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    Gunwale-to-Seat Braces

    This is for a 79 15' Gregor. It's missing several of the braces that connect the gunwales to the seats. Important structural elements, methinks. Gregor was no help; they've had a fire and are shut down. Ideas? Something simple, for a guy with few skills?
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    Mystery Boat...

    I recently purchased this 1993 15' Sylvan Pro-Yukon. I can't find that specific model anywhere, including the Smokercraft and Sylvan websites. The capacity label says Smokercraft. It's a beefy boat with a factory floor, side console and built-in 12 gallon gas tank. I'd sure like to see the specs...
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    93 40hp Mercury

    Well, it's the middle of the night and I'm supposed to buy a boat in the morning. It's a 93 sylvan pro yukon 15' with a 40 hp merc 2 stroke, also 93. I'm ok with the boat but would like to hear if anyone has experience with this motor. It starts up ok and runs on muffs, but that's about all I...
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    Lund Rebel

    I have a shot at a good deal on a 1988 16' Lund Rebel. Does anyone have experience with this boat? I'm wondering how it will handle the rough water we sometimes get here in the PNW. It would be for rivers, including the Columbia (on a good day), bays, lakes. Definitely not the ocean. It looks...
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    Evinrude 28spl

    I'm heading out this afternoon to look at a 15' Duroboat with an Evinrude 28hp SPL from around 1988. I would much prefer a later model 4 stroke. The seller says it sat for about 6 years, but has been gone through to the tune of $1300 which is said to have covered a full service and inspection...
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    Sand in the motor

    Well, I ran aground on a sand bar and sucked a lot of sand into the motor, a 2003 Honda B15D. I've run it on the muffs and not gotten anywhere near all the sand out. I took it out briefly, but it bogged down and wanted to die. When I put it on the muffs it ran well at idle and then just quit...
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    15hp for a 14' boat?

    I just bought a 14' Western rated for 25hp, with a 6hp '07 Tohatsu, (which I will sell) so a repower is in order. Used 20-25 hp 4 stroke motors are scarce, but there is a '99 15hp Honda available. Whaddaya think, not enough motor? Would it at least plane the boat?
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    What kind of bolts and how to seal...

    The center transom brace is pulling away from the stern because it's missing the two lower bolts that hold it on. I think the weight and stress of the motor is pulling up on the bottom of the hull and causing a leak in that area, which I have treated with G-Flex. I plan on installing two bolts...
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    Long Shaft? Short Shaft?

    I'm giving up on my cranky old Nissan and looking at motors. The boat is a 16', 68" beam, Valco. Transom height from the cutout is 15.5". This sounds like I need a short shaft? Current motor is a long shaft and the cavitation plate sits a couple of inches below the keel. I'm looking at a...
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    Parts motor?

    I've posted about this motor before, a 92 Nissan N9.9b2, but I now think I it's done for. Here's the list: 1. Water check port clogged with corrosion. I've tried to ream it out with a stiff wire, even tried to drill it out but stopped because it didn't seem like the drill was going in...
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    Removing JB Weld

    I never should have bought this boat. (73 Valco 16x68) But now I have to deal with it. It's a leaker and so far I have found what looks like a bad seam in the keel, just under where a transom strut is. It's hard to tell exactly what is there due to clumps of what looks like JB Weld, or the...
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    NS 9.9b cooling water check port

    1993 Nissan NS 9.9b2. This is a new-to-me motor and today I put the muffs on and fired it up. But only briefly because there was no telltale squirt. The owner's manual I have says it's on the starboard side of the motor. My manual is from 2007, so the motor has probably changed since '93...
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    Nissan/Tohatsu 9.9

    I recently bought a Valco 16' mod V with a 93 Nissan NS 9.9 B2 outboard, same motor as the Tohatsu M9.9, I think. The trim function is fine, but the motor won't tip back. The tilt assembly seems to be disconnected. I can't find any info on how to fix it, and am reluctant to launch until I can...
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    Adding Bench Seats

    I'm new to this great forum and just bought my first boat, a 16' Valco. This is probably the first of many questions. Wanting more space for crab pots, a previous owner removed the middle bench, the brackets that held it in, and the flotation that was under it. So two questions: Was that seat...
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