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Old 05-16-2014 | 09:10 PM
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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
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Old 05-16-2014 | 09:11 PM
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I have one. It had a merc 50. I put on a 70. It's a beast.
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Old 05-16-2014 | 09:21 PM
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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.
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Old 05-16-2014 | 09:31 PM
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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..
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Old 05-16-2014 | 10:06 PM
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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
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Old 05-17-2014 | 01:31 AM
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over theses lli lobf you have a sightseeing trip I'm there
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Old 05-17-2014 | 08:24 AM
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over theses lli lobf you have a sightseeing trip I'm there


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Originally Posted by Gladhe8er
over theses lli lobf you have a sightseeing trip I'm there
That is hard liquor talkin right there!
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Old 05-17-2014 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Gladhe8er
over theses lli lobf you have a sightseeing trip I'm there

He must have some hangover this morning......
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Old 05-17-2014 | 09:40 AM
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I'm guessin noon before he gets back around to this lol
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