You arent crazy at all. Got a 30 ft center console with a single egg beater a year ago and have had the best time ive ever had on a boat in 20 years. The funniest part is that I rarely even get on plane because I dont need to really go anywhere.... When I drove the faster boat I always wanted to go somewhere, now, it takes too long lol, so I just anchor and snorkel, eat, drink, and paddleboard.

Not crazy. Cater to your lifestyle whenever it changes.

Im curious what you would sell your boat for it you do decide to downsize. Im not in the market, but a 1 owner 35... Id atleast want to know. Just not sure it would fit int my 10x40 storage unit I have today...

I went through this dilemma a few years ago as well. I had a really nice 39 top gun that I wasn’t using much anymore. We have a 52 searay that is parked out in front of our house and were using that a ton. I thought I was done with go fast boats. Even had a 42 huntress that I owned for about 8 months, didn’t like that either. 3 years later I really started to miss go fast boats. I ended up buying another 39 top gun last fall that isn’t nearly as nice as the one I had. Probably paid too much for it because of the crazy market, hindsight I should have just kept what I had. My wife even told me I would be sorry if I sold my original one and she was right. We’re fortunate to still have the searay and will continue to use that most weekends with the kids. For me, there’s just something about go fast boats that brought me back. I thought I was done but I was wrong. Good luck with your decision.

You are only nuts if you do what you don’t want to do and don’t have to do.

Hey hey now,,,,,easy. LOL

I have did a little research and the big issue is that I think Techman may have the only twin step 35 side by side with a 496HO. All had blue motors, they were using the single step design for the lower cost boat and they had a ton of 496 powered ones of those.

A good issue or bad issue?

There are a LOT of 35 twin steps of my vintage that have 496's. The dealership that mine came from built at least 5 out of the 8 he sold that year alone.

That is something, I have never seen one for sale.

So fountain sends boats out of the manufacturing plant without engines, and there dealer installed ?

Factory option, installed by Fountain. Most of the 496 boats came with B1X's with 1.36 ratio's but I optioned XR's with 1.50's.