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    Yamaha vs Mercury outboard. Does it even matter?

    We have selected a few different boats that have caught our interest and we plan on buying on within the week. One is a G3 Suncatcher pontoon (feels like a very solid built boat) with a Yamaha 150. The other is a Lowe tritoon with a Merc 150. We like the overall feel of the G3 more, but I...
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    Buying a new pontoon, need recommendations.

    We bought our first pontoon last year and didn't know what we were looking for, how much we would use it, how much we were comfortable spending, etc.. Well after a year we have used it quite a bit and are ready to sell the one we bought last year (we've been quite unhappy with it) and upgrade to...
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    Selling a boat

    Hey all, So I bought my first boat last year, a brand new pontoon and, well, we hate it. We don't hate having a boat, we actually love it and use the heck out of it, but we hate the one we chose, it's a cheaply made piece of crap. I wouldn't take another Encore boat if you offered it to me for...
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    Questions/Advice about leaving pontoon in a slip all year long.

    We bought our pontoon last year and used it all summer and just had a blast. It is our first boat and you guys have helped me a lot with some newbie questions I've had. I need a little more advice. We have a dry storage unit about 5 miles from the lake that we keep the boat at. It is trailered...
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    Blown fuse or ????

    We bought a new Bentley pontoon in April and had the dealer install a depth gauge. It has been working fine up until last week. When we trailered the boat the depth gauge was working fine. The next day when we got in the water I flipped the AUX switch to power on the depth finder and nothing...
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    Brand new motor is stalling. 115hp Merc Outboard 4 Stroke

    We just bought the boat on Friday. Dropped it in the water today. I read in the manual that the best way to break it in is to run it at lower RPMs 90% of the time and then WOT 10% of the time for at least 2 hours. No problem. We kicked off at 2pm and would run the throttle at half speed/rpm...
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    New toon is pretty slow. Help with prop selection?

    Hey guys I'm hoping you all can help me out. I'm a brand new boater. After about a month of shopping we finally bought a new pontoon. We decided to go with the 115 HP motor over the 90 HP because we wanted more speed so we could do some tubing and maybe a little skiing. We ended up with a...
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    Purchased our new toon. Have some beginner questions.

    We have been looking for about a month now and finally purchased our first boat. We wanted to be able to pull a tube and possibly a skier, so we ended up getting a 115hp. We purchased a new 22' Bentley 220 SE with 115hp 4 stroke Mercury motor. It has 25 inch toons. No lifting strakes. We...
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    90HP Pontoon Pull a Skier?

    I'm looking for comments from people who have experience skiing with a pontoon w/ 90 hp motor. We are looking at a 22' Suntracker DLX and a Sweetwater 20'. Both have a 90HP motor Can you all give your comments on your experience pulling a skier with a 90? Cruising will be the primary use of...
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    Help Deciding on First Boat?!?

    New member here. I've been lurking on the forum and reading your posts and I've found them very informative. So thank you to all for the great info! My wife and I have finally decided that we are ready to buy our first boat and we just need a little help deciding what is right for our needs. We...
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