Pacemaker Boats

Here one more time wishing all of the members a happy holiday season. Lets hope some of the members are still around and visiting this site.

WOW, Mike I thought you were gone from this site. I occasionally check in but until now, there hasnt been any action

sad to say but after watching this site for over a year (and as Shawns post shows only 8 reads and no responses after 14 days) the active members of this site have moved on.May this site rest in peace ...

Mostly stupidity on my part. The forward bilge pump had quit working, so I was there that day troubleshooting the wiring and had put some stuff on top of the stove. When I left, I must have hit the sw ...

June 29th, 2009 every boaters worst nightmare
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Sad

Luckily, it was just a smoke fire and no actual flames

4 coats of poliglow and look at the shine
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Well for me the winter brought mixed feelings and the news that we might not have all of the slips up river starting this fall because the state is going to rebuild the highway bridge that goes over t ...

Thanks. After I emailed it I figured I would put it all somewhere where it could be read by anyone looking for wiring help. I even posted it on the old website so that the members there could get the ...

I decided to create a website for all of the Pacemaker info I had for everyone to use. Click the link below and then click the photo album link, then open the Pacemaker album. There should be somethin ...

Hope everyone gets what they want for the holidays and have a safe and happy new year
Terry

Ok sure, I didnt have to do anything to the strut with my boat, just make sure the new engines sat so the flanges mated perfectly. I think if Leo ensures his shaft is straight and aligns the 2 flanges ...

Well, it was a hope that you could use what you had and spend the money on the tranny. As for checking the alignment, I used feeler gages between the 2 flanges. I turned the shaft slowly making sure t ...

Leo, Please tell me that you kept the shafts, props and struts from the overdue since they should be pretty close to the new boat. I talked with the guy at my club and he wants to get rid of the whol ...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Hope this is a happy time for all to reflect back on the previous year and all of the good things that happened.

Thanks Leo, I will keep this info for the spring since the boat is now all shrink wrapped and the engines are winterized. As I said before, the trannys are the only things that are still original from ...

Thanks Leo, I am wondering how I can check the tranny before I go back in next spring. It bothers me a little about the noise but it doesnt happen below 2000 rpm just above and then its very noticeabl ...

Leo, What are your current tranny's? 1:1 or do they have the reduction gears? I wanted to go up but found out the 71C with higher than 1:1 has a reduction gear that adds 6 inches to the length so I ha ...

Leo, sounds like you might have sheared a drive pin. These are not that bad to rebuild check out this link
http://www.marineparts.com/partspages/velvetdrive/velvet1.htm
There are also a few of them ...

Leo, when you log out, and come back to the page the log in automatically box might be checked ubder your sign in password and thats why your are logged in when you come back

Leo, sorry to hear about the grounding. Hopefully its just a bent prop and not the strut. The fact that you are not taking on water isnt too bad but I would pull the boat just in case you exposed some ...

The Nov. 1st rule was made so that all of the water could be shut off on the docks. We have already had ice here in the mornings. Another reason is that there are only a few of us that end up pulling ...

Thanks John, I hope that we can find someone that she is comfortable with so she can continue to live at her home. She called us sat. morning confused, didnt know where she was and thought someone had ...

I got to the club but no one was going out Crying or Very sad

I watched a few guys clean their boats and just hung out for a little while. Never ate ling that I knew of, maybe when it was sold as something else wh ...

Today looks like its going to be a nice day, after I finish at the M-I-L's house, I will stop by and see if anyone is fishing or planning on a late day run that I can hook up with. Will check in later ...

Yep, we have high winds with gusts to 30 - 40 MPH here also John. I spent the day ripping out sheet rock at my Mother-in-laws house, now tomorrow I gotta go back and finish up and then clean up. Drove ...

Mike there are CT registration numbers on the hull. so the boat was last registered here in CT. Now being a CT boater, I know that CT does not issue titles for boats, only a bill of sale. In order to ...

The liens are the big reason I am cautious. I dont know how to check the boat other than with boathistory.com and that site doesnt record financial liens only environmental ones. I think I could get ...

Yeah Mike, the thing smells funny. The boat history report shows the owner is located in West Hartford CT yet the phone number given is for Webster Mass and is for a companythat lists an apartment as ...

Try this link, should bring you to the listing. There is a statement "Winner will then be responsible for any tax and license fees (including back fees, if applicable)"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors ...

I got a contact number from the seller to call and arrange to see the boat. He claims to have a clear title to the boat but didnt answer my question about if there were any liens on the boat. I'm not ...

Mike,
I just ran a boat history report on the Hull number and it came up clean, no liens or damage reports, no salvage nothing. Says its a 1989 and that Quote follow:

The first three characters o ...

Mike Your memory seems to be correct, It is for sale with an agency that sells donated items for charity, I am waiting for a response on the lien and title before I go and look at it. Its about 30 min ...

Hey Guys, I stumbled on a nice 1989 31 foot Pacemaker thats pretty local to me in Portland CT. Right now, the price is pretty low and the boat is supposed to be in running condition with older radar ...

Me too, I dont care that much for speed unless I'm trying to beat a storm back to the dock. Sure I wish sometimes I could fly across the water but I cant beat the stability of my pace. Ever cross a tu ...

Did no have to go far to catch fish in fact we did not even have to leave the river. Started snagging bunker for bait Friday night and the blues were hitting them as soon as we snagged them. If we di ...

I keep mine as empty as possible, usually around 5 gallons in each tank. My reason is that the E10 is not stable and will pull in moisture until it separates. If I only have a small amount of gas in e ...

I'm high and dry these days. This was probably one of the worst years I have had for fishing. Hopefully next year will bring things back on an even keel

Good one John. I guess we all have had similar stories. I had a guy working for me who couldnt figure out why his oven was working right. We looked at it and come to find out, he had left it on and an ...

Wiring is all in and windlass is mounted. The anchor roller I got didnt go out far enough for the self launching part to clear the bow (still waiting for it), so I ordered a Teak pulpit to mount on th ...

Lets us know what you find out and you're right, it could be a lot of different things. I dont suspect a bad plug since you should hear it miss at lower speeds. Could be a bad coil wire or plug wire b ...

Could be fuel/air mixture sounds like it might be starving for fuel

OK had the boat pulled today at 4 pm in front of the fast moving thunderstorm. every metal part on the bottom of the boat was covered with growth, the copper grounding tube, the shafts, the props, the ...

Thanks John. I always seem to get into these "porch" discussions at the club. We like to sit outside the clubhouse before and after trips or when we are just there for the peace and quiet and a discus ...

With my engines, the paperwork says the timing should be 28 degrees before top dead center at 4000 rpm. When I set it, I have a timing light that lets me adjust the light to a set rpm by turning a kno ...

Leo Glad to hear your daughter is out and about, always a good sign that things are returning to normal (or as normal as can be after what happened) Good luck on the fishing trip
Terry

As the old saying goes, "Knock on wood" The thing I have to remember is to focus on what I want to do and not what I think needs fixing or I'll be out for the rest of the season

The DEP is the same as your fish and game wardens. We had just anchored and put out 5 poles with bunker chucks, mackerel chunks and sand worms when they pulled along side. My bait table had the cut up ...

When I was bringing the boat onto the property, our club driver warned me about the sign and how important it was to get the boat covered fast. In the spring, the birds eat red berries and you can ima ...

Aug. 3rd, BLUES, BLUES, BLUES everywhere. Some pourgies and a few stripers. Sand worms and bunker chunks were the bait to use. Got stopped by DEP for a spot check as soon as we dropped anchor. Hour la ...

Big storm moving fast cut the day short but blues everywhere - BIG blues everywhere. A couple of big stripers were caught with live eels but mostly blues. We're loading up to head out at 10 am so I'll ...