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    Dual Console vs Center Console

    I have owned dual consoles for over 16 years and currently own a 275 Tournament with a single Yamaha F350. Each time I have purchased a new boat it has been a very tough decision between a CC and a DC. For my blend of boating the DC has always won out. I do a lot of saltwater fly-fishing...
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    Massachusetts Guys...

    OffTheCharts232, I surmise from your writing that you believe your “Magna expletive Laude” intellect gives you the right to insult people that you have absolutely no knowledge of. If you can’t communicate with a reasonable level of decorum then I for one respectfully ask that you go someplace...
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    New Boat Purchase Questions

    All good advice from above. Over the past year we have seen GW dealers expose their margins for the first time ever with offers to sell boats at 20 - 25% + under sticker. I think that this practice is now over for the most part but you now know where the bottom is or was. Be very careful...
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    which one ? 19 0r 22

    Buy the best boat you can find for the money you have to spend. I would rather have a 19' boat in good shape than a 22' in poor condition. All things equal buy the 22’. You should also keep your eyes out for a Pursuit 1950 or 2150 DC, both will be in the high end of your price range, they...
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    Massachusetts Guys...

    Does anyone out there remember about 25 or 30 years ago when the "dooms day experts" were predicting a second ice age as evidenced by the growing polar ice caps? They, the “experts” can’t predict tomorrow’s weather how in the name of God are they going to predict something as massively...
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    Massachusetts Guys...

    Magicalbill, The cold in Florida has nothing to do with global warming. (by the way did Al Gore invent global warming before or after the internet??) This is a scientifically proven derivative of the Massachusetts election of a Republican to Ted's old seat. Hxxx has frozen over and as a...
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    Massachusetts Guys...

    AMEN --- North River Grady -- I am with you, it is beyond old.
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    PLEASE READ THIS AND RESPOND!!!!!

    Tashmoo Matt 2008 Tournament 275 Yamaha F350
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    Massachusetts Guys...

    You’ve got a good point there. I never professed to be smart.
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    Massachusetts Guys...

    I think that they are skating and making snowmen down below today cause it clearly froze over down there last night. :twisted: :twisted: You think Pelosi and Reid will wake up this morning to the new reality. Doubt it, but who have thought Brown would be our new Senator today...
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    Massachusetts Guys...

    Two votes here for Scott. My wife and I both have seen the Cookley campaign as the most pathetic we have seen in our lifetimes. Arrogance and entitlement are the two words that come to mind. She thought the race was hers once she won the Democrat primary. I hope with all my heart...
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    Southern Boy w/ Cold Weather Question

    I have always left my electronics in the boat. Past system was a Garmin don't remember the model but it was a mapping gps/sounder and current is a Raymarine C120. Where I store it goes below zero at least once during the winter and I have never had an issue. That said once it is in...
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    Southern Boy w/ Cold Weather Question

    Congratulations the boat looks fantastic. For freezing preventative measures use a shop vacuum to suck out the water from all of the drains and then use it to suck out the bilge. In the 275 there are two access ports to the bilge on forward and one aft, not sure what is on the 225. As for...
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    Found (Now Bought) a Tournament 225 Pic Added

    Bama96 sounds like you have found a winner, a lake boat stored on a trailer with a cover, does not get much better than that. I agree with you on the transom, I did not take into account that the boat has a bracket. I doubt seriously that this would be an issue on a GW but it is worth...
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    Big Government Strikes Again!

    I agree the problem is that he did enough damage to last for two or three lifetimes. Coakley the D replacement running for his seat (or two as he needed two) is another flaming liberal in the Kennedy tradition and I fully expect that she will win. That said I still hold out hope to the...
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    Found (Now Bought) a Tournament 225 Pic Added

    Very nice boat and the DC concept is great for fishing as well as all around day boating. It is the only design I have had for going on sixteen years. First off, I would tell the owner not to start the engine before you get there. You want to see a cold start for yourself. Next, I would...
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    Big Government Strikes Again!

    Just think this is only Obama's first full year in office!!! Imagine how much harder his band of fat headed politico’s and the Fed's will stick it to us by the end of year four???? Hear that loud sucking sound?? It's the liberals in Washington cleaning out our wallets and the Republicans...
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    Polarize lens question for sunglasses

    I have Action Optics in a photocromatic amber tint and Maui Jims in blue, both are polarized. For sight casting and time on the water in general the Action Optics have it all over the blue tinted Maui Jims. I do a lot of sight casting myself and have tried the gambit of lens colors over the...
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    Dishwasher (I know )

    First choice = Bosch Second choice = Bosch Third choice = Bosch I remolded my kitchen nine years ago and put in a Sub Zero Refrigerator which is JUNK. A Dynasty Range (Jade) which has had its share of issues and a Bosch dishwasher which has been absolutely flawless. I contract for...
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    Boat Sank

    The bottom line here from my eyes is that it is a crappy design that would allow this to happen. Why was any portion of the scupper installation under water in the first place? Second, a nine year actuarial life on the installation of a critical component is what I would expect from the likes...