Tide put my boat under a find pier and it got stuck, high tide came in and filled the boat in at the scupper, I would say about a foot of water in the hull, a lot of it went forward into the bow. It was found almost immediately, we pumped it out and drove around at various speeds to get every single drop out. I would say 1-2 hour of water in the bilge and up front. Do you think any damage was done? I can’t find any real information on how these boats were built, what kind of foam.

It's been rough 6 months or so for boaters in my area. Where I live the boating season is already relatively short. Last summer's drought cut it even shorter, boat ramps and marinas at the three closest lakes had to close before the end of August. Around the same time the dam at the lake at the southern end of the state was being put to the test, it was either near or at the highest water levels ever with the marina and campground being 65' underwater. The dam survived preventing millions if not a billion dollars of damage down stream. With 20+ days of 6+ inches of snow on the ground and over a week of subzero temps winter has been rough on the local boating community a major Ice flow took out almost everyone's dock on the river.

I guess I'm a bit of a masochist, I'm on my 4th project boat, my 3rd express cruiser. I've got everything done that doesn't require dewinterizing. I'm ready to get out on the water for a couple day shakedown cruise. Don't even care if I break down I'll just drop anchor, put some tunes on, fire up the grill, and just enjoy being out on the water.

Hello everyone.

I have some questions about boats and hopefully this is the right place to ask.

First, what do I need to drive a boat. I’m looking at a cruiser with cabins, no sailboats or catamarans. Do I need any special licenses?

Second, when buying a boat, what is the most important thing to look for/at?

I would like to get a boat, like a Jon boat or something small to get the family on it to go on the lake but I know nothing about boat ownership. I don’t want to buy the thing and wreck it backing down the ramp or doing something basic. Would it weird to ask the local FB group if I could essentially shadow somebody one day getting the boat ready from a towing point of view and loading it then getting into the water? I’d cover gas and all that no problem. Got cold feet when I went to ask the group lol

I have a 2002 ish m40d2 Tuhatsu. The oil trottle linkage seems to be gummed/corroded and not want to move as smoothly as it should. This leads me to to believe the improper amount of oil is being added due to the failing mechanics. (I usually add some to my tank as a precaution).

Recently the gumming up was so bad I forwent the oil reservoir and have just run 50:1 mix. Is this damaging the engine? Do I need to preform an oil delete or restoration or can I run an empty oil system if I supplement with the 50:1 mix gas?

The manual does say that oil is dispensed at different rats based on the throttle position, I.e. sometimes is running 120:1 or 80:1 depending on rpm and timing. I hadn’t looked at that since I did a carb clean and timing set a year ago but I think 50:1 was the richest it had listed so I felt safe running it at this constant mix..

Are oil deletes difficult and will it give me any benefit of just running premix and ignoring the oil mix system?

TIA

It's a long shot but does anyone know what happened to the Dixie IV after it crashed into the crowd at a race. Bit of context the Dixie IV was the first diseal powered boat to break the water speed record.

I need to get some engine work done, Detroit Diesel 12V71NA engines, the boat is in the Solomons Maryland (USA) area. Can anyone recommend a mechanic? Thank you in advance.