Recent content by ssmit7

Hi guys, After a bunch of digging through old posts, I see that this question has been asked in various forms before, but the answers have never really had a ton of detail. The closest thread, "Trolling motor on GW180" viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7143&p=44672, is basically the exact same question, but...

Thanks Dennis for the additional info. I doubt I will re-paint it at this point, since there are also things like hull waxing that still need to be done. The major issue was that it wasn't clear to me whether the paint was there to protect the fiberglass from getting wet or just to look nice...

I sent an email to the service manager at Tri-State Marine in Deale Md, and got a very rapid response, which I was then able to followup with a short phone call this morning. I'm impressed. For the benefit of anyone else running into this, I figure I would post the result. From his email: "I...

I thought that looked a little like copy/paste from somewhere.... Anybody else? I guess I will try calling the dealer, although with the nearest dealers being in Deale MD and Richmond VA, neither are very close to me...

Hello everyone, I'm in the Northern Va area and have a 2008 Sportsman 180 that I keep on the Occoquan River. It was originally sold by Norfolk Marine in Norfolk Va, and I bought it from a friend who was the first owner. I used to keep it up on the Potomac in DC proper, but realized after a...