"Clams Canino" wrote in message
news:Jc9zb.284884$ao4.995703@attbi_s51...
Mercury engines are not made by Bombardier. OMC engines are.

I recommend Mercury engines.

Send Bombardier a nastygram that says how unhappy you are with them,
and
keep your boat - LOL.

-W

"Larry" wrote in message
...
I bought a Bombardier Utopia 185 last summer. It is an 18.5' jet
boat
powered by a 200hp Merc and is trailerable. The boat is ok but I am
very
unhappy with Bombardier and plan to sell the boat next summer while
the
brand new engine is still working well.

I like jet boats only because they have no propeller and we have
lots of
lakes up here and in nearby Maine - some are shallow and all have
unmarked
obstacles (read: rocks just below the surface!) I have to have a
boat
that
I can trailer and launch easily; it will be towed by my truck, a V8
powered
Superduty Ford F-250 4wd which is setup to tow my tractor on a
utility
trailer (8000 lbs). I have a lot of boating experience, but 30
years
passed between my last boat and the one I bought last summer so I'm
not
very "up" on what's happened in between.

I'm looking for a nice runabout. I'll do a lot of cruising and
fishing
and
want something comfortable and fast. I'd like to stay away from
Mercury
engines. What do folks here recommend?
--

Larry
email is rapp at lmr dot com

A nice Lund Tyee (or a Crestliner) with an I/O and watch out for the
rocks. That's what people here in similar country in Minnesota do.
Nobody runs jets here.

del cecchi