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    Questions on insuring a homemade boat

    So I have been thinking with all of the projects that I have seen here like the small jet ski jet boats that have been built have you all had any problems with insuring them? Reason I ask is I am thinking about trying to find a 18/56 hull and build an inboard out of it. Got the welder to do the...
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    looking at changing my motor out soon...what shaft length?

    looking at here around winter hopefully to change out my 100 hp merc to go to at least a 200 EFI...was wondering if you all could tell me what shaft length my jet should have when i start looking for motors. i got a lot of places to look but most are Bass boat sites with prop motors. i know ill...
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    question on a small leak repair on an Alum boat for you all.

    got a little john boat i use on the river here to trap out of during the winter. its got a pretty good split in one of the ribs up front that leaks pretty good. short of having it welded what would be a good way to seal it up. boat aint worth much at all its jsut a little 14' john that my dad...
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    any Missouri Locals know what the Gascoganade is like?

    thinkin about making a run up to the Gascoganade sometime here soon before it turns freezin cold any was wondering if any of you have been on the river lately
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    question for you guys running the meramac around Stanton

    wife and i are takin the kids camping at Meramac caverns the first weekend of July...thinkin about takin the jet with me but never been on the river there. if i take the boat im gonna put in at Sand ford and only saw the one riffle that is between the caverns and sand ford and it didnt look bad...
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    gonna give Eberlin boats one more shot to make it run

    so last Sat after getting the boat back from Eberlin boats working on it i took it to the river. Tech told me when i picked it up that he had the motor at 4800 RPM in their test tank. well took it out Sat and with my wife me and 2 kids couldnt get it to turn more than 4400. wasnt sure if that...
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    tell me somethin fellas....

    what is the proper spaceing between the impeller and liner? i was thinkin that it was 1/8" but i wasnt sure i took my shoe off today after our trip up from Ononadoga ramp and the water is pretty skinny in some places and i did hot a few times bent the grates in the shoe pretty good so i took the...
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    first run in the new to me Jet today

    me and nephew and brother put in at Onondaga state park on the Meramac and ran up to garrisons campground pretty decent little run. river was pretty good starting to clear up a lot too. boat did pretty well. i do have a tad bit of a running problem i got to figure out. seems at Full throttle it...
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    new guy here and with a new to me Jet boat

    saturday i traded off my old bass cat bass boat and bought my first jet boat. been around the water and rivers almost my whole life but never owned a jet. i live in sullivan,MO so i have the Meramac river right here close to me. the boat i got is a 2003 Alweld 1856 with a 1990 100HP merc jet...
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