Well, in order to get my Mariner 210, I had to sell my favorite boat. It was a little 16ft Canoe looking boat that I used on a fairly swift local river with LOTS of rocks. It has a few class III and IV rapids. Definitely NOT somewhere you would want to take your fiberglass bassboat. I sold that boat and used the money to get my Mariner. I have another 14ft fiberglass boat that I was going to use during the restoration of the Mariner. When it was finished, I was going to sell the FG boat and get a 14-16ft jon boat on a trailer. I have several 6-20hp outboards to choose from to power it. The 6hp is best for the river that I usually fish. But I had no plans to get said jon boat until the Mariner was finished and the FG sold!
A co worker was given a 16ft jon boat a few months ago. It didn't run, so he took it to a marine mechanic and had it worked on. He did the usal waterpump, plugs, points, carb rebuild, etc. He also found that the throttle drum was frozen as well as the cables and the control box. So all of that was replaced. $600 later, the boat runs. And well! So the boat sat for a couple of months because it wasn't registered and nothing electrical worked. This past weekend he got out there and "worked" on it. Having ZERO electrical experience, he got frustrated. He went to Bass Pro and bought a brand new Tracker 17 with a 50hp 4-stroke. Wife says the old boat has to go! So he asked if I would be interested. All he wanted was his $600 for the motor back...
I wen to look at it tonight, expecting a Lowe, or an old Alumacraft or something. An old 1648 sized boat. When I got there, it was a decent boat and was 72 wide at the gunwales!!! It was MUCH bigger than I expected! And in pretty decent condition. Of course the engine runs like new, and the trailer was in good shape with working a lights! A first for me. Every boat that I have ever bought had to have lights rigged or worked on to get it home. So I bought it for the $600, then he started helping me load it up. He went into the garage and got the Minn Kota foot controlled trolling motor that he was going to put on it, the new battery, the new in package bilge pump, and a nice galvanized Danforth anchor. And the humminbird fish finder... DAMN!!! I scored! The only criticism is that the trailer tires are shot. Badly dry rotted. Oh and it has a decent spare too! Anyway, I got it hoe and was checking it over. I glanced over at the ID plate and behold! It's a Starcraft 2048-16!
A co worker was given a 16ft jon boat a few months ago. It didn't run, so he took it to a marine mechanic and had it worked on. He did the usal waterpump, plugs, points, carb rebuild, etc. He also found that the throttle drum was frozen as well as the cables and the control box. So all of that was replaced. $600 later, the boat runs. And well! So the boat sat for a couple of months because it wasn't registered and nothing electrical worked. This past weekend he got out there and "worked" on it. Having ZERO electrical experience, he got frustrated. He went to Bass Pro and bought a brand new Tracker 17 with a 50hp 4-stroke. Wife says the old boat has to go! So he asked if I would be interested. All he wanted was his $600 for the motor back...
I wen to look at it tonight, expecting a Lowe, or an old Alumacraft or something. An old 1648 sized boat. When I got there, it was a decent boat and was 72 wide at the gunwales!!! It was MUCH bigger than I expected! And in pretty decent condition. Of course the engine runs like new, and the trailer was in good shape with working a lights! A first for me. Every boat that I have ever bought had to have lights rigged or worked on to get it home. So I bought it for the $600, then he started helping me load it up. He went into the garage and got the Minn Kota foot controlled trolling motor that he was going to put on it, the new battery, the new in package bilge pump, and a nice galvanized Danforth anchor. And the humminbird fish finder... DAMN!!! I scored! The only criticism is that the trailer tires are shot. Badly dry rotted. Oh and it has a decent spare too! Anyway, I got it hoe and was checking it over. I glanced over at the ID plate and behold! It's a Starcraft 2048-16!
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