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    1997 chaparral 290 signature

    Ahhh yes, those can be a bear to find. Hope someone with your model boat jumps in here. Sorry I can't help.
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    1997 chaparral 290 signature

    The water pump turns on when engine is running. You have the sea water pump which pullls the water from the lake to cool your engine. Or are yu talking of the bilge pump that pulls water from the bottom of the boat? You would have a switch for it on your dash and can turn it on without the...
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    New member

    Hi and welcome to net boat talk. Boat Doctur and Denny kinda led the way from the old Chap forum. Glad you found us here. :tiphat:
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    Depth while underway

    I kept an eye on mine and saw that it read most of the time while underway. I was running 30 to 50 mph.
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    Happy Father's Day

    Thanks Denny! Happy Fathers day to all the dads on here. Hope you were lucky as I was and got to spend your day on the water. Beautiful day floatin and boatin here.
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    CP Rail crossing the Niagara River

    Awesome video. Thanks for posting.
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    Finally an easy way to keep my bottom clean

    She looks GREAT. Rain here today so pulled her out earlier today. Line was same ole line. Ceramic wax did not prevent the line or lessen the line but it sure was easy to wipe off. Cleaned right up. So, While no miracle cure it does help. I'll continue to use it.
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    2008 chaparral 236 Volvo SX prop questions

    Thanks. Good info. Makes sense. Unfortunately the video would not open for me.
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    Finally an easy way to keep my bottom clean

    The line was worse last weekend when we pulled out. So we took her home and applied the 2nd coat. So far this weekend I see a line but not bad. It's hard to tell for sure until I pull her out. Will do that tomorrow. I expect it to be like the first time since there are two coats of the...
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    No power to ignition - visual signs of blown 90 amp fuse?

    Glad you got it fixed. 90 amp. Holy Moley, that a big un. :eek:
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    Depth while underway

    Wondering if you turn to the right then the left slowly if the depth would read? I had a four winns and it was that way due to placement of the transponder.
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    Depth while underway

    I do not think that is normal. Only way to fix would be to change the location of the pick up unit. So you know where it is on your boat?
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    Depth while underway

    From my experience, yes, normal. Depending on where the depth module sits in the boat, if when underway it does not have a uninterupted sight to the bottom you get that flashing reading. This can happen because air bubbles can stream under the boat when underway.
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    Finally an easy way to keep my bottom clean

    i got the front half of the V. I did not get underneath the back half. I know all about bottom paint. I put it on the houseboat we used to own. Handy, but i have a true speedboat. No thank you to bottom paint. thanks for the suggestion though.
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    Finally an easy way to keep my bottom clean

    I boat on the Ohio River. I trailer the boat each weekend. The most we stay in the water is 4 days. By then we normally have a nasty ole line of crud on the boat. Heck an hour after dumping in the water you could see the start of a line. Wax would help. And a few years ago we started...
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    2008 chaparral 236 Volvo SX prop questions

    Good pic. Was that taken by a helicopter? Like you said no easy asnwer for a prop. Hopefully a shop will work with you trying one then another and let you zero in on what's best for your boat. To be on plane at 2300 rpm. Unheard of for me. 2800 to 3000 is lowest rpm to be on plane for...
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    Subwoofer placement

    Not familiar with your boats layout but I put a 10" JL Audio sub in the center of my rear passenger bench seat. Works fantastic there.
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    2004 Chaparral Sunesta 252 Fuse/Breaker location

    I'll reply some general info that you probably already know or doesn't apply to your boat. My boats have a push button reset switch below each of the light, blower, horn and stereo switch. I would guess if that was the case you would have noticed those but mentioning just in case. I had...
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    Who's ready to go boating?

    I feel lucky to be in my location. I have kayakers, and sail boats and big and small power boats, houseboats, jetskis, bass boats and more. Somehow we all share this portion of the Ohio river with the barge traffic and we do just fine. I had hopes of boating this weekend but weather is not...
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