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nbishop 10-06-2015 12:54 PM

I finally got my first boat
 
After a long search I found her 1995 272 Islander original owner with 189 hours 454 Brovo 3 all stock. it was an old man that was getting out of boating in fact on our test drive he got a little angry with me because I pushed it to around 40 45 mph and he told me he has never had it that fast I think it had 10mph left in it. I could not be more excited. She was perfect for about a day, now I have a list of things I want to do, nothing to crazy I hope that you all will be a good resource for me. the first thing and IMO the most pressing is it does not have a depth finder. I need some advice on a nice kit I can buy I would like it to have an alarm on it also. The second it the trim it’s not on the throttle its on the dash what are my options to correct that as well. To me these are both almost safety issues. Once I have money again I would like to install captain’s choice, better carb and air filter. Still trying to figure out how to post pics. I tried to attach and it would not let me.

Dean Ferry 10-06-2015 12:58 PM

Congrats on your new boat, post some pics.....

97FASTech 10-06-2015 01:10 PM

Congrats on your purchase!! Wentzville, home of etrailer.com.

nbishop 10-06-2015 01:13 PM

I was trying earlier it only thing I was seeing to add a pic was in the tool bar they provide asking for a web link, lets see if this works if it does I will post more

https://www.flickr.com/photos/135005.../in/datetaken/

97FASTech 10-06-2015 01:16 PM

Two ways to post pics. Use a paying membership here, or use a hosting site, like photobucket or others.

VoodooRob 10-06-2015 01:16 PM

Post pics of your throttle. Try Faria Depth Gauge in a google search.

314joey 10-06-2015 01:16 PM

One of the two best days of your life........................congrats, have fun with her.

nbishop 10-06-2015 01:17 PM

Yes that and much more fun is also the home of MTI boats. you get to see some incredible boats roll out of there.

93 shooter 10-06-2015 01:30 PM


Originally Posted by nbishop (Post 4362984)
After a long search I found her 1995 272 Islander original owner with 189 hours 454 Brovo 3 all stock. it was an old man that was getting out of boating in fact on our test drive he got a little angry with me because I pushed it to around 40 45 mph and he told me he has never had it that fast I think it had 10mph left in it. I could not be more excited. She was perfect for about a day, now I have a list of things I want to do, nothing to crazy I hope that you all will be a good resource for me. the first thing and IMO the most pressing is it does not have a depth finder. I need some advice on a nice kit I can buy I would like it to have an alarm on it also. The second it the trim it’s not on the throttle its on the dash what are my options to correct that as well. To me these are both almost safety issues. Once I have money again I would like to install captain’s choice, better carb and air filter. Still trying to figure out how to post pics. I tried to attach and it would not let me.

congratulations and have fun

nbishop 10-06-2015 01:33 PM

so how do I post pictures


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