Sea Laura,

Actually, I bought the boat in Maryland.

True, the reasons for the first motor rebuild (only starboard side) was the first owner didn’t take care of the boat properly, being that it was used in salt water. The first guy that rebuilt the motor for me didn’t understand high performance engines and did a bad job. Because it wasn’t rebuilt properly, it failed. After that, I decided to have both the motors rebuilt, even though the port side was okay. I didn’t want any more problems. They came out great with more hp than original and about as safe as blower motors can be.

Yea, I went through some drives. Part of that is from the manufactures design. The heavy boats with boxes and a lot of engine torque tend to eat XR’s. Part of it is me not getting out of the throttles in time too.

Things like this sort of goes along with “hi-performance” boating. If your looking for a sportboat and don’t quite get hi-performance, you are doing the right thing by passing on this boat.