"Rand_man50" u26765@uwe wrote in message news:6674baab8f533@uwe...
we just got a free boat , it wont start, the battery is bad ,we tryed to
jump
it with a truck,would this work does it need a marine battery, when we
tryed
to jump it we couldnt get enough crank it would turn over slowly.Any ideas


The battery may just be dead enough to suck off enough voltage with the
jumpers that the engine will not turn over, or jsut a poor set of jumpers.
Put a good battery in and try starting. Just borrow one from a car.