what year is your current setup?

[phatmanmike]

im asking this, cause i see guys with these nice, new, fast boats being towed in but seatow and i cruise by in my 1985 center console with my 1976 merc 1150 motor. so what year is your current boat and motor that your using. i know we all have lots of boats, but what is the one you use most.<br /><br />ill go first.<br /><br />1985 bonito 16 foot center console.<br />1976 mercury 1150 115hp L6<br />hauls a$$

 

[youngboater]

Re: what year is your current setup?

I have not had to be towed in yet. As a matter of fact I've never been towed in . I mainly use my 16.5 foot Lund with 75HP (2002). Previous 14'alumacraft 8 Johnson (2000) and 14 grumman 6 Evinrude (1984). Once I had to use the electric motor to get in but I made it (barely). I've owned all of these boats/motors since new.

 

[Hotrods]

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1975 19' CC MFG.... new rebuilt 1993 115 rude

 

[bubbakat]

Re: what year is your current setup?

1976 challenger 16.5 foot bass boat.<br />1976 85/hp evenrude.<br />brother bought it new and used it up to last year and bought him a new one and gave this one to me.

 

[mattttt25]

Re: what year is your current setup?

97 boat, 98 engine

 

[steam_mill]

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1954 7.5 hp Evinrude<br /><br />2003 90 hp Mercury.......

 

[cobra 3.0]

Re: what year is your current setup?

1986 16 ft. bowrider Peterborough OMC 3.0 Cobra.

 

[phatmanmike]

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hey hotrod, glad to see you got that beats back together alright ! nice job

 

[gsbodine]

Re: what year is your current setup?

1978 Crestliner with its original Johnson 150. Always have my trolling motor to get back with, but haven't needed it yet (knock on wood). <br /><br />I also still carry the oars that I needed a few times with my old boat. Old habit, I suppose

 

[BMDODGE]

Re: what year is your current setup?

88 stingray / 3.0l i/o

 

[JC1933]

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1994 17.5 smoker craft with 1995 130 johnson trolling motor 1993 8hp johnson.

 

[sangerwaker]

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I am currently running a '97 Sanger with a '97 Merc 200 EFI on a '97 V/M tandem axle trailer. I just sold my old rig, which was a 1975 16' Forester 1600, with a '91 Evinrude 120, on a '91 Balko single axle trailer. I have never been towed with either rig, although I have towed others with the Forester. I have only had the Sanger about 11 months now, and have towed nothing other than skiers with it!

 

[18rabbit]

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HOTROD – I have one of those … 115 Johnson Seahorse, 1975!!! Can’t tell from your pic but mine is still white, kind of. Needed to replace the cover seal so I just tossed the whole cover when I found an 85 Seahorse cover in the dumpster. The 85 fits and still had a good seal. I love dumpster diving… <br /><br />Fwiw, I have been told it is the worst year for john/even motors. Something about the rings being high on the pistons, can catching on the cylinder lip and breaking. Only year they did that. Wouldn’t know, only had it since ’94 and never been in there, the critter just keeps running.

 

[Jack Shellac]

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1991 17' Deep-V Center Console Cape Horn<br />1990 Johnson 88 SPCL Only repairs to this motor have been thermostats, impeller and starter solenoid. Starts and runs like new.<br /> I have a 15 HP Evinrude kicker, but have never had to use it to get in [knock on wood].

 

[Hotrods]

Re: what year is your current setup?

Opps...Rabbit it's a 1993 Rude tho

 

[mellowyellow]

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'76 starcraft islander with origional 140 mercruiser.<br />creampuff

 

[JasonB]

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1976 Glastron V-195 powered by a Ford 302/Mercruiser #1. Haven't been towed in, but have towed a few folks. Bought with locked up engine 3 years ago.<br /><br />Also fish out of a 1976 Glastron T-166 powered by a 1976 Johnson 85hp crossflow V4. Same story, haven't been towed in yet, but she did drop a power pack on the lake year before last. Was able to get home on 2 cylinders with the other two only firing occasionally.

 

[JasonJ]

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1970 Silverline Comoro with 1969 Merc 1250, have never been towed, but I towed a brand new bass boat this year. Odds are, a lot of those new boats being towed are probably out of gas or some other simple thing that was overlooked. You have to also factor in that a lot of people will go buy a new boat, knowing very little about boats, and just take it out without looking it over. I have always thought it is a good idea to check everything in a new boat, you just never know if you boat was being assemble by a guy who was thinking about his girlfriend and missed a connection or something. It happens, they are only human...

 

[red10]

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1983 ebbtide dynatrack with 1988 johnson 150 and 1975 forester tri-hull with 1975 evinrude 70, both have been great boats, i was about 1/4 mile from shore when the 150 seized up not long after buying it.

 

[bh357]

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1973 Larson XL-5, with a 1963 Merc 1000. Hope to have her back in the water this coming weekend. I had to crack into the lower unit after a fateful maiden voyage.