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I hate to stir up more sh!t but... can you explain to us how to zero out the drive and trim indicators? I know how but it is not the easiest thing to do depending on how it is rigged.

I frequent both sites and several others but get tired of all this BS. Do I agree with what happened in the past? No, but how many magazines have spun off from others. And look at the Florida aluminum trailer industry. This is a fact of life and is what causes all of the sites to grow. At this point how they grow is up to the people on the boards and the direction that the moderators and owners allow them to go.

Just my .02

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On the only other site I frequent, we have a putz for our fearless leader. We keep askin for porn and an open bar but he wont let us have them. :rolleyes: I found the porn here but is there an open bar somewhere? :D

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Wait a second...Racegirl likes Chevys, Speed, Nascar, High Performance boats AND porn?

This sounds too good to be true!

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Theres a few floatin around in here that can attest to my ... enjoyment .... of all of the above :rolleyes: :p

BTW, I dont like ALL performance boats .... Cigarettes are my favorites. :D

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We must never let Mrs. Cozzi find out about my fascination with Racegirl!

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:eek: :rolleyes: If it makes her feel better, I already have a fascination for a man with a big Gun :D

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That helps a little!

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If you are talking to me, yeah I do know how to zero out the indicators. And yes, it does depend on how it's rigged, but come on.... apply a little basic mechanical common sense.
My point is not to stir chit up between OSO and speedwake. The point is that I just met the folks who make our insurance go up.
But maybe if I had just spent a bunch of money on a boat that is beyond my abilities and experience I would be posting asking what trim tabs are for. Before I take a high speed run in my twin step new toy.

If you think that it is BS for me to be shocked at the beginner questions being asked by people with 32 and 35 foot fountains than that is your opinion.
It's not like it's a guy who just bought a 21 foot single to get his feet wet is asking.

I appreciate your charity toward your friends at SW. I don't appreciate guys who slap a bunch of money down and own rockets that they cannot understand or control.

Hopefully you understand my point a little better. PM me with pics of your trim indicator set up and I will coach you through it. No problem. Glad to help you out.

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Sounds like my wife,except for the nascar thing, she likes to watch offshore racing, vintage sports car, and 24 hour sports car endurance racing. I am sure we wil be watching the 24 hour of Daytona race this weekend. She also LOVES porn. :)

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I'm a newbie here but so far no one has called me a "Hoser Canadian" yet like Jeffery J likes to do.
I haven't bucked up for a membership yet but its on the way!!!!
Hope to meet as many of you as I can in So Be... :drink:
Stan

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You are a Hoser Canadian. :D :D :drink: :drink: :drink:

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Bob and Doug McKenzie are still funny, eh! :cool:

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Maybe my point should be DAM the folks at OSO know what they are talking about.

You go to the tech section and you get really serious discussions about real problems, and professional advice on virtually any problem you could have with any kind of powerboat. These guys are very heavy weight. I NEVER make jokes on tech threads. NEVER jump in on a person's problem unless I have first hand information that will lead to the solution.

I lurk a lot in tech because you can fill in your knowledge base on anything you need to. The tech section is the virtual university of performance boats.

I have posted some pretty hard problems in OUR tech section and always gotten quick, friendly, accurate advice and best practices. Because we have the people we do.... I would be willing to bet that it's the most comprehensive, detailed, informative, and helpful tech section on the web.

I'm not really trying to slam the other site. I thought that it would be ok to notice the difference in an honest way.

Is it?

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You are both eloquent and honest. Why would that be bad?

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My member status reflects my thoughts. I have paid where I am currently receiving the most benefit but I do frequent both sites. The tech section there does have some useful content just as the General Boating Discussion here gets some useless non-boating BS. If I have a tech question I generally ask it here or in the Fountain Section.

As for insurance rates and non mechanically skilled boaters; I have to disagree. I know plenty of experienced boaters that are very careless and will commonly endanger others on their craft and around them. I also know boaters that have very little to no mechanical aptitude that are extremely safe and courteous boaters but they pay to have their craft properly maintained. I work in the auto racing industry and will on occasion see some of the best drivers that have very impressive histories but can barely identify the parts that make up the car. Boating is not much different.

:drink:

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And DAM proud of it!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :drink:

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I hope that they break down near shore in good weather.

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And you're right.... it's not the ones who don't have a clue about hydrodynamics and mechanics.
It's ALL fountain owners who are driving the insurance rates up for the rest of us.

There. :D