Have you splashed yours yet??

What about a Fountain 38 EC with blue power??

V69... Have you thought of renting a garage near the ramp for the summer? Tow the boat out in the spring and home again in the fall. This way you can keep the boat at the lake locked up in a garage and not have to tow it back and forth. Garage rentals at my lake are easy to come by for summer rental. Sounds like your biggest issue is not the boat you have but the towing.

East, as far as I know the nearest type of facility is 3 1/2 hours away and is big bucks, something like 5k a summer, but I'm going to look into it though.
Thanks,

I would think you would need the same slip for a cruiser as you would your current boat. Lifts are expensive, but a one time cost. Boat would be there ready to go, but you still have the option to trailer it when you want. Best of both worlds.
We went three seasons with a cruiser in a slip, sold it and bought a truck and pontoon(I know, I know) with the idea of towing it from home, hitting closer lakes than cumberland more often, and earlier and later in the season. Now we're keeping the 'toon in a slip at cumberland all season, and might hit a different lake once a year. As soon as I can get it sold, I'll be looking for something along the lines of your boat to put on a lift at cumberland. Thankfully I was smart enough to convince the wife we needed a diesel one ton to tow the pontoon, so I'll be able to take it to a couple nearby poker runs a year, and bring it home during the winter.

Verbi: Nope, not yet. We have finished detailing the deck and hull, top to bottom. My guy now has all the parts for the heat/air install and the install starts this week. He has decided where the best spot to mount it is, etc. With this crazy warm weather, I am thinking more and more about getting her wet!

Pontoon you say??:silenced: That would be awesome with a 525 or 350 egg beaters hanging on each corner of the stern!!

Where we would want to moor the boat is open slips and no in/out services, simply water, hydro and washroom/ shower facilities and cost is $1600 for the season.

Getting into the covered slip scenerio with "lease holder" services including pump outs, bi-weekly boat washes, in/out services etc can run upwards of 10k.
The options are limitless I suppose.
If I keep Avenger than I think I would want it home to allow me the option of launching at various areas.

Can be pricey! Last two years I've rented a 60ft pull through (100 yards from the ramp) and and covered slip with a 10K lb lift for $4500 a year, yet no water, electric. Bad thing is that the marina only has 89 octane so you have to pull the boat every two weeks to fill her up. Not renting the slip this year. taking the money for some upgrades on the boat. Wife sure liked the low stress of not having to trailer and launch all the time.

I say keep the boat, yet that's more for my selfish reasons cause I'll still be seeing pics of it on here from time to time:drink:

I used to put my Topgun in the barn at the marina. They only charged me $150 for the season and it included unlimited ramp useage. It was 50yds from the ramp and inside. The trailer was too, along with my truck all weekend when boat was in the water. It also let me drive don the street to the gas station and get premium fuel, which it required. Pretty sweet deal all the way around. Just a thought.

Jplanes... 502's are programmed to run 89 I believe

Yo Fish, when my starboard was pulled last summer, and the head was inspected, the mechanic said these where newer 502s with mini domes , and the timing was set for permium. Maybe I was sold bad information, and I don't know enough to dispute. I would say at least the later is true.

I can't remember any stock 502, whether carb or MPI, that required premium fuel.

Who knows, maybe...? Give it a try running regular and maybe it'll cut down on transom residue or.maybe run a tad better

You forgot cost savings!

all Merc black engines are programed to run on 87

First off....sorry for the hijacked thread Verbi!!
Second, Thanks Tom! I trust what you have to say! Now I'm ready to hear the excuses from my mechanic to see why he told me what he did.

No issues, I do it all the time..lol...:ernaehrung004:

A guy has been emailing me on my boat...what a scam this is, attached is his email..

Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and the condition,am buying it for my vacation,because i'll be coming soon from our rig as am a petroleum project engineer on a rig offshore,i won't be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work,i would have love to call in person but we have call restriction due to bad weather condition our satellite server has been down.i will be paying you through PayPal,please get back to me with your PayPal details so i can proceed with the payment and contact the courier agent who will come to pick it up and deliver it in my place.


Await your reply.


Alex.

LOL... These guys are everywhere... I got one also!

Hey ..ask him if he would like a 300 as well???

We could just trick him by sending him the 300...

:lolhit:

If you have a 502 carb motor and it wants to diesel or run on when you run 87 you might consider running 89 to help with that. If it is stock, it requires 87 octane. Now if the motor has been redone and someone put different pistons in it, decked the block, shaved the heads, put different cc heads on it, etc. then you might require premium based on what the final compression ratio is.

So how much are you asking for the 38, could fit right in on the river here.

It think its around the 100k mark CP

This boat was ordered by Riverview Marine in Spring Valley IL. Driven this boat more times than I can count and an incredible boat (92mph if i recall). Also good friends with the original owner (boated the IL River) which is the most particular person i know. Had first shot to buy it but the finances weren't going to work .Good luck on the sell of an awesome boat!

Thanks.
We (I) wanted to move into a cruiser this year and that avenue didn't pan out, which I am very grateful for as we spent almost every weekend on the boat having a blast!
The boat has proven to be everything I could want in a boat, ride, speed and comfort!
It is now neatly tucked away for the winter, and I am considering my winter option upgrades, and maintenance.
I would like to talk to our mutual friend to see if he would still have the magic recipe (blueprints) for the Hydomotive 5 blades......please let him know!
PS: the Riverview Marine sticker is still on the boat!

Glad to hear it. As far as the props, I recall it would cavitate out of the hole if you were agrressive on the throttles and was around 88-90mph after sending them out to get touched up. I believe they were stock props but don't hold me to it. I can find out or even just put you in contact with Tim. Great guy, I'm sure he wouldn't mind talking with you

Yes, that would be great if let him know!
The 4 blades did cavitate some but the 5 blades hooked hard and had great cruising efficiencies. I need to replace the 5 blades as Tim had them!

I had my stories crossed. He said the stock 30p 4 blades were great til they were reworked then went south. The 5 blades were a result of the 4 blades getting tweeked. Overall the 4 blades were the best. Sorry it took so long, I've started a complete rerig of my Cig last week.

great I love projects,,post some pictures

No problem!
I need some prop work as a result of finding a rocky bottom at one of the local lodges..sometimes labbing just don't net the results you hope for!
Good luck and have fun with the rerig!

Do I have have to follow you in the Fountain forum to see what you wil end up doing with your 32 or are you boat shopping again/already??