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Sunday, 28 September 2014

Cars & Transportation: Boats & Boating: “Question: Outboard motor tilt trim will not work.?” plus 3 more

Cars & Transportation: Boats & Boating: “Question: Outboard motor tilt trim will not work.?” plus 3 more


Question: Outboard motor tilt trim will not work.?

Posted: 28 Sep 2014 12:58 PM PDT

Outboard motor tilt trim will not work.?

Motor will go up a few inches and stop. Wait a few minutes and it will go up a few more inches. Takes half and hour to get it to go up all the way and back down. When the motor stops going up the switch just makes it click.

Question: What is it called to be scared of boats?

Posted: 28 Sep 2014 12:03 PM PDT

What is it called to be scared of boats?

I have a weird phobia of boats. And no, I'm not afraid of being on water or sinking or anything like that, as I've been on many boats many times... I'm scared of actual physical boats.
I'm not afraid of seeing a boat on the water, just mainly outside of water. For example, my friend showed me this article about this hotel in South Korea that's just a cruise ship on land and it was kind of terrifying.
Maybe it's because of it's massive size? I always get a visual of me standing in front of a ship and it's just there looming over me. I don't know, it's just weird.
For as long as I can remember, whenever I've seen a boat outside of water I just feel really uncomfortable and slightly freaked out. What do y'all think about this? Thanks.

Question: Where can I rent a boat trailer to haul a 79 Columbia 7.6 (25ft) sail-boat in central Michigan? One way trip of 40 miles in Manistee area.?

Posted: 28 Sep 2014 01:49 AM PDT

Where can I rent a boat trailer to haul a 79 Columbia 7.6 (25ft) sail-boat in central Michigan? One way trip of 40 miles in Manistee area.?

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Question: How big would a storm have to be to sink a big ship?

Posted: 28 Sep 2014 01:29 AM PDT

as Sailor said, it's more the condition of the ship..poorly maintained ships can break apart in weather I've sailed through ina forty foot boat; ships badly loaded can roll over.........google "Halsey's Typhoon"....where the USN got caught by a typhoon in the Pacific...three destroyers rolled over and went down with all hands, USS Hancock had her flight deck peeled off by a wave, USS Cowpens rolled so much her planes down below broke loose and caught fire and a President named Gerry Ford earned a medal putting the blaze out.

Queen Elizabeth I took a wave on her bridge in a Winter North Atlantic storm that punched out the window.......bridge was 110 feet above the waterline.

Wood and then steel sailing ships went around Cape Horn, the worst weather in the world 11 months of the year, for 500 years and most made it; sailing for weeks at a time into 50, 60, 70 knot winds and 50 foot seas.

Tough people.
So well founded,well maintained, well run ships can take tremendous punishment and come thorough the other side.

First pic is Cowpens, rolling her guts out and on fire down below; second is USS New Jersey buried in a wave;Hancock in the background is about to lose her flight deck forward.

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