Any Fountain Redo's... upgrades?
01-31-2010 | 10:44 PM
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Any Fountain Redo's... upgrades?
Its been a long cold winter and I need to see some redo's....
Any new projects happening? Any and all older projects welcome. I have a few things to do myself but need some motivation.
Any new projects happening? Any and all older projects welcome. I have a few things to do myself but need some motivation.
02-01-2010 | 07:11 PM
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Motivation can be an issue up here in these northeren states this time of year! Snow and ice have a tendancy to put a damper on ones boating spirit. Actually ran into a friend this morning at Dunkin Donuts, he smiled and said good day for boating............ Not really, water's a little stiff. 
Planed projects .......... Wax on, Wax off.
Planed projects .......... Wax on, Wax off.
02-01-2010 | 09:07 PM
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Not on the Fountain. This is the 1st winter I haven't touched it since I bought it 6 yrs ago. Was looking forward to no boat stuff this winter, but the new cruiser changed that. Now it's ALL I've done since I hauled it home mid Oct. Every day, every weekend, every evening. Even took a laptop to work so I can research during lunch and breaks. Either working on it, or looking for parts on the net.
Did you give up on a Formula?
Did you give up on a Formula?
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02-02-2010 | 08:10 AM
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02-02-2010 | 12:48 PM
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Yeah, its fading fast....Our customers are very tight on spending and we've been chasing some owed money since October.
Could never have imagined how much 2 1/2 kids (long story) going to private school and all costs these days.
Wife doesn't want to let the 42 go???...can't believe she would take that over a 400SS but she said I don't have enough gray hair for a cruiser, whatever that means.
2011 should be a 400SS summer.
Could never have imagined how much 2 1/2 kids (long story) going to private school and all costs these days.
Wife doesn't want to let the 42 go???...can't believe she would take that over a 400SS but she said I don't have enough gray hair for a cruiser, whatever that means.
2011 should be a 400SS summer.
02-02-2010 | 01:20 PM
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I hear ya, that's why we ended up with a '95 Baja cruiser. Our boating style has changed from trailing to different lakes, to staying in our slip all weekend long and just going out to tie up a few hrs. The Fountain just wasn't practicle for the new style. Doable , yes.
We bought this cruiser at a price that we won't loose any more on it now if we gave it away, vs just the depreciation we'd loose if we sell the 32, which I'm not quite there yet. Going to give the cruiser a yr to see how it works out 1st. That's my plan, but the wife sees the 32 and the truck, which is only used to pull the 32 twice a yr, just sitting in the garage. Financially it doesn't make sense to keep them, but they are free and clear and there if we do want to go elsewhere 1 or 2 times this summer.
I will say, the last of last yr with teh cruiser has been really great! Room for all our friends now on our boat.
We bought this cruiser at a price that we won't loose any more on it now if we gave it away, vs just the depreciation we'd loose if we sell the 32, which I'm not quite there yet. Going to give the cruiser a yr to see how it works out 1st. That's my plan, but the wife sees the 32 and the truck, which is only used to pull the 32 twice a yr, just sitting in the garage. Financially it doesn't make sense to keep them, but they are free and clear and there if we do want to go elsewhere 1 or 2 times this summer.
I will say, the last of last yr with teh cruiser has been really great! Room for all our friends now on our boat.
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02-02-2010 | 01:20 PM
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Yeah, its fading fast....Our customers are very tight on spending and we've been chasing some owed money since October.
Could never have imagined how much 2 1/2 kids (long story) going to private school and all costs these days.
Wife doesn't want to let the 42 go???...can't believe she would take that over a 400SS but she said I don't have enough gray hair for a cruiser, whatever that means.
2011 should be a 400SS summer.
Could never have imagined how much 2 1/2 kids (long story) going to private school and all costs these days.
Wife doesn't want to let the 42 go???...can't believe she would take that over a 400SS but she said I don't have enough gray hair for a cruiser, whatever that means.
2011 should be a 400SS summer.
02-02-2010 | 01:34 PM
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I hear ya, that's why we ended up with a '95 Baja cruiser. Our boating style has changed from trailing to different lakes, to staying in our slip all weekend long and just going out to tie up a few hrs. The Fountain just wasn't practicle for the new style. Doable , yes.
We bought this cruiser at a price that we won't loose any more on it now if we gave it away, vs just the depreciation we'd loose if we sell the 32, which I'm not quite there yet. Going to give the cruiser a yr to see how it works out 1st. That's my plan, but the wife sees the 32 and the truck, which is only used to pull the 32 twice a yr, just sitting in the garage. Financially it doesn't make sense to keep them, but they are free and clear and there if we do want to go elsewhere 1 or 2 times this summer.
I will say, the last of last yr with teh cruiser has been really great! Room for all our friends now on our boat.
We bought this cruiser at a price that we won't loose any more on it now if we gave it away, vs just the depreciation we'd loose if we sell the 32, which I'm not quite there yet. Going to give the cruiser a yr to see how it works out 1st. That's my plan, but the wife sees the 32 and the truck, which is only used to pull the 32 twice a yr, just sitting in the garage. Financially it doesn't make sense to keep them, but they are free and clear and there if we do want to go elsewhere 1 or 2 times this summer.
I will say, the last of last yr with teh cruiser has been really great! Room for all our friends now on our boat.
