Dock, how do you like the split shifters you put in? Better than side by side or about the same after getting used to them? What brand are they?

Jason,what happened to the 61 thing???

A matter of personal choice.

Keep in mind that you can set those up any way you want. All the handles can easiely be moved to any of the four positions.

We have a good friend that was a Sonic dealer. He came us a brand new 358 Sonic with 525's to run one day on Norman. Jeff "Steel Outlawed" and his wife came down. The Sonic had the setup like I have now and I liked it a whole lot better. That is why I went that way.

You can take the stock controls out of the Baja and change them if you wanted to.

I didnt say wide open

Doc, where'd you get that trailer toolbox? Thanks

I had it custom built.

http://www.truck-tool-box.com/

Took about two weeks after I ordered it. Cannot remember the price, but it was not cheap.

You want a lid on the top and not on the side, so no water enters. It had the gas shocks, full seal around the lid and all stainless hardware.

It is VERY strong. I step off of the deck onto it when we load the boat.

Plus it will carry a lot of stuff!

Thanks for the response Doc. Your boat looks real sweet. Unfortunatley I'm just one of those people who needs to be the first owner. Very anal I guess you can say. Not that your boat doesn't look and sound like its got everything I'd want I told myself after the first boat I bought used that I'd never buy used or again. Proably for the simple reason that I want to be able to go face to face with a dealer over every little issue that arises in the boat after I bought it. For me the piece of mind is worth the extra expense and right now there are a couple of 36's that they cant give away probably due to the new 35's and all the talk of the newer 42 and such. It seems to be a buyers market right now. The '02 photo boat has been for sale for months and the price keeps falling. Someone should have bought that boat by now I think. Its got all the goodies and power most would want. Seems strange it isn't gone at 140K. Again Doc, your boat really is probably the way I'd want mine set up so if I get my hands on one I'll be finding you to get the name of the builder who did your motors and drives. You confirmed what I originally thought. A set of 500's untouched will still get it into the low 70's and with that weight and length I'm guessing a real nice ride in the 60's all day long in most any conditions which is what I'm looking for. I'm not looking to win any races. Ride quality is very important to me.
Thanks

I understand completely where you are coming from. If you want to buy new and there are some deals out with the colors and options you what then that is the way to go.

When buying used, I have seen friends pay less then I wanted for my boat and end up having to put so much into them that they had more in it then I was asking to begin with and had less boat!

One buddy had to get a 36 Outlaw. He asked me to price my boat to him over a year ago and I did. He said it was too much money! He went up to New York and bought the same year model for about 20K less. The boat looked kind of rough and needed a lot of TLC. It did not have the options my boat had including triple bolster rear seat, 500 EFI's, Air Conditioning, upgraded stereo, Sea Strainers, water pressure gauges, head set communication, prelubers, GPS, VHF and most importantly a Myco trailer.

He pulled the boat back to Lake Norman in May of last year and had the oil pump pick up to come off of the port engine and he toasted it. The boat had 509's built by Bullet Marine with carburetors on them and was suppose to be an 80 MPH boat. He really did not know how fast it ran because the speedo did not work!

Bottom line is he lost ALL of last season, rebuilt the bad engine over the winter at close to 10K and we have not seen him on the water yet this year.

You get what you pay for. I have documented all work done to our boat and she has it all, looks great and we have not missed a beat boating!

Good luck shopping and keep us posted on what you buy.

Doc


$11,000.00 Myco Trailer
$ 1,500.00 4 man headset communication
$ 1,000.00 Sea Strainers & Water Pressure Gauges
$ 1,000.00 Flat Screen TV & DVD
$ 600.00 Full Mooring Cover
$ 400.00 Custom Sunpad Cover
$ 2,000.00 GPS Chart Plotter & VHF Radio (Garmin 2006C)
$ 1,000.00 Livorsi Billet Controls
$ 1,000.00 GPS Speedo and upgrade all gauges to Super Rims w/ bezels
$ 2,000.00 Stereo Upgrades
$ 1,500.00 Billet Drive fill bottles / Billet Air breathers / Billet Battery boxes / Billet Fire Extinguishers brackets
Billet Up Holders, etc, etc.
$ 1,800.00 CMI Dry Exhaust Tail Pipes
$ 1,600.00 GGB Clamp on Mufflers
$ 500.00 Matching Lines & Fenders
$ 3,500.00 Blue Print Hull

Our rig is up on the Myco website under Baja, and also on the CMI website.

http://www.mycotrailers.com/photogal...7/bid=40/mode=

http://www.custommarine.com/pokerrun2006/winners.php