New motors and paint?.....or go for new (different) boat?
02-05-2015, 08:22 AM
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Canamman, where do you live/boat?
02-05-2015, 08:40 AM
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Harrison Township, MI....Lake St. Clair...typically stay in the lake but went to Put-in Bay and Cedar Point last year....want to take new boat to upper MI, run around the thumb and up the east coast of MI and run around Cheboygan, Mac Island....
02-05-2015, 09:06 AM
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Secondwind, that does sound like a great idea but my problem is wrenching on boats....I don't have the skill set or time to do those things and hitting stock motors with mods scares the $$$ out of me...I want to stay stock Mercs and feel confident running 4-5 hours alone without the fear of blowing a motor...
02-05-2015, 09:33 AM
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That's great news you have reliability with that...I agree Mercs not the only game in town but knowing the right mechanic for the setup they recommend or you already have is problematic...Mercs, at least around here, you have a handful of guys that you can go to....have you heard good or bad about 700 SCIs?...
02-05-2015, 09:53 AM
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The 700SCIs I'm sure are fantastic motors. They're out of my league financially. I still need to put three kids through college, ouch!
02-05-2015, 11:45 AM
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right on...OUCH is right...3 kids, college equals 3 700s plus 10 years of fuel....the problem I've been having, living in MI is finding these types of boats for sale....it seems you have to go out of state south or far west and then you really don't know what you're buying...putting up close to 200k for a used boat is something I'm sure a lot of people do but for me it seems daunting especially when you look at Mercury Racings site for a new 700 SCI with an NXT drive and they want 71000$...
02-05-2015, 12:15 PM
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Well you are at the right place for help my friend. I had to go to Illinois to get my current boat because there are not really any here in Pittsburgh for me to look at. I pretty much knew ahead of time that I was going to have to travel to get what I wanted. Don't be afraid to do that or be afraid to ask members here about anything that you might be interested in. There are a lot of helpful and knowledgeable people on OSO. Good luck with your search.
02-05-2015, 12:32 PM
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right on...OUCH is right...3 kids, college equals 3 700s plus 10 years of fuel....the problem I've been having, living in MI is finding these types of boats for sale....it seems you have to go out of state south or far west and then you really don't know what you're buying...putting up close to 200k for a used boat is something I'm sure a lot of people do but for me it seems daunting especially when you look at Mercury Racings site for a new 700 SCI with an NXT drive and they want 71000$...
