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Old 01-12-2024, 06:14 PM
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Nice looking boat, and as Lars said, good colors.
Congratulations on buying what you wanted, hope it all goes well for you.

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Old 01-13-2024, 05:45 AM
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Nice boat! Great colors. And looks to be in great shape! I've been following your search, congrats!
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Congrats…..

Wishing you and your family the best summer ever. That first year of go-fast ownership is a wonderful experience
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Very nice 29 you found and the tinted windshield really looks good on it. I hope the weather is great this summer for you to get out and enjoy the new toy!!
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Very nice good luck great hull!
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Old 01-13-2024, 01:13 PM
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Where will you be launching it from?
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I'm really excited to get this delivered to me but the weather for the next 10 days is going to be brutally cold! We will be cruising the Upper Chesapeake Bay, mostly from the C&D canal area to the Bohemia with hopefully a few other longer trips during the season.

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Originally Posted by SeaNile31
I'm really excited to get this delivered to me but the weather for the next 10 days is going to be brutally cold! We will be cruising the Upper Chesapeake Bay, mostly from the C&D canal area to the Bohemia with hopefully a few other longer trips during the season.
Congrats.

Nothing wrong with garage-trailer boating imo. Gotta make sure the stereo and other electronics work. My buddies and me have drank a lot of beers that way.
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Old 01-15-2024, 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by SeaNile31
YOLO right? Who knows how this will play out but after thinking about it for over 2 years I finally decided to buy a Fountain. It's a 97 29 Fever and will be getting delivered to me sometime mid next week. just in time for the week long brutally cold weather here in Philadelphia. Boat is completely winterized and I will also add a bilge heater for good measure when it's below freezing.

Boat passed the survey with essentially zero issues. Also has as extremely well documented history as the most recent owner is a pilot.

Anyway, I'm curious to see how this boat compliments our other one and how we use it. Or don't use it!
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LOL. No mods. Already has a Procharger which should make this boat plenty fast for me. I'm use to 21.5knts so this will be a whole new world to me!
SeaNile,

I'm guessing by the year it's a 496 (Hopefully an HO), and ProCharger's M1 3lb kit...? What drive/prop is on it?

Thanks. Brad.
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SeaNile,

I'm guessing by the year it's a 496 (Hopefully an HO), and ProCharger's M1 3lb kit...? What drive/prop is on it?

Thanks. Brad.
Mercury wasn't using the 496 platform in 1997. When he posted about looking at it I think it was a HP500 carb based motor.
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