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I almost did the same thing my first year of boating. I come back on E. I knew I had enough fuel, but a small storm was coming. The waves went from 6" to almost 2ft. Than the wind picked up to 10 to 12 knots. I had to slow down which burnt more fuel. Than I heard of this rule. Always have 1/3...

I had the same problem. Basally, I did what SST did. I installed a NMEA2K fuel flow sensor. With both the sensor and GPS/MFD connected to the network. The GPS showed my gallons per hour rate. This also showed me my MPG, so I would adjust my speed.

Paint the boat the best way you can. The next time you go out, position the boat differently. Then go over the spots you missed.

I had rollers, so I could easily move the boat 3 to 4 inches. Personally, I did not like the bunks. They made it harder to launch or recover my boat. But rollers need to be maintained. You could use boat stands too. I can explain that if needed.

Bottom paint is what its called. As in one example: https://www.westmarine.com/bottom-paint/ Many brands, colors and types.

I know what you guys are going to say. NO!! But I have found that bottom paint works the best. Keep in mind that bottom paint will seal the glass from water intrusion too. You might loose 1 or 2 knots at WOT. But it beats cleaning the bottom after being left in for more than a week depending on...

Boats with out drives do not have sea strainers to block anything. My guess could be that some weeds got sucked in. Than for a moment the raw water pump lost suction and the temp went up. Keep in mind you need less water at lower RPMs. But its just a guess.

On boats, ABYC standard is that yellow is negative. Not knowing your boat, I would say that these switches light up. So you need to use a meter and find the load side of the switch.

Keep in mind that both Merc and Volvo are GM blocks. So you can find that part for less.

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About 7 years ago I basically had the same problem. I can't remember the name of the part. But it was a small plunger type of a part. In other words, it moved something to do with the throttle body. There were two wires that controlled it if my memory is right. It was on the port side of the...

Looks like a vent. Ether for fuel or waste.

Sounds like fuel. In other words, what is common to both engines. I don't see two engines having the same problem at the same time. I could be wrong, but its the first thing I would look at.

You should still be under warranty, yes? So both engines are giving you the same RPM readings? Or is only one engine acting up?

Than most likely you have bad fuel. Take a portable fuel tank, a 3 or 6 gal one with new fuel. Than run the engine on that and see what happens.

Go to the back of that switch for power.

Change your fuel filters. You ether got dirty fuel or water in the fuel. On my last boat, a Sig 290 with twins. I installed 2 Racor fuel filters with the drain bowls. The drains are used to let any water out...

It's not a bad thing to use a specific switch to turn on the NEMA network. More so when the boat is not in use. Other wise it could be a drain on the batteries depending on what is on the network.

Looks great! What type of boating are you doing lakes, salt? U.S.C.G. courses are a great help to new boaters, if you are one?

Just a thought...... For a few more bucks, you can add another battery to the house bank. This could also aid in starting if your starting battery went bad or low.