Recent content by Syoungs

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    Considering an older Marlin. Any advice is appreciated!

    Good to know others are tugging em around! Ive got a 2015 f350 with the 6.7, its an absolute beast towing! The congrats might be pre-mature though, still very eary in the process!
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    Considering an older Marlin. Any advice is appreciated!

    Pretty much every path to the ocean or puget sound includes me crossing major cities (tacoma, portland, or seattle), and mountain passes. My toyhauler is heavier and same length though, and im starting to not sweat the extra width! Thanks for the advice on the bilges. Working with the dealer...
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    Considering an older Marlin. Any advice is appreciated!

    Being as that your real near where im looking at buying, have you heard anything good/bad about inside passage yacht sales in anacortes? They have the boat im considering. Just read your posted thread, looks like youve had some work to do, but ended up with a nice boat in the end! Reading...
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    Considering an older Marlin. Any advice is appreciated!

    Yeah the width makes me slightly nervous, but i figure ill catch on oretty fast. Ive got 20k+ miles under my belt towing 8.5' wide work trailers and toyhaulers that are 24-35' long. Found out the engines have approx 700 hours, waiting to here more details back. Also looking at some older...
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    Considering an older Marlin. Any advice is appreciated!

    I consider myself very handy. Ive rebuilt transoms on smaller boats, rebuilt lots of powersports engines and truck engines, remodeled a few houses etc. What I lack in knowledge, I make up for in "try"! This boat does have a trailer, but not sure if its always been on one or not. Trailer us a...
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    Considering an older Marlin. Any advice is appreciated!

    Hello all, First post after stalking the forums for a few weeks now. We are looking at buying out first boat for offshore/Puget sound use. We have a lot of experience on boats in the Columbia river and lakes, but not much on the salt outside of charter boats. Ive always loved the idea of...