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My bilge is fairly high and aft. So no back flow unless I’m already under water. 💦 😁

I did check the wiring at the battery which had a couple of fuses. I opened them, still good and put them back. I wasn't paying attention as to whether these caused the outage or not. The boat comes out of the water tomorrow and I'll see if I can simulate the problem from those fuses.

I have an ice chest on my port side with a drain line that leads to a thru hull drain hole. Although it his well above the waterline and further forward than yours.

Mission accomplished.....sort of. Here is a view of my spaghetti behind the instrument panel. Before poking around I disconnected the battery. Then I "climbed in" and start looking around. With Dennys comment about wires being pig tailed, they stuck out fairly quick. The bulb is powered by...

Thanks Denny, I will start poking around today and maybe I’ll stumble across the problem. Truthfully though, I’m not a good mechanic with this stuff so I chickened out and spoke with the mechanic yesterday. He told me to bring it up Monday, so I’m in “the slot” at least. Have a good weekend.

I assumed that this electrical problem was narrowed down to a single wire....somewhere. All other lights are working. Instruments are working but only the instrument lights are not. After returning to my slip, I did take a look behind the panel and poked around for loose nuts or wires. Nothing...

I was looking forward to boating yesterday and catch a nice sunset. The wind was decreasing and therefore the waves were coming down too. Throw the anchor and enjoy. BUT.... The first problem was the trim. I've been operating my boat since 2008 with the trim gauge working and sometimes not. I...

I remember as a young teenage going through Space Mountain in Disney World [1970's]. As you're walking through the entry to the ride, you'd pass by futuristic displays. One display I remember was the family sitting in front of the tv with the remote clicking away. There were several others but I...

Just another bump in the road. :underconstruction4:

Looks a lot nicer than the Burma Road from WWII.

My dad’s last boat was a bayliner. Lots of water skiing behind it along with other excursions.

My boat is a 235XLC. I am 5' 6-1/2". The horizontal dimensions are pretty good for me. A reasonable amount of room to stretch out with room to spare. Vertical measurements are a different story. When laying down in the forward area of the cuddy [bow], you can't sit up. You kinda have to...

That's the plan to replace all of them. But the nav light and anchor lights above the windshield are the old bulbs and just keep on going. When they finally fail, I'll replace them. And your right about usage of the battery. I actually have a separate/independent anchor light to keep battery...

My stern light is the worst light onboard my boat. I'm lucky if I make it beyond a year before it fails again. The past two nights I've been out this season, I've had to use a small LED flashlight tied to the ski eye. It's actually brighter and higher up than the stern light. Less likely being...

Here’s a picture of my bird:

I've put two hours on so far this season. With the amount of rain and it being Memorial Weekend, I'm not venturing very far. Too much crazy traffic with a strong potential for getting "pulled over." I did treat my cover with 303 so with the recent downpour yesterday, it will be interesting to...

The mechanic usually changes the oil when it goes in for repairs, so I've never seen this before. Once, I changed it and it came out very light blue. Not a hint of black. It was somewhat of a long time ago so I can't recall why I did it and what the service interval was. It was quite a contrast...

While getting my boat ready to launch, I also included changing the lower gear oil. I took out the upper screw and oil came out, so I thought there is no leaking oil. But I thought it was a little dark. Then pulled the bottom screw out and boy was it BLACK! Also had a steady stream of fine...

Why did Canada ban Non-Ethanol gas? Corn growers complain?

Thru trial and error I initially bought an 1800lb winch. The design is exactly like what’s on the trailer. But, when I got home and started to mount the winch, it became immediately apparent that this won’t work. The new 1800lb winch is smaller. Same bolt pattern but the dimensions are...