Marinette Boat Forum

I also have a helm steering box which I no longer need sense going to hydraulic

I totally agree with your recommendation. I just recently converted mine to Sea-star hydraulic and really wish I would done it years ago. Five turns of the wheel from stop to stop with your finger tips. I used a 8.3 cubic inch actuating cylinder which will allow me to use garmin's cheapest autopilot...

Be very careful about allowing the prop shafts to be turning without water being on those cutlass bearings as it will very quickly ruin those bearings, if you can feel any up and down movement of the shafts at the props the cutlass bearings are already shot.

Hi guys I'm going to try Prop Speed's product on my running gear and see how well it holds up, nothing has stuck to the shafts, rudders or trim tabs so far. The boat is on a hard stand in the boat yard and should be back in water in the next couple of weeks and the trial will began.

Hi I replaced my cable steering with a seastar hydraulic system on both helms a while back and probably have the cables and boxes in the shop somewhere. The boat and the parts are in Florida and I am in Iowa but plan to head south in the next couple of days. PM me if your interested in these parts t...

I used starboard several years ago and used large washers on the underside slightly off set of the boats braces to avoid drilling new holes in the braces.I really like it, never too hot to stand on and has non-skid built in and sun and water never deteriorates it. I used aluminum angle stock on the ...

Thanks Ed and I have no clue as to how to post a photo, but I thoroughly enjoyed your pictures you posted of some shrimp you caught a couple years ago. Harry

I use a Garmin 640 it's small cheap and portable, it can be used on the water or on the road .There really isn't any learning curve to use it and it gets me to the markers or any other spot each and every time. Harry

More than likely different resistance in the port and starboard supply lines resulted in the one side being favored. Now you have to find out why. There"s been lots of posts on here about cleaning the tanks and anti-siphon valves and servicing the water separators.

My two new rebuilds are set up per the barr instructions, leaving the tubes out and both run nice and cool.