I finally got a chance to take the 99? Crownline 248 BR I bought out for a long run this weekend and really test it out. The 7.4 MPI ran like a top?.I?m very happy with the motor and Bravo III drive it?s got.
The one thing I noticed was that the water temp gauge would seem to fluctuate and...
I recently picked up a 99' bow rider with a 7.4 MPI and Bravo 3 drive. All my experience with Mercruisers has always been on older carbed motors with Alpha 1 drives.
I've wanting to go through and do the standard maintenance things before I get the boat out for a long weekend on the lake. I'm...
I?ve been looking around for a nice 21?-22? bow rider for the last few months. I was dead set on trying to find a nice used 95?-01? Crownline 225 BR, but I?ve recently seen some nice 99?-01? Baja 212 Islanders for sale. I haven?t gone to look at any of them yet since they are all 2-4 hours...
I?ve been looking around for a nice 21?-22? bow rider for the last few months. I was dead set on trying to find a nice used 95?-01? Crownline 225 BR, but I?ve recently found a nice 2000 Rinker Captiva 212 for sale. I haven?t gone to look at it yet since it?s about 2 hours away, and I want to...
I?ve been looking around for a nice bow rider for the last few months. I?ve narrowed my search down to low hour (under 500 or so) boats that are 21?-22? long, 305-454 power, something that will seat 8-12 people, and be able to run mid-high 50?s on the top end. Most importantly, I?m trying to...
Found a guy locally selling his 1995 Mastercraft Maristar 225 VRS w/ LTI motor for $15,000. The boat looks really nice and well maintained, but it's got 1,100 hours on it. Is that a good deal on this boat with so many hours? How many hours can they go before needing a rebuild?
How are...
Found a guy locally selling his 1995 Mastercraft Maristar 225 VRS w/ LTI motor for $15,000. The boat looks really nice and well maintained, but it's got 1,100 hours on it. Is that a good deal on this boat with so many hours? How many hours can they go before needing a rebuild?
How are...
I?ve narrowed my search down for a used boat?I think I?m going to try to find a nice 22? bow rider. Something that will handle rough lake water well, and still pull wakeboards and innertubes without guzzling too much fuel. I?ve seen several nice late 90?s and early 2000 Cobalts, Four Winns...
I?ve been looking around for a nice 22? bow rider, and my spending limit is around $15,000. I?ve seen several nice Crownline 225 bowriders for sale in my area, all late 90?s models. I?m trying to do some research on these boats before I go and look at them. How?s the build quality on the older...
I?m in the market for a nice used 21? bowrider. I?ve stumbled onto a really nice 1995 Mariah 212 Shabah with 220hp 5.0 power that I?m thinking about going to look at. From the pictures, the fit and finish of the boat looks amazing. The thing I?m wondering about, and what I can?t find much info...
I got rid of my last boat a few years ago, and I?m ready to start looking for another one this fall. My last boat was light, fast, and made for screaming around the lake on smoother water. I had my fun with it, but now I?m in the market for something that is a little more ?family friendly...
I've been looking around for a nice used bowrider....and I've found a few nice Warlock bowriders. I don't know anyone who has owned one, and I can't find much info about them on the net. Is Warlock still in business? Do they have a website? Are they good quality boats?
Any info would be great.
Aside from the old 21? Scarab I had several years ago, I?ve always had outboard powered boats. I?m looking at getting my first bowrider and I was wondering if you guys could give me some info on what size boat, motor, and type of outdrive I should look for (or stay away from).
The lake that I...
I recently got rid of my Hydrostream Vegas XT for the simple fact that the lakes that I usually go too are just getting too choppy for it. The lakes are getting worse and worse each year with bigger and bigger boats. 21-foot ski boats used to be the norm, now it?s not uncommon to see 30?-35...
I?m looking for a nice used Crownline bowrider?something around 21?-23? with v8 power. I was something that will handle rough lake chop, hold 6-8 people comfortably, and still have enough power to pull a skier or wakeboarder out of the water when the boat is full of people and gear. I?m an...