Bought a fishing boat

[Hatchdog]

Well today is the big day, we will be picking up the boat here in a few hours. Dealer will take it to the local lake for a trial run and then if all is good we will bring it home. Can’t wait to start reading all the owners manuals. I will post some pics later.

[BrokenolMarine]

Can't wait to see the pictures.

[Bake]

The two best days for a boat owner, are the day you buy it, and the day you sell the dam thing I'm thinking about the fifth one at this time. What the hell is wrong with me ? ? ?

[JEBar]

congrats and I'm really looking forward to your coming post as you become more familiar with your new boat

[Hatchdog]

The two best days for a boat owner, are the day you buy it, and the day you sell the dam thing I'm thinking about the fifth one at this time. What the hell is wrong with me ? ? ?

Truer words have never been spoken and they apply to more than just boats. Especially horses, ask me how I know . (Sorry Ranchroper)

Fifth one? I say go for it as this is my wife’s and my fifth boat. First aluminum boat with a big outboard so it will be a learning experience as all our others were Fiberglas with inboard/outboards. I won’t miss bending over into a bilge at all!

Got home late so only took this pic but will take more today as I “play” with it.

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[Hatchdog]

Got out yesterday and “played” with the boat and took the following pics. I have lots to learn especially with the fish finder. This will be my first experience with the finder, down riggers and the electric motor. Figures I would buy a boat in the April where Spokane might be setting an all time record for low temp.

Yesterday I played with the canvas, there is one more piece not shown in the pics that completes the top to the stern. This piece is for moorage/storage only and can’t be used while running the boat. It does not have a drop curtain to keep the heat in the cockpit but with the side curtains I think we will be fine. I can put my Mr. Buddy propane heater in it if needed.

We have ordered two bucket seats for the cockpit locations which will be installed on the pedestals already in place as they are the “air-ride” type that provide some shock absorber comfort while underway. We ordered one more standard pedestal and one of the original seats will be mounted on it. This will give us two seats for comfort and two seats for fishing from the front and rear platforms. We will end up with an extra seat that I’ll probably put on Craigslist and try to sell.

As with many motors I’ll have to go thru a break-in period and both limit and vary the rpm’s for the first 10 hours. This will give me lots of opportunity to learn the fish finder. The guy who did the test ride with me told me the transducer gets very hot and needs the lake water to keep it cool. Sure glad he did as I would have turned it on here at home and cooked it. I understand I can put the fish finder in a mode that does not engage the transducer where I can experiment with the different screens and do some set up tasks.

I put the rear sundeck cushions in place (an expensive option that I would not have selected) and the front cushions (standard) in place to see how they look. The front cushions will be handy when we have more than four in the boat.

Here’s some pics from yesterday.

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[JEBar]

very nice looking rig and beyond that, one really well setup for comfort on the water

[Sir Henry]

Nice looking boat and it looks good in your garage.

[BigAl52]

If you catch the fish Hatch I will eat them. Nice rig.

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

Nice boat! But don't you need a restored Jolly Roger Berkeley jet with a 454 (ours had a lowly 396) Chevy to barefoot ski and run rapids an such. Complement the Lund nicely.

-Ed-