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Hi,
I have a 1999 Bayliner capri with a 4 cylinder mercruiser. When the
boat is out of the water and connected to the water hose and running.
It shifts in and out of gear fine. When the boat is in the water and I
switch the gear shift to neutral, it will NOT go into neutral most of
the time...it just stays at the "no wake" speed but the shifter is in
neutral. I have to shift it back and forth to get it to finally go to
neutral. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Scott
Probably the shifter cable is bad, your shifter kill switch is not engaging.
This shows up with DOG type gears. The engine has to be moving slower than
the prop for the gear to go into neutral thus the kill switch. (In the water
because of the inertia of the water the prop is always going to be running
slower than the engine unless the kill switch is working.)