Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category

Outboard Motor Replacement Parts

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Many times, if you have an outboard motor that has been good to you over the years, instead of replacing it when things go wrong, you can usually find replacement parts that will get that motor running just as good as it ever did.

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Find the rate of the boat in calm water and the rate of the current?

Monday, January 25th, 2010
ritaforest asked:

A motorboat can go 8 miles downstream on a river in 20 minutes. It takes 30 minutes for this boat to go back upstream the same 8 miles. Find the rate of the boat in calm water and the rate of the current.

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planing to cross the Atlantic Ocean with my yacht during Nov and Dec 2007.,and i am asking the the best route?

Thursday, January 21st, 2010
stelios c asked:

My motorboat is 30 meters steel construction with two diesel engines. I will have on board my family and my crew.Also which is the best reurn way from Virgin Islands to Gibraltar during April and May.

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I need help with finding speed on the water?

Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Johnson asked:

Please help
The world speed record on water was set on October 8 1978 by Ken Warby of Blowering Dam,Australia. If Ken drove his motorboat a distance of 1000m in 7.045 how fast was his boast moving is m/s and mph?

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Want to video w my camcorder on a boat. how do i watr proof my camera w/o buying expensive watr proof case?

Thursday, January 14th, 2010
ChaChaChingThing asked:

Does anyone know how to create a waterproof... case, i guess, for a camcorder?

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What is the speed of the boat?

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Brooke asked:

Okay, I cannot figure this motion problem out. I was taught to make a chart to figure these types out (with column headings, rateXtime=distance), but i can't figure it out. If you can help at all with this problem..thanks!

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Want to video w my camcorder on a boat. how do i watr proof my camera w/o buying expensive watr proof case?

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
ChaChaChingThing asked:

Does anyone know how to create a waterproof... case, i guess, for a camcorder?

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I need to find out what year my suzuki boat motor is. the outboard # is 04003714459?

Monday, September 28th, 2009
puzzlegirl844 asked:

Suzukidt40hpboatmotor serial#04003714459

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A doctor, a lawyer and an engineer were deepsea fishing one day when the outboard motor on their boat dies?

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
Pilgrim asked:

They were able to drift onto a sandbar, but were quite stranded.

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where can i download or look at a repair manual online for a johnson 2 cyl 2 stroke outboard motor 1980+?

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
johandiedericks@xtra.co.nz asked:

model nr J 60 TLCNM, for free if there is something for free thees days, need to see if my motor has all the seals and rubbers it needs for pump sistem to cool the head, and how it gets put together. Just bought the boat and not pusshing the water, pump bean replaced a year ago.

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