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TomFTM 05-16-2014 09:10 PM

No problem . I wanted it as tender for my sea ray, but I never used for that. I ran it around a few times on the sound and my back killed me afterwards. This boat belongs on a lake or to be used during the week. A lot of fun, but you need a strong back if you want to run it in any real water. Tom

SVL-WARLOCK 05-16-2014 09:11 PM

I have one. It had a merc 50. I put on a 70. It's a beast.

Lutra 05-16-2014 09:21 PM

My first boat! Loved it. Had a 25 HP Johnson. No steering wheel - had to use the tiller and gear shift on the motor. Not permitted to take it out till I could crank it by myself (no battery start) and change the shear pin in the prop if I hit something. I was 9. Beat your brains out in a chop, but what a great boat for a kid.

TomFTM 05-16-2014 09:31 PM


Originally Posted by Lutra (Post 4123407)
My first boat! Loved it. Had a 25 HP Johnson. No steering wheel - had to use the tiller and gear shift on the motor. Not permitted to take it out till I could crank it by myself (no battery start) and change the shear pin in the prop if I hit something. I was 9. Beat your brains out in a chop, but what a great boat for a kid.


Agree, I use to go water skiing every day during the summer when I was a kid with the same boat , but it had a 35 Johnson. When this one came around I bought it had a tiller handle 25 hp motor , ripped that off and the rest was history, had to create a fast whaler. Have to many toys , don't use this enough so it's time to cut it loose..

glassdave 05-16-2014 10:06 PM

these things have a fierce following. In the last year i have had two in the shop for painstaking gel restoration per owner. One of them was brought in fully stripped and had 100% of the gel restored to OEM specs with new non skid done in Gibco flex at a cost of nearly 10K in gel work. The other is similar but the owner has opted to do a lot of the grunt work himself with me doing a partial Gibco flex and the finish gel. These guys really like these things and they seem to have a strong following. Great little boats

Gladhe8er 05-17-2014 01:31 AM

over theses lli lobf you have a sightseeing trip I'm there

glassdave 05-17-2014 08:24 AM


Originally Posted by Gladhe8er (Post 4123461)
over theses lli lobf you have a sightseeing trip I'm there



:confused: . . . . . :D

Jupiter Sunsation 05-17-2014 08:32 AM


Originally Posted by Gladhe8er (Post 4123461)
over theses lli lobf you have a sightseeing trip I'm there

That is hard liquor talkin right there!

TomFTM 05-17-2014 09:33 AM


Originally Posted by Gladhe8er (Post 4123461)
over theses lli lobf you have a sightseeing trip I'm there


He must have some hangover this morning......

glassdave 05-17-2014 09:40 AM

I'm guessin noon before he gets back around to this lol


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