On Dec 16, 4:52*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:07:01 -0600, Vic Smith

wrote:
Thing is, it seems that once you like a certain type boat, you tend to
stick with it.

That's very true - I prefer center consoles over any other type of
boat I've owned over the years.

Yes, outside of a small row boat, and a '27 ft. Chris Craft Cavalier,
I've had two other working boats. a Chris Craft Scorpion with 3.0 4
cyl GM, and a 23 ft. Marquis with 350 Chevy. Both with Mercruiser /
Alpha IO.

The 18' Scorpion will pull tubers and lap Carlyle lake fairly well as
much as you can stand on 10-12 gal of gas. Where the Marquis is a
bigger boat and a lot smoother and quieter ride, it's a heavy tub and
will show you quick a gas gauge
can drop if you feel like WFO is the only answer to boating.

If I have other boats in my future, I'll probably stick to the
Mercruisers, because they are basically an automotive engine with easy
parts availability. and I've bought some junk boats for the outdrives
and scrapped the rest, so I feel I'm fairly well set. and will
probably remain with what I have.

I tend to like the Mercruisers for the boating I do, and am not really
a fan of 2 cycles.