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"I'll definitely keep you posted. Hell, you might even be interested in writing the big check, but
I've a feeling there'll be some strong interest in it. "

Lol! I'll probably go for the MV Augusta first. Or maybe a vintage Guzzi. No, I've already got a couple of those.

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On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:09:09 -0400, John H
wrote:

Once I get my boat fixed up, waxed, etc., I actually plan to make a profit. We'll see. Right now
just owning it is very pleasurable.

What? you're gonna put it up for sale? Man, you've barely used it. You gonna get another arent you?

It'll be a while before it goes up for sale. Still have a bit of work to do on her. If and when I
sell it, I'm hoping to afford something a bit bigger, but not much.

I'll definitely keep you posted. Hell, you might even be interested in writing the big check, but
I've a feeling there'll be some strong interest in it.

What do you think...should I cover the seats in Corinthian Leather just to add a few bucks to the
resale value?

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would be white rhino foreskin.

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Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/17 8:35 PM, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
On Sunday, 8 October 2017 12:50:06 UTC-3, John HÂ* wrote:
On Sat, 07 Oct 2017 23:10:23 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 21:32:01 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:


As far as can be told here, your "expertise" in boating is limited to
buying non-collectible firearms from a Ruger auction site. I'm not
a fan
of I/O's for several reasons, but I've seen - literally - thousands of
boats of all sizes out on the ocean powered by I/O's.
The only I/Os we see here are big go fast boats with 7+ liter V-8s in
them or snow birds who have not figured out they have the wrong boat
yet. Even now, the go fast crowd is migrating to trip or quad
outboards. I see a Yellowfin 36 out at the beach now and then running
trip 7 Marines.

I/Os may be fine as a northern trailer boat but they suck in tropical
salt water, especially if they are raw water cooled. The last time I
did a survey, we had 78 boats in my little 120 resident neighborhood.
None are I/Os.
Half are Yamaha, a quarter Mercury and the remaining quarter are
Zekes, 2 smoke OMCs, One Etec and one Honda. I don't remember the last
time I saw an I.O on the river but I am sure it had out of state
numbers on it.
I understand the I/O is pretty popular on the Chesapeake but that may
just be because it is not really salt water and that the are cheap. It
may make sense for a person looking at a 3-4 month season.
My experience with the I/O in the Chesapeake taught me to never, ever
have another I/O in salt
water. Many folks here suggested that Donnee look at an outboard
instead of an I/O, but, of course,
Donnee knew better.

Duh, JohnnyMop....the advice came after I had purchased the bow
rider.Â*Â* I did look at the same model with the 90hp outboard but in
the time it took me to walk around the boat show, the last 2015
Bayliner 170BR had been sold.Â* I got my 2015 175BR at a reduced price
at the 2016 show because it was an unsold boat from the previous
year.Â*Â*Â* If I wanted to pay 40% more I would have gone with the 2016
BR 180 and an upgrade to the 115 hp Mercury.

How much have you lost on your other boat purchases?Â* I learned a long
time ago that it pays to spend a few extra bucks for quality. You can't
add it later.Â* Perfect examples are major appliances, gas grills,
lawnmowers, cars, *and* boats.


Wow...major appliances, gas grills, lawnmowers, cars, and boats
appreciate in value, eh, Alex? Who would have guessed. :)


Reading comprehension. Where did he say they increase in value. He said
for a few bucks more, you get much better quality. In the end it may add
value. Might last a lot longer.

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On 10/10/17 11:00 AM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/17 8:35 PM, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
On Sunday, 8 October 2017 12:50:06 UTC-3, John HÂ* wrote:
On Sat, 07 Oct 2017 23:10:23 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 21:32:01 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:


As far as can be told here, your "expertise" in boating is limited to
buying non-collectible firearms from a Ruger auction site. I'm not
a fan
of I/O's for several reasons, but I've seen - literally - thousands of
boats of all sizes out on the ocean powered by I/O's.
The only I/Os we see here are big go fast boats with 7+ liter V-8s in
them or snow birds who have not figured out they have the wrong boat
yet. Even now, the go fast crowd is migrating to trip or quad
outboards. I see a Yellowfin 36 out at the beach now and then running
trip 7 Marines.

I/Os may be fine as a northern trailer boat but they suck in tropical
salt water, especially if they are raw water cooled. The last time I
did a survey, we had 78 boats in my little 120 resident neighborhood.
None are I/Os.
Half are Yamaha, a quarter Mercury and the remaining quarter are
Zekes, 2 smoke OMCs, One Etec and one Honda. I don't remember the last
time I saw an I.O on the river but I am sure it had out of state
numbers on it.
I understand the I/O is pretty popular on the Chesapeake but that may
just be because it is not really salt water and that the are cheap. It
may make sense for a person looking at a 3-4 month season.
My experience with the I/O in the Chesapeake taught me to never, ever
have another I/O in salt
water. Many folks here suggested that Donnee look at an outboard
instead of an I/O, but, of course,
Donnee knew better.

Duh, JohnnyMop....the advice came after I had purchased the bow
rider.Â*Â* I did look at the same model with the 90hp outboard but in
the time it took me to walk around the boat show, the last 2015
Bayliner 170BR had been sold.Â* I got my 2015 175BR at a reduced price
at the 2016 show because it was an unsold boat from the previous
year.Â*Â*Â* If I wanted to pay 40% more I would have gone with the 2016
BR 180 and an upgrade to the 115 hp Mercury.

How much have you lost on your other boat purchases?Â* I learned a long
time ago that it pays to spend a few extra bucks for quality. You can't
add it later.Â* Perfect examples are major appliances, gas grills,
lawnmowers, cars, *and* boats.


Wow...major appliances, gas grills, lawnmowers, cars, and boats
appreciate in value, eh, Alex? Who would have guessed. :)


Reading comprehension. Where did he say they increase in value. He said
for a few bucks more, you get much better quality. In the end it may add
value. Might last a lot longer.


D'oh is not a deer, a female deer. :)

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True North Wrote in message:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts, but I had a small bit of misfortune yesterday.
I was up boating with my Springer Spaniel on Grand Lake and got a bit nosy checking out Sidney Crosby's house and his waterfront access. I was motoring slowly along when I saw the depth gauge suddenly go from 5-6 feet to just less than 3 feet. Heard the bang right away so I quickly tilted up the motor and shifted it to neutral. With the swim platform covering the I/O Alpha Drive it was hard to see if I had any damage and as I floated back into deeper water I moved into forward and didn't notice anything unusual so I continued my 2 hour tour of the lake. Only after retrieving the boat did I see a chunk missing out of one of my aluminum propeller blades.
D'oh...don't know if that can be repaired or if I have to buy a new one.

I remembered that during the summer, there was a string of brightly coloured floating balls stretched along where I went about 40-50 feet offshore. Now I know why they were there. I should send a letter to Crosby complaining that he should have left the 'barrier' out at least until Thanksgiving this Monday.


Curiosity killed the cat. In this case, a propeller. And
remember, IO boats draw about 3 feet of water. Also, property
owners sometimes drop an obsticle just below the low water line
to deter stalkers and other wrongdoers. Hope you learned your
lesson.

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On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:11:35 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 10/9/17 8:35 PM, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
On Sunday, 8 October 2017 12:50:06 UTC-3, John H wrote:
On Sat, 07 Oct 2017 23:10:23 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 21:32:01 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:


As far as can be told here, your "expertise" in boating is limited to
buying non-collectible firearms from a Ruger auction site. I'm not
a fan
of I/O's for several reasons, but I've seen - literally - thousands of
boats of all sizes out on the ocean powered by I/O's.
The only I/Os we see here are big go fast boats with 7+ liter V-8s in
them or snow birds who have not figured out they have the wrong boat
yet. Even now, the go fast crowd is migrating to trip or quad
outboards. I see a Yellowfin 36 out at the beach now and then running
trip 7 Marines.

I/Os may be fine as a northern trailer boat but they suck in tropical
salt water, especially if they are raw water cooled. The last time I
did a survey, we had 78 boats in my little 120 resident neighborhood.
None are I/Os.
Half are Yamaha, a quarter Mercury and the remaining quarter are
Zekes, 2 smoke OMCs, One Etec and one Honda. I don't remember the last
time I saw an I.O on the river but I am sure it had out of state
numbers on it.
I understand the I/O is pretty popular on the Chesapeake but that may
just be because it is not really salt water and that the are cheap. It
may make sense for a person looking at a 3-4 month season.
My experience with the I/O in the Chesapeake taught me to never, ever
have another I/O in salt
water. Many folks here suggested that Donnee look at an outboard
instead of an I/O, but, of course,
Donnee knew better.

Duh, JohnnyMop....the advice came after I had purchased the bow
rider. I did look at the same model with the 90hp outboard but in
the time it took me to walk around the boat show, the last 2015
Bayliner 170BR had been sold. I got my 2015 175BR at a reduced price
at the 2016 show because it was an unsold boat from the previous
year. If I wanted to pay 40% more I would have gone with the 2016
BR 180 and an upgrade to the 115 hp Mercury.

How much have you lost on your other boat purchases? I learned a long
time ago that it pays to spend a few extra bucks for quality. You can't
add it later. Perfect examples are major appliances, gas grills,
lawnmowers, cars, *and* boats.


Wow...major appliances, gas grills, lawnmowers, cars, and boats
appreciate in value, eh, Alex? Who would have guessed. :)


You didn't understand a word he said. Sad to see your brain
turning to mush.

Pathetically humorous.

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On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:34:28 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/10/2017 7:14 AM, John H wrote:
On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 20:35:02 -0400, Alex wrote:

True North wrote:
On Sunday, 8 October 2017 12:50:06 UTC-3, John H wrote:
On Sat, 07 Oct 2017 23:10:23 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 21:32:01 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:


As far as can be told here, your "expertise" in boating is limited to
buying non-collectible firearms from a Ruger auction site. I'm not a fan
of I/O's for several reasons, but I've seen - literally - thousands of
boats of all sizes out on the ocean powered by I/O's.
The only I/Os we see here are big go fast boats with 7+ liter V-8s in
them or snow birds who have not figured out they have the wrong boat
yet. Even now, the go fast crowd is migrating to trip or quad
outboards. I see a Yellowfin 36 out at the beach now and then running
trip 7 Marines.

I/Os may be fine as a northern trailer boat but they suck in tropical
salt water, especially if they are raw water cooled. The last time I
did a survey, we had 78 boats in my little 120 resident neighborhood.
None are I/Os.
Half are Yamaha, a quarter Mercury and the remaining quarter are
Zekes, 2 smoke OMCs, One Etec and one Honda. I don't remember the last
time I saw an I.O on the river but I am sure it had out of state
numbers on it.
I understand the I/O is pretty popular on the Chesapeake but that may
just be because it is not really salt water and that the are cheap. It
may make sense for a person looking at a 3-4 month season.
My experience with the I/O in the Chesapeake taught me to never, ever have another I/O in salt
water. Many folks here suggested that Donnee look at an outboard instead of an I/O, but, of course,
Donnee knew better.

Duh, JohnnyMop....the advice came after I had purchased the bow rider. I did look at the same model with the 90hp outboard but in the time it took me to walk around the boat show, the last 2015 Bayliner 170BR had been sold. I got my 2015 175BR at a reduced price at the 2016 show because it was an unsold boat from the previous year. If I wanted to pay 40% more I would have gone with the 2016 BR 180 and an upgrade to the 115 hp Mercury.

How much have you lost on your other boat purchases? I learned a long
time ago that it pays to spend a few extra bucks for quality. You can't
add it later. Perfect examples are major appliances, gas grills,
lawnmowers, cars, *and* boats.

Once I get my boat fixed up, waxed, etc., I actually plan to make a profit. We'll see. Right now
just owning it is very pleasurable.


You are thinking of selling it? Let me know when. I'll allow a fair
profit.

Just hold on. Got some work to do first. It's nice to see a few folks showing interest already!

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On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 06:40:03 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

"I'll definitely keep you posted. Hell, you might even be interested in writing the big check, but
I've a feeling there'll be some strong interest in it. "

Lol! I'll probably go for the MV Augusta first. Or maybe a vintage Guzzi. No, I've already got a couple of those.

Speaking of Guzzis, you forgot the photo of your backrest/luggage carrier you were going to send me.

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On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:56:50 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:09:09 -0400, John H
wrote:

Once I get my boat fixed up, waxed, etc., I actually plan to make a profit. We'll see. Right now
just owning it is very pleasurable.

What? you're gonna put it up for sale? Man, you've barely used it. You gonna get another arent you?

It'll be a while before it goes up for sale. Still have a bit of work to do on her. If and when I
sell it, I'm hoping to afford something a bit bigger, but not much.

I'll definitely keep you posted. Hell, you might even be interested in writing the big check, but
I've a feeling there'll be some strong interest in it.

What do you think...should I cover the seats in Corinthian Leather just to add a few bucks to the
resale value?

===

You can't go wrong with Corinthian Leather. The only thing better
would be white rhino foreskin.

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That stuff's hard to find!

While researching that, I came across this story. ****ed me off. Shame there isn't a big bounty on
poachers.

https://www.naturalnews.com/053641_w...inction .html

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10:49 AMJohn H
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Speaking of Guzzis, you forgot the photo of your backrest/luggage carrier you were going to send me.
.....

Odd, for some reason gmail had it stuck In "Drafts"

You should have it now...