I have a 1985 Mark Twain Costa Brava with a 260 and Alpha 1. The button on the side of the shifter will not push in to switch to throttle only for start up.
I should say I let my daughter and boyfriend take the boat out and it worked before they took it but not after. The button is sitting at...
I bought this Mark Twain Costa Mesa 250 last fall. It was about 80% done. I took it on the water once. It ran and floated but needed a lot of work. My wife and I worked on it to get it to look like it does now and I did a lot of mechanical work on it.
The wife and I just spent 3 days living in...
The boat is a 1984 Mark Twain Costa Brava 25 foot with a single 260 Mercruiser. It's deep and heavy.
The difference is even greater than I thought it would be. The boat did not get up well and over revved with the Michigan 15x15 3 blade. It had a lot of slippage. You could hear and feel it. The...
I just joined the iboats forum and now I just discovered the Mark Twain forum. I bought my Costa Brava 25 footer at the very end of the season. I only got to put it in the water once for about an hour. Next year it will be in a slip and I plan on using as much as possible.
I'm brand new here but I have been reading posts here for a little while.
I bought a 1984 Mark Twain Costa Brava 25ft with a single 260 Merc right before the weather here turned cold. I got to take it on the lake one time for about an hour. I could tell right away this boat was not propped...
