Search results

Last year my panel went dark. I'm pretty sure it had something to do with the shifter as the panel usually blinks when I shift. I can't remember if the mechanic looked at it or if it just fixed itself. It still blinks but no outage.

Reading your reply, it triggered an event that happened to me during the first or second season of having my boat. While out in the lake, I had the anchor tied to the stern cleat. I had the engine cover pulled back for some reason that I don't remember. It got a little wavy and water was...

My engine compartment vents are terrible when it comes to rain. The vents are tilted inwards so when it rains it flows into the engine compartment. I made a cheapskate vent cover for each vent out of plastic pool cover and Gorilla tape and then put holes in them and fit them over each snap. The...

5 gallons?! My boat sits in the water for months and it is dry as a dessert. When I pull the boat out of the water for some reason, I don't even bother pulling the plug. But then, I can see the entire area under my engine if I wanted to look. I seem to recall [it's been 5+ years] that I had a...

In the other posting showing me at sunset, you'll take notice that I'm standing up. There was a lot of debris that day. Sharp turns here and there to avoid hitting them. I was very tempted to cruise home yesterday at night. I love boating and flying at night. But on the way down there was lots...

Make your own? So far, my boat doesn't leak...dry as a desert. But, when it rains, the rain water comes in through my vents and will put a large amount of rain water into the engine compartment for which then I have to wetvac it out. To prevent that, I made my own. I just took black pool cover...

I’ll take a look. Yesterday while positioning to anchor the drive got stuck in reverse while the shifter was solidly in neutral. I had to shut off the engine. For the ride home, smooth as silk.

Since the new pitot probe was installed several years ago, I've been lucky with my speed indications. At 2900rpm and properly trimmed, I'll reach 30mph which is backed up by GPS at 30mph. The only time they vary in indications is boating in the Niagara River. Strong current. I am fortunate to...

If I shift in any direction too many times rapidly it will not lock into place. It'll skip over everything. Doesn't matter which way I'm shifting. I have not operated the boat with the cover off. One of these days, I'll have to do that and watch what happens. BTW....what are the wires...

Actually it found me. I am anchored out in Lake Erie. Been here a couple of hours. Wind picks up a bit and as I’m observing wave height, I see this “stick” in the water and coming straight at me. After damaging my outdrive 10 years ago by hitting something, I decided to pull this out and...

Just about ready to shift out into Lake Erie. Here’s a pic of my throttle. Neutral

The whole shifter assembly is still properly attached to the boat frame. The word sliding is meant to mean the throttle handle is moving freely and not clicking into place and no change in the outdrive. For example, If the outdrive is in reverse and the throttle handle is moved to neutral or...

As I've stated here many times, my Alpha One and the shifter do not like rapid shifting between Forward, Neutral and Reverse. With the new slip that I had this season, it caused me to shift quickly to keep control of the boat. It didn't take long for the shifter to start sliding around and not...

I always wondered how you operated on the Ohio River. The Niagara River is pretty short compared to the Ohio but it also likes to transfer a lot of junk from Lake Erie. After significant storms and run off, I'll generally stay in the slip as there are several feeder creeks and rivers that like...

Update: Feeling better, I finally decided to bring the boat home and start working on it. I sat and looked at the boat not wanting to crawl around while applying the bottom treatment but I forced myself to get going. I decided not to lift the boat to get at the areas of the bunks. Too much work...

I don't know if it's an optical illusion but your tire on the rear axle appears to be pretty close to the finder. My though on this is that if you hit a nasty bump, that could cause the fender and tire to meet which will then chew it to pieces. I had this happen last year. I also updated the...

The original owner to my boat long ago never cleaned the bottom where it sat on the bunks. Even after I started cleaning the whole bottom, it took a long time to get it equally clean to the rest of the boat. I learned from another Chap owner from the previous forum on how to jack the boat up...

My trailer is similar to yours. One roller up front and one at the back end. 2 bunks each side of center. I like the bunks because I can launch and retrieve without worrying about the boat sliding off the trailer. The only problem I have with bunks is cleaning and treating the bottom area where...

I can't believe the seats I used to sit on when I was young.

Doctor just told me I can't ride my bike for 3 months! UGH! haha. Riding my bike is the number one thing I do for exercise. Northwestern PA has some great Rails to Trails bike paths.....Looks like I'll be delayed. I could do some walking on them of course but I'm not in favor of that. But...