski I removed the pipe, and guess what? The repair...

UK 45, South Carolina 38. There was visor throwin tonight. Lou

I'm not ready to winterize the boat just yet, but I'm trying to formulate a plan, because I know it's coming. I keep the boat at the lake on a lift under cover, and I'm trying to figure out a way to winterize it on the lift. BTW our lake never freezes, or at least it hasn't in the last 25...

I'm seriously considering the local flotilla of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. I was wondering if there is anyone else who has joined and or have any experience with the Auxiliary. According to the local guys here they do a lot of the same stuff as the USCG, but no military action or law...

I've been using Mercruiser 20W-40 full synthetic engine oil in my 3.0L (GM) mercruiser engine. Over the weekend I picked up supplies to winterize the boat, and the dealer informed me that mercury is no longer carrying the full synthetic oil, instead they are selling a 25W-40 synthetic blend...

We are finalizing our cruise and I need some information. Last year we took a cruise shuttle from the Hotel to Port Everglades. They were big black buses with either an orange disk, maybe an orange. Anyway I can't find the name of the shuttle company. I was thinking maybe one of y'all in...

I'm going to order two of these just to wear on the boat. But I noticed this particular model has manual inflation, which means you can blow it up without using a $20.00 cartridge. So my question is since it's a Type III can I wear it (inflated), while riding my Seadoo. It sure would be a lot...

I need to replace the rt. side rub rail on my 96GSX, I have the rub rail thanks to Nick the problem I have is the pop rivets. The parts manual calls for 3/16 x .94 . We don't have a Pop Rivets are Us here in town so I ordered some from Amazon, I ordered 3/16" with 5/8" grip, I'm not sure these...

I wasn't going to post this, I feel like such an idiot, but then I thought this might serve as a valuable lesson to other members. I went to the lake Wed., by myself, first mistake. I went to work on the boat and to switch out the Seadoo's, we usually leave one at the lake. Well instead of...

We had a member who recently joined the forum: asked why are all the threads on the forum so serious and only about problems and bad news? So I decided to start this thread. It seems that here in Central KY the official/unofficial beer is Bud Light, we usually boat at Herrington Lake, but also...

As many years as I've been boating I feel kinda dumb asking the question. But I've always used a 3-4' piece of chain on my anchors, a guy at the lake the other day asked why? I didn't have an answer except "because my Dad did". I guess it's to keep from chaffing the rope at the anchor end...

Guys, I'm asking for your input(s) with words and pictures. For some reason we have seen a rash of carbon seal failures this summer. I'm not sure why. It occurred to me that we really need a "How-To" article on the subject. Personally I have never changed one, I've been lucky I guess. I do...

I'm considering upgrading the prop. on my 2000 Bayliner Capri, it's 17.5' and has a Mercruiser 3.0 liter engine. The stock prop. is a Mercaury Marine Black Max 48-832832 A45 which is 14-1/4" diameter, 21 pitch. RH aluminum prop. I'm looking to upgrade to a stainless steel prop. and I am...

I just got a Windows 8.1 phone, love the phone, the only problem I have I can't seem to connect to the forum using Tapatalk, it just sits there, says you are connecting to Tapatalk but never connects. Anyone else have this problem? Lou