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I just bought a new boat (Alumacraft 17') with a DF140. First time out, went through the manual-prescribed "break in" process...slowly advancing engine RPMs over a number of hours. The boat seemed REALLY stiff to steer to the left. It got better as the day went on and as we got into higher...
I'm seriously considering a new Smokercraft Ultima 172 (17') with a 115 Merc Optimax. Another competing dealer said Ultima's are good boats but known to "porpoise". I noticed a post yesterday in another forum from someone having that problem.
For those of you that own an Ultima or similar 17'...
I'm seriously considering a new Smokercraft Ultima 172 (17') with a 115 Merc Optimax. Another competing dealer said Ultima's are good boats but known to "porpoise". I noticed a post yesterday in this forum from someone having that problem.
For those of you that own an Ultima or similar 17'...
