The Mariah Owners Club

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- - Tabs Added (http://www.mariahownersclub.com/forum/original-mariah-talk/8243-tabs-added.html)

If I can do it, anyone can - 45 mins start to finish..

The Mariah Owners Club - Gallery - New Tabs added

See, it wasn't that hard now was it? Congrats! :wink_thumbup:

The hardest part for me was convincing myself is was a good idea to drill a bunch of holes in a perfectly good boat. :D

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Originally Posted by mikeyt (Post 45053)

See, it wasn't that hard now was it? Congrats! :wink_thumbup:

Thanks Mikey..the only awkward part was getting into the lotus position while the boat was on the trailer!!:eek_animated:

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Originally Posted by husker_fan (Post 45054)

The hardest part for me was convincing myself is was a good idea to drill a bunch of holes in a perfectly good boat. :D

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Amen to that, took 3 prayers and a call into "Mariah's anonymous" for me to move forward lol

Well, went out to the lake this afternoon ready to test the trim tabs...didn't make it 100 yards!!

This is what happens when Buoys are incorrectly placed and we weren't the only ones, there were 3 other boats that this happened to today!!

http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/4...3060900200.jpg

I know I was going to get a new prop anyways, but not this way!!:shakehead:

Broke a piece off the skeg too..sheesh, what a day...now I have to figure a way to reinforce/replace the skeg...great!!

The 4 of us have collated a complaint to the DNR. We'll let you know what happens!

Do you know about the Navionics app for android & Iphone? This is a great saver & you can mark that spot for other users.

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Originally Posted by CHICKS75 (Post 45085)

Do you know about the Navionics app for android & Iphone? This is a great saver & you can mark that spot for other users.

That's the first I've heard of that app. I'll be getting it!
That prop looks like the props I've seen coming of the lake I frequent. The level is dropping like crazy. Huge stumps and islands are quickly being revealed.

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I got the app last week but have yet to really dig into it to learn all the features.

What tweaks me more is that was done at the end of the inlet as it goes into the lake itself...Whole inlet is only 30 feet wide and I was as far right of those buoys as one could get without driving up into the first home owners garden. I think I'm going to find a different lake...plus I have to get a prop asap as me and the missus are going away for a few days to Crystal Lake in Northern Michigan which is 3 miles wide by 9 miles long and there is no way in heck I'm going there without the boat!

In reality, is there any recourse by complaining to the DNR?

The few lake's that we have boated at were operated by the US Army Corp. of Engineer's - this might sound stupid.. but is the DNR part of that as well? I have no clue - i'm in Ohio and usually boat on the river. Luckily... I know i'm pretty safe as long as i'm hanging in the middle. However we do have some large sand bars and various debris that crop up. I'm going to install that app and tell a friend of mine about it as well... he could use it. Last year he buried his Diablo into a large bank of sand/mud. It tore his skeg all the way off and completely ate his prop (your prop looks new compared to his after he tried to sink his boat). The lower unit was trimmed all the way down - and buried completely. The whole hull was resting onto of the mud/silt/sand - stinky river slime. I had a hell of a time helping get his boat out. I also found out that it's very hard to tow a boat with a small motor like mine. You don't move fast, and you burn gas quickly lol.

Hope you get the new prop on and ready for the water asap! Do you have a depth gauge? If not i'd grab one quickly and get it installed. I had mine in the boat (wiring and all) in about 30 minutes if that. I have the lowrance LST3800. I installed the thru hull transducer with a large high quality toilet bowl wax ring (if there is a such thing as high quality crapper rings lol). I didn't use epoxy or anything, just made a donut/bowl shape out of the ring and shoved it in firmly. I then took some of the wax and built it up around it to help hold it in place. Grosses stuff in the world to play with and sticky as hell... but it's never budged even with all the heat.