Larger boat discussion

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by randlemanboater

It says Evinrude on the cowl and in the add but the paint says Bombardier era Johnson.

BRP bought EVINRUDE and pretty well dropped the JOHNSON name. Around 98 most all JOHNSON's went to 4 strokes, and around 01 I believe the last JOHNSON's came out in 2 strokes. It looks like an early 98-early 01 to me from the cowling, AKA FICHT engine. Starting in 01 they redesigned the bigger FICHTS and made them ALOT better, but this one looks like an earlier model.

[willy]

That Dusky is a thing of beauty

[randlemanboater]

Who has any experience with a CAT?

http://www.boattrader.com/listing/19...tamaran-617337

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by randlemanboater

Who has any experience with a CAT?

http://www.boattrader.com/listing/19...tamaran-617337

I've never been on one, but have heard some real horror stories about them. From what I have heard from friends who have ridden in them, they handle great going directly into or with the seas, BUT they can be downright DANGEROUS quartering into the seas. If one hull catches before the other they tend to hook and go that way throwing you, and when the other hull does catch you get thrown back the other way. My dad lost one of his favorite polls fishing with some guys on a cat because of this. Every rod in the top holders got thrown over when the one hull caught and threw them, and when the other one caught it threw all of them almost out of the boat. This was on a slightly choppy day in the GULF, and nothing compared to what you guys in the atlantic have to deal with. After hearing about this one first hand, my dad never went back out with those guys, and I never had the urge to go and try it out for myself.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by randlemanboater

Who has any experience with a CAT?

I have several... Lost one last month to old age, but still have 4 that hang around. I love dogs, but cats are great also.

[bradford]

I wish you'd asked a little while back Randleman.

I had a chance at a 22' Twin Vee center console with a tower, twin 90 Hondas, and galvanized tandem trailer for $2500+/-. One of the Hondas was blown, but the rest was a 7 on a 1-10 scale.

[randlemanboater]

Originally Posted by bradford

I wish you'd asked a little while back Randleman.

I had a chance at a 22' Twin Vee center console with a tower, twin 90 Hondas, and galvanized tandem trailer for $2500+/-. One of the Hondas was blown, but the rest was a 7 on a 1-10 scale.

You should have bought it to flip!

[randlemanboater]

So ideally I will find a boat with a fairly new 4 stroke already on the stern, but if I find the perfect boat with a 2 stroke on it, I need to be informed.

I am seeing that there are lots of boats in the 2000-2005 year range that appeal to me, many have Yammie and Merc 2 strokes.

I know that you cant disconnect oil injection on the Opti/HPDI motors, but what about the EFI models? Is it necessary on the EFI to disconnect the oil injection or are they reliable enough to leave on?

[randlemanboater]

Originally Posted by destroyer

i have several... Lost one last month to old age, but still have 4 that hang around. I love dogs, but cats are great also.

lol

[randlemanboater]

Regulator. Did they make these with a full transom?

http://www.boattrader.com/listing/19...Classic-619589