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    Back for More! Looking into a bigger boat for big water - Deck or other

    OK, good to know about tritoons. I haven't considered them my cup of tea thus far. I tend to prefer the lower seating position of aluminum deck boats. Can anyone with hands on experience argue the tradeoffs?
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    Back for More! Looking into a bigger boat for big water - Deck or other

    10 people will include a mix of kids. Adults will probably average 175lb. More adults would mean lower head count. Large groups would be short trips. Other times it will hold 2 adults and 2 kids with clamping gear. That's where the trips on the bigger water come in. I did get some research...
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    Back for More! Looking into a bigger boat for big water - Deck or other

    It's been a while since I posted here, but I still have the Starcraft Super Sport and I've since added a Starcraft Falcon. Now my family is bigger and so are my goals. We are looking for a boat that is bigger and faster, with a goal of potentially bigger water than we saw before. 1. We'd like...
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    Mercury 500 50hp Strange Dripping from Prop, + Cutting Out When Throttling Down

    Complete newb to outboards, bought a 75 Starcraft SS last year. Came with a 50hp Mercury. Worked fine all last season, with one exception - when throttling down, it would cut out, but then would start back up at an idle as though nothing happened. At the end of the season, when I winterized...
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    PA Creeks & the boats that can navigate

    Tried searching on this and couldn't find anything, so here goes... I like creeks, with most of my creek experience being in canoes & kayaks. I'm gradually becoming aware of the powered craft that are designed for shallow water, though I haven't seen too many of them around here. Begging the...
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    Boat Buying Checklist - Non-Technical (Legal, Title, etc)

    As I've posted elsewhere, I'm not new to boating overall, but new to boat buying and ownership. I've done a couple searches here and found some helpful info on this question, but still need to check how it relates to my situation. Resident of western PA and looking to buy within about a 300mi...
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    Planing Pontoons? - Theory and Practice

    Third thread here, so please treat as a noob question. While most pontoon boats I've seen have the round 'toons with deep vee front edges, I've seen a couple that are flat bottomed, or other style that resembles more of a planing hull. I don't think any were newer, and some were listed as deck...
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    Powering Down to 20hp

    I have another thread started on general noob questions, but there's one area I'm looking to focus on in particular. That would be installing a 20hp motor on a boat that's intended for something much bigger. Specifically a fiberglass V or tri-hull with 6-8 person capacity. The main reason...
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    Trihull vs V-hull Bowrider vs Deckboat - Noob Questions

    Greetings, this be my first post here. I'm hoping to pick up a boat in the near future, and am trying to narrow down what would work best without closing off any options. My background: 26 years of paddling experience in canoe and kayak, both flatwater and up to intermediate whitewater. Past...
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