"Mike-Indiana" wrote in message
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On Apr 11, 10:35 pm, "Mike" wrote:
"Mike-Indiana" wrote in message

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It is a white and blue 2007 Four Winns 190 Horizon. I have been riding
around on PWC's for three years and now decided it was time to step up
to a boat, a smaller one to start with. We live on a somewhat small
lake (Lake Freeman) in Monticello, Indiana next to Indiana Beach and I
wanted to get all my bumps and bruises out of the way. So anyway, the
boat has a wake tower and 225 volvo penta. It has all the options I
guess you need except a built in cooler (dang it). I would like to
maybe upgrade to a better stereo and maybe some accessories for the
wake tower. It also seems I now have to buy numerous things for the
boat that my PWC's really didn't need. Anyone have any thoughts on
what you might buy to keep on your first boat, besides an anchor and
life vests? Also what about Four Winns in general, this was a Repo and
has only 19 hours on it, so I didn't think I coulde go wrong. Thanks
for your help Mike

Hey Mike,

Sounds like you got a steal if it was a repo. Four-Winns makes a very nice
boat. The fit and finish has been top notch on every one I've seen.

On a boat that size, storage is most likely at a premium when you have a
few
pax, so the first thing I'd get are wakeboard & ski racks for the tower.
I'd
actually call that a necessity. If you plan to upgrade the stereo with a
high power head unit, or amp, I'd seriously consider a dual battery setup
as
well. Wired properly, with an automatic charging relay, you can have one
batt for cranking, and one for playing. You don't want to be stranded
because of too much music on the sandbar. ;-)

Have fun.

--Mike

I would love to get more detail on this charging relay you mentioned.
I was thinking the exact thing you wrote. I want to upgrade the stereo
and we do have a sand bar that I will be visiting. I had already
planned to add the second battery for safety sake, but hadn't even
thought of trying to seperate it from other power for fun in the
sand. DO they sell a kit or something, or just make it out of normal
auto parts?

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...ey=SiteSearch#

Actually not a bad price for all the parts.