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My 40 something winch is too rusty to want to deal with since the trailer is getting a restoration. It doesn't say on it but my boat is a 17' Tracker V17 tournament with a 50 Merc. I see most winches on line are 600 lb. Can I get away with one of those or do I have to go to the larger...

This ran great when I took it down to restore the boat in 2014. Anyways boats done ran great on bibs started right up. New tank new style hose and no ethanol in gas when I laid it up. No boat is dogging but sometimes takes right off then when I decide to slow down and do it again it...

This applys to the straight rack / pinion type only but it's smart, free and pretty simple. My 90 Bayliner has about 2" of free play in the wheel. Not a big issue on plane but at slow speed it's a PITA. This is what its getting in short order. I have heard of this before but never...

My el chepo EZLoader for the Bayliner is just simple open angle galvanized steel. The long frame runs are wide open on the ends. Nice and simple. They also get tiny spots of rust blush that I just sand off and shoot with cold galvanizing. No real rust though. This is the mess off my 85 Tracker...

I redid all the forward electrical stuff for my rebuild. I left the controls and motor electrical alone other than to clean things up, put looms on aged wiring ect. The only thing I added was a 2 battery Seasense shut off dial switch to kill everything. As far as I can tell the dash...

This I assume is the plug to charge the trolling battery? Both lugs rotted off so it needs replaced. It goes in the hole in the fore deck in the back ground. I assume those two large red / blk wires mate to the big new ones from the new Minn Kota I mounted up front right? Just checking...

I got this boat as a project 2 years ago and used it for one season. It porpoised badly unless trimmed full down. It also acted quite badly in the handling department. I blamed it much on wet foam but upon tear down it wasn't that wet. The motor is an 83 4 cyl Merc 50 the boat is an 85...

Yea, mine is crappy and now the wrong poop brendle brown the boat used to be . I have done a lot of painting in my day , even painted my plane once but never did or heard of anyone painting a steering wheel. No big loss really if it doesn't work out as it looks to be pretty generic but has...

Ok I found a nice 8 gang switch panel to fill the gaping hole the PO left in my dashboard. I see it has 2 hot leads , one on each end that seems to control the 4 switches in a row near it. Here is the rub. I only have 1 hot lead coming into the panel. The obvious choice is to tie...

Note, I used regular CDX ply for my build since I keep my boats inside barns. I did make sure it was a nice piece and then hit it with the belt sander so it was nice and smooth. When I shot it with Raptor it looked great. Fast forward a year and note the fine cracking which is evident...

I have gone through my 85 V17 Tracker right to the hull. Starting to get done now and the electrics are next. I used all the existing wiring that was serviceable in pretty much it's old configuration. My old fuse box and the existing rocker switches are old and nasty so will be going...

The boat has 50 merc that runs fine. Since I picked it up last year It behaved very badly only running trimmed nearly full down or bow rose excessively. Squirrellly handling porpoising ect. I tore it right down to the ribs expecting to find totally wet foam. Dry as a bone and it's a...

I know a guy who just got a 88 Sea Nymph Fish n Ski . He is wanting to get a typical Sunbtella cockpit cover but has none of the poles and hardware. The only top shop around here is pretty pricey due to being near to the Canadian Border. Is there anybody out there who can do these old...

I asked last year about this new to me find for $800. It runs like a top but behaved badly. Can't trim down or it likes to porpoise and act skiddishly. It has a 50 Merc with 4 blade prop? and Stingray fin?. I took off the fin and it drove even worse needing to be trimmed way up to get...

I picked up a 85 Tournament V17 last year with a nice 50 hp 4cyl 1983 Merc on trailer for $800. I plan on going through it but am not going to go hog wild tearing things apart, just the needed stuff. Anyways I used it a for a while last summer and it fishes fine. Lot's of smoke from the...