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This one gets my vote for a compromise. It's way bigger than your average 'toon' and may blow a huge hole in the budget but I think it got a lot of appeal.
http://www.powerboatlistings.com/photographs/13061 http://www.maresinternational.com/#!Mares 38 Center Console Catamaran /zoom/mainPage/image1kda Big question.......Is anyone making them? Sonic/Frisini/Spectre/Mares. Originally a New Zealand design (Scott Robson) I understand. RR |
in the 50,s and 60,s there were tons on entry level boats i had a 75 year old gent bring in a 15 foot closed bow with a full plexi glass winshield and a 50 hp outboard i have to say its a blast to drive and had to be pretty cheap in the day even today i bet it could be reproduced we need to get folks on the water in a simple fun boat like we all learned to ski behind
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We have one that runs 50, and is very comfortable for the little ones and grandparents. Very efficient, very comfortable and low maintenance. But, we will have the go fast too as soon as this daycare crap ends. I laugh when parents talk about college cost, did you forget about the 2k per month daycare?
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I never thought I would have a tritoon, but after my wife had back surgery it made since. So currently the 29' w/525 is sitting in the shed while we able to get on water with the toon. It kills me say it but it actually pretty cool, but the plans is to sell in a year? I'm actually wondering if I will? I wanted a fun deck but not many around. Ride is really smooth and running at 48mph. I never thought I would be on the lake where my buddy also has a 38 fountain and we are talking toons:
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Caitlyn Jenner announced they are getting a pontoon! :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation
(Post 4312029)
Caitlyn Jenner announced they are getting a pontoon! :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by Budman II
(Post 4312030)
But does "she" look hot in a bikini? :eekdrop:
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All this talk about maintenance of a bowrider with in I\o vs pontoon with an outboard, what engines are giving you guys so much trouble? And how big of a bow rider do you have where you have to be upside down to work on it?
My parents still have the bowrider that we had when I was a kid. A 1994 renken with a 5.0 merc / alpha one and it has hardly needed any work. Granted, the hull has stress cracks and it's finally time to do the floor in it, but it's a 21 year old boat. I know we've done the impeller and water pump a few times (outboards have impellers, same amount of effort to replace) and had to rebuild the carb once. What older outboard hasn't had to have carbs messed with? Throw in fuel injection on newer motors and that issue goes away. Also, the fuel pump went bad 2 years ago, so a 19 year old fuel pump had to be replaced...once again, a really easy job. The boat doesn't have a wide bench, it's got the engine cover and then a seat on either side, so access to the motor couldn't be easier. You can just sit on the floor next to it. No complaints. Nothing like my scarab which is a huge pain. The only other maintenance/repair we had to do was pulling the manifolds and soaking them in acid to clean them out because we noticed the boat was running a little warmer than usual. And lastly, there's oil changes, which also have to be done on all the new 4 stroke outboards. That's it...21 years of boating and that's all the problems. And we used the heck out of that thing for the first 14 years until my brother and I were off to college. Every weekend was at the lake kneeboarding, skiing, tubing, with a little of down time for swimming.Once I was in highschool and could drive we were allowed to take it out after school during the week without my parents. Plenty of space for me and my friends. The hour meter died on the boat many many years ago around 800, and i'm sure it's got much more than that on it. If you take care of your **** and don't beat on it, then it will last. Also, it's not a performance boat so it doesn't get wrung out and cruised near redline, so I'm sure that helps too, but it cruises comfortably at 40mph, which is fast enough to not feel slow, and still has throttle left. But all this talk of i/o's needing tons of work and outboards being zero maintenance doesn't make sense to me. Maybe it's because I only deal with used boats that are older and haven't had a newer one, but every outboard boat I've had has always required work, or tuning, or would never quite idle right or would have the power tilt and trim unit go bad....and don't even get me started on the fichts..... The scarab is the only boat that has made me hate an I\O but I knew what I was getting into and with more power and performance comes more maintenance....just like with cars. 150k on a honda accord doesn't seem like much and you don't expect to have many repairs needed, but 150k on a porsche...well, do they even last that long? |
Originally Posted by performancems
(Post 4312102)
All this talk about maintenance of a bowrider with in I\o vs pontoon with an outboard, what engines are giving you guys so much trouble? And how big of a bow rider do you have where you have to be upside down to work on it?
My parents still have the bowrider that we had when I was a kid. A 1994 renken with a 5.0 merc / alpha one and it has hardly needed any work. Granted, the hull has stress cracks and it's finally time to do the floor in it, but it's a 21 year old boat. I know we've done the impeller and water pump a few times (outboards have impellers, same amount of effort to replace) and had to rebuild the carb once. What older outboard hasn't had to have carbs messed with? Throw in fuel injection on newer motors and that issue goes away. Also, the fuel pump went bad 2 years ago, so a 19 year old fuel pump had to be replaced...once again, a really easy job. The boat doesn't have a wide bench, it's got the engine cover and then a seat on either side, so access to the motor couldn't be easier. You can just sit on the floor next to it. No complaints. Nothing like my scarab which is a huge pain. The only other maintenance/repair we had to do was pulling the manifolds and soaking them in acid to clean them out because we noticed the boat was running a little warmer than usual. And lastly, there's oil changes, which also have to be done on all the new 4 stroke outboards. That's it...21 years of boating and that's all the problems. And we used the heck out of that thing for the first 14 years until my brother and I were off to college. Every weekend was at the lake kneeboarding, skiing, tubing, with a little of down time for swimming.Once I was in highschool and could drive we were allowed to take it out after school during the week without my parents. Plenty of space for me and my friends. The hour meter died on the boat many many years ago around 800, and i'm sure it's got much more than that on it. If you take care of your **** and don't beat on it, then it will last. Also, it's not a performance boat so it doesn't get wrung out and cruised near redline, so I'm sure that helps too, but it cruises comfortably at 40mph, which is fast enough to not feel slow, and still has throttle left. But all this talk of i/o's needing tons of work and outboards being zero maintenance doesn't make sense to me. Maybe it's because I only deal with used boats that are older and haven't had a newer one, but every outboard boat I've had has always required work, or tuning, or would never quite idle right or would have the power tilt and trim unit go bad....and don't even get me started on the fichts..... The scarab is the only boat that has made me hate an I\O but I knew what I was getting into and with more power and performance comes more maintenance....just like with cars. 150k on a honda accord doesn't seem like much and you don't expect to have many repairs needed, but 150k on a porsche...well, do they even last that long? 2005 Sonic 358 with 496 Ho's and I was truly upside down on my head changing out the Impellers. |
Not gunna read the whole thread but I own one and its great for what I have it for.
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