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To run an electric pump dry is bad. Without resistance, the diaphragm can tear. On a steel tank running low sucks in fuel with a higher concentration of debris--definitely not fun for the filter or jets. On an outboard I'll run the carburetors dry when on muffs, and sometimes empty the filter bowl, ...

Hi. Do you think [the cause of the vertical cracks in the hull near the transom of the MONTAUK 17] could have been [from lifting the boat with] a hoist strap? Some [boating] areas don't have ramps and use pivoting cranes.--TP