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You don't have to give it throttle to steer and you can kick in and out of gear save the throttle un till you get more use to it or when you realy need it . take it slow and all will go smoth , unless of course there is a crowd on the dock . then everything goes wrong

This should be a fairly easy fix . It will take some hours but will better then new when done.

Have not seen sail boats push out ( ones in slips tend to have engines around here) But we do have ! thats will not motor in to his slip .He will motor up to his slip then pull him self in . Don't ask cuze I don't know

Most windlass ( every one I have seen) Have relays But they are at the windlass . to run the full power thru a switch is asking alot and you would need a large switch . After looking at the power winch site I find the do not call for a relay . I sure would use one .Even though they (power winch) do ...

Let me add to the Question . If you keep your boat in a slip is it stern in or bow in ? I am stern in as most power boats are in our area are , at out marina its 50/50 with sail boats other marines near by most sail boats dock bow in . When I look at other areas you will find power boats Bow in and ...

Slip . mooring is rare around here and I don't think I could sleep leaveing leaving my boat on a Mooring ball

BTW you have a nice looking boat

Welcome to the Forum Capt.

If i felt the need I would stop boating .

On the other hand If you pulling the impler anyway why not replace it they are cheap. Up here with our 1/2 yr season, two seasons use is not too much of a stretch. true . we have a sail boater that pulls it every year and gets 5-6 years out of them it takes him hours to do it if I would spend hours...

Welcome to The forum ! how is the boat coming to you ? land or water and from where to where ?


Do a search here and you should find some info on the swim plateforms

and don't forget EBAY

Ready123 has some good points .I know some folks that do remove them and I would think it would help add life to them One other thing you can do is bump the engine over once in a while ( that is good for the enigine) But you will not be able to see the impler condtion. On the other hand If you pulli...

I just ran some numbers on a prop calcuator . If you add cup to the prop it comes up 1.2" less pich so when took of a inch of pitch the added cup you just lost what you had gained . So like ready123 said have the make sure they made it 21'' pitch and Like I said then make sure they remove the c...

If it was my boat I wouls leave them on .... Cuze I will be using the boat year around , But in your case turn them off sorry

1 if if by land 2 if by sea I should be able to get there