My fiance and I bought a pontoon boat that was in not too good of shape last year and we had all the best intentions on restoring it this winter and having it ready for the summer oh, this did not work out. My fiance works so I have been restoring this pontoon completely by myself and I don't mean a little bit by myself I mean completely by myself and I've had to look up for quite a few things along the way. I strip all of the old stuff off of the boat and started out new from the floor to the woven vinyl and the seats and the rails, the bimini top. I am getting the job done. You know you could spend money every day on something new that you need, or maybe thank you need for a boat. I have purchased two more boats since then primarily for the motor. The first was a Mark Twain with an 85 Johnson, then I thought I had a better deal with a Woodson dual Cathedral that had a 90hp Johnson. I had the chance to triple my money with the 65 Woodson so I had to let it go. I am putting the 85 on my boat because I think it would be sufficient, even though I'm not sure about the difference in pitches since the Mark Twain boat is considerably smaller than my 24-foot pontoon. I guess I will figure that out when I get on the water. Today I am putting a new starter and starter solenoid in the 85 Johnson because I think I may have burned those up whenever I connected the wires wrong to my new ignition. Any tips for a newbie, I am not a complete ditz when it comes to electronics or mechanics or rigging s*** up but, I never claimed to know everything