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HNBD!I bought a boat.
Put a deposit down, dragged my feet for 2 weeks, they came back with 5% off if I wrote the check today. Here's to small victories.
Badass boat, fits in the garage... looking forward to some fun the next 4 months.
Looks nice, but they forgot the rod holders?I bought a boat.
Put a deposit down, dragged my feet for 2 weeks, they came back with 5% off if I wrote the check today. Here's to small victories.
Badass boat, fits in the garage... looking forward to some fun the next 4 months.
Congrats! Enjoy the hell out of it.I bought a boat.
Put a deposit down, dragged my feet for 2 weeks, they came back with 5% off if I wrote the check today. Here's to small victories.
Badass boat, fits in the garage... looking forward to some fun the next 4 months.
I have watched the "walk through" video about 10 times... and while I have no idea where the drain plug goes, there is a nice spot to hang it up by the steering wheel so I don't forget.
Happy New Boat Day!trying to google this.... has not been drinking?
eta - Hey Nice Boat Dude?
Wow!! My PMs are open GB.matuski said:I bought a boat.
Put a deposit down, dragged my feet for 2 weeks, they came back with 5% off if I wrote the check today. Here's to small victories.
Badass boat, fits in the garage... looking forward to some fun the next 4 months.
Nice boat. Should be able to go a few miles offshore and also handle any of the lakes/bays.
Thanks! Plan is mostly recreational and fishing, nothing crazy. Will be doing the occasional trip out to Martha's Vineyard (from Falmouth).
That is going to be huge for maximizing enjoyment. Congrats!Greatest thing I've done.
I'm happier on the water than anywhere else. Not joy type of happy, just at peace/satisfied with life type of happy.
Not sure if I mentioned, but the extra 30 mins before and after getting the boat to and from garage will soon be gone. Buddy building a dock/slip with covered lift now...
Seems like such a small thing, but this will enhance your experience even more. It is great to have it waiting and ready for immediate use on a whim. The lift will pay huge dividends in terms of not having to clean it as often.Greatest thing I've done.
I'm happier on the water than anywhere else. Not joy type of happy, just at peace/satisfied with life type of happy.
Not sure if I mentioned, but the extra 30 mins before and after getting the boat to and from garage will soon be gone. Buddy building a dock/slip with covered lift now...
Buddy of mine has a WT Surf and loves it.
I check that site out every day, but the boats that have looked interesting are too far away from me. 60,000 is above my budget right now too. You have to wonder why there are such low hours on a boat that old. It was ran 10 hours per year essentially. I would worry that someone that ran the boat that little did not bother to maintain it.
We rented a boat on Lake Medina on Sunday. It was a 1999 beater of a deck boat but no matter. I think I'm in luff with the lake life!Greatest thing I've done.
I'm happier on the water than anywhere else. Not joy type of happy, just at peace/satisfied with life type of happy.
Not sure if I mentioned, but the extra 30 mins before and after getting the boat to and from garage will soon be gone. Buddy building a dock/slip with covered lift now...
I was out on there friday afternoon through sunday noonish.
I saw this boat recently, but it sold before I was able to kick the tires on it. Many of the Hydrasports of this vintage are Kevlar hulls and are basically indestructible and it is at a price I could gut the boat, and rewire/repower.
Should be called WTF as in Where The F**k are you putting 17 people on that thing?
Yea, don't really buy the seating capacities. I mean my 210 allegedly holds 12.... not 12 of me that is for damn sure.
We still don't plan on buying this year, but boat capacity is a hot topic in our house. Wife wants one of these that can hold 17 people. I reply with...Our house gets small if we have 10 people in it, why the hell do we need a boat that sits 18?!?! It sounds awful.
Probably not. It would be doable, but uncomfortable. Even assuming you have 1-4 kids in the water it would be cramped on a 12 seater.
We had 8 adults and 1 kid on our 21 ft boat. Was perfectly comfortable.
When thinking about actual seating using the reported capacity numbers, envision 1 1/2 - 2 spaces per adult and 1 space per kid 12 seater? I say 4 adults take up 8 of those spaces. So I bet it comfortably handles 4 adults and 4 kids. You're pushing it beyond that. Much of it depends on the actual layout of the interior. Keep in mind you need some room to move around too. These Heyday have a lot of interior space occupied by the engine compartment from what I can see in the pictures. I've never actually seen one. And let's not forget space for the stuff...water toys, life jackets, towels, beverage cooler, shoes (everyone will take them off and leave them where they will trip you), etc... Growing up, my dad had a 41' Chris Craft. Although doable, I would not have wanted 18 people on that and it could sleep 6.
Officially bought. Should get her christened officially in a. Few weeks, registration is a mess due to Covid and terrible local online forms.
I have a Garmin 93 SV Plus and Garmin 94 SV Plus mounted on mine, but I use heavily for fishing (two nine inch screens, one with inshore lake maps, the other with coastal maps). They have recently been replaced with new models, but if you can find leftover stock on the 94 SV Plus (saltwater and coastal maps built in), I would highly recommend it. I found mine at WestMarine for $699. The newer models are $1149. It will provide everything you are asking for and so much more. It includes the transducer, which the transducer alone by itself is over $400 on Garmim website. We've been in 1000 feet of water and 30 miles offshore, never an issue. It's an awesome unit for the price. They won't last long at this price (surprised they still have inventory). Maps very accurate on shallow inshore depth as well.
You will love it. Feel free to reach out if you are installing yourself, I can give you some recommendations. Running the transducer is generally the biggest PITA, but otherwise not that bad. I've owned at least 15 boats in my life, never without one. It's a great unit.
Don't get in the habit of relying on the electronics when you are in shallow water. They don't look forward very well and with even a little speed it is very easy to outpace them. Learn to read the water and learn your local area, slowly. Water color, topwater turbulence, and wave patterns are your indicators. You will run aground. Don't worry about it as long as they are just sandbars. Carry a pair of shrimp boots on board for when you have to get off and push if you have oyster beds. Have passengers shift their weight to the bow to lift the stern, etc.
New boat owner here..I have made a couple of these mistakes also...Expensive boat noob mistake. Drove a few miles with biminy up. Prob reached 65 mph. I could see I screwed up.
Dealer: "I've never seen one bent like this."
He is going to put in a warranty submission, told me about 0% chance it is approved.
Just don't make the "forgot the plug" or "hey that's not the gas hole" mistake. Those are really expensive.Expensive boat noob mistake. Drove a few miles with biminy up. Prob reached 65 mph. I could see I screwed up.
Dealer: "I've never seen one bent like this."
He is going to put in a warranty submission, told me about 0% chance it is approved.
matuski said:Expensive boat noob mistake. Drove a few miles with biminy up. Prob reached 65 mph. I could see I screwed up.
Dealer: "I've never seen one bent like this."
He is going to put in a warranty submission, told me about 0% chance it is approved.
I'm not laughing at you. I'm laughing near you. You are now officially a boat owner.
Freshwater washdown tank. On boats that have them they usually put them on the opposite side of the boat from where the fuel fill is but they use caps that look similar to the fuel caps. Except one says "fuel" and the other says "water".matuski said:
