"Dale Darling" wrote in message
.. .

I started with a used 1998 Bayliner Capri 1850 SS (4.3L 190hp Merc) and
had
no problems whatsoever. Was I just lucky? I don't feel lucky. I just
wanted
a bigger boat. At the ramp other new Larson owners would ask me how I like
my boat. I think I scared them when I recited my dissatisfaction with the
piece of crap I had.

My dad had the transom rot out of his 22' Bayliner Trophy after only a
couple years from brand new. MInd you he lives int he middle of the Sonoran
Desert so it got to dry completely between uses.

He had the transom rebuilt (looks very good) by a rebuilder and hung a
bracket off of it to set it up for twin 150 HP motors. He hasn't had any
other problem with it. Well, except for the stainless steel prop I chewed
up on a grocery cart in the water under London Bridge.

They 150 HP outboard it came with was a little too small for it, but with
twins on it it literally leaps out of the water to get up on step.


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Bob La Londe
Yuma, Az
http://www.YumaBassMan.com