Originally Posted by On Time

My best boating buddy (other than my wife) had a Bayliner Capri sequential lift hull 20ft. We used that boat in saltwater for 15 years until it literally rotted the floor out from under us. But it did take 15 years!

Originally Posted by the deep

Did Bayliner ever build a cat .

Originally Posted by US1 Fountain

You guys are so tunnel visioned it's disturbing

My slip neighbor has a Cig, always piddling on it. Drives, motors, what ever.
Other slip neighbor has a Bayliner cruiser, turn key go

Go to a boat gathering and observe.
The fancy painted boats with load exhaust, costing 100x more, whats the 1st thing they do? They open the engine hatch to double check all the connections, then fire it up and let it warm up for several minutes. That is IF they will start.
Bayliner.....they get in, start it up, pull away.

Watch the old races.... fancy boats with loud exhaust, they have driver,navigator, throttle man, and some times a mechanic
Watch the Bayliners going down the lake.... just the driver with his wife, kids and tubes

Fuel consumption, big difference there!

For cold hard facts, (not some internet fluff stuff) research OSO's tech section for rotten transom/stringer replacements. All posted by Cigarette, Baja, fountain,Formula, Wellcraft, etc
Bayliner.....nope! Not a single transom replacement

Price....fancy crayon colored loud boats/vs Bayliner ....multiple times more than Bayliners
And keep in mind the number of Bayliners probably out number the total number of all the 'fancy smantchy' brands together, and still are more reliable.

So you gotta ask yourself, who are the smart ones? Maybe the #1 decal got put on wrong brand by accident?
Go hug a Bayliner owner today, you'll feel better.

Originally Posted by drpete3

I have one down the rd from me