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    Hello, New member. Assistance Please and tks

    $7500 below asking seems fishy to me... I've bought and sold a ton of boats on kijiji and typically there is about a 10% negotiation buffer, 55% seems like a red flag. I bought my Vista 238 for $15k and they guy had been asking $23k but it was an end of season buy and he didn't want to have to...
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    1987 Fourwinns Sundowner Transom repairs

    That is an amazing project, the skill and patience some of you folks have totally amazes me....
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    Hello, New member. Assistance Please and tks

    Well the ad is gone so either you bought it or someone else did..... Four Winns makes a very solid product, mu first cabin boat was a 1993 Vista 238 and was a phenomenal boat - Still is, it lives on my dock still owned and enjoyed by friends of mine. Boat prices in the great white north are...
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    Pontoon boat vs. Open Deck for Lake - Total newbie

    That's insane....
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    Pontoon boat vs. Open Deck for Lake - Total newbie

    https://www.kijiji.ca/v-motomarine/ville-de-montreal/2012-sweet-water-tritoon-26foot/1571559165 Your right not many given the number of boats down that way, there seem to be lots in Manitoba & Saskabush. I thought I was going to have to go to Quebec or Ontario for my upgrade given the number of...
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    Pontoon boat vs. Open Deck for Lake - Total newbie

    To each their own but I fail to understand the "evolution" of the pontoon boat. I get the theory behind them - large open deck great for entertaining, durable, stable etc.... but they used to be a budget alternative to a fixed hull boat made mainstream popular by Craig Morgan and his Redneck...
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    Anyone made The Great Loop?

    Up until 2 weeks ago I did not even know it was possible to go from the great lakes to the gulf coast by boat. Someone on another site I'm part of (snowmobile site of all places) brought it up and I started looking into it. We plan to retire on a boat and were thinking the west coast but the...
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    Introduction

    So I picked up a temp gun & checked my motors.... Gauges seem to be the problem because each motor is running at 160f bang on.
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    Does not shift completely into reverse

    My Regal with Volvo Penta Drive did the same thing last year and it was the shift cable. I was having the gimble/u-joints/bellows changed and the shop called me to ask if I'd been having issues with drive engagement. I told them that yeas a couple times it would clunk or only partially engage...
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    Introduction

    I'm wondering if another option might be....... disconnect all the water lines cut out the top of the tank which is exposed in the motor compartment clean out the tank with a shop-vac and ensure it's clean and dry insert a new bladder inside the existing tank and hook up the lines
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    Docking question

    Trial & error and lots of practice..... Eventually you'll be a master & make it look easy. This is my first year with the new boat.... after owning my Regal 2650 for 7 years everything was like second nature no matter how confined the space. I back into a straight single dock but only have...
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    Advice on transom , stringers and floor rebuild

    What is PB? Aside from my issues with the Formula 27 I'm also in the process of re-building a "free" boat... 1980 Vanguard Banshee with a 90's Johnson V4 90. Just at the point to start replacing stringers & floor now.
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    Introduction

    I assume this is where I would drill my 1/4" test holes for moisture?
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    Introduction

    Well crap..... Thats not good news.....lol So how does that water tank come out? is it accessible from below the floor of the aft? Sorry I guess I should go through your entire thread before asking questions that are probably already answered.....
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    Introduction

    What model is your windlass and does it fit on the provided shelf? I tried to install a Lewmar V700 and it was 1/2" too long - my original is a Lewmar Concept, I thought it was the Concept 1 and a guy on ebay has the upper workings for sale, which would be fine as my motor & contols still work...
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    Introduction

    Thanks for the reply, I was reading through your thread and hope to god I don't have to "rebuild" the way you did. I think I might cut out enough of the structure to expose the top end of the existing aluminum water tank then cut the top of of it and slip a slightly smaller plastic tank inside...
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    Introduction

    Probably be on here lots asking lots of questions and searching through threads to find info on what will likely prove to be my first real money pit..... but she's pretty. Here in Alberta, Canada the seasons are short and the waters are mainly sloughs but I grew up sailing on the east coast and...
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    Formula 27PC Transom Work

    WOW that's a lot of work.... Mad respect, not sure I'd ever have the patients to even attempt something like that. Read the first 3 pages but figured I'd better get back to work. The reason I'm researching this is because on My "new to me" 2001 Formula 27 PC my fresh water tank is not holding...
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