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That's been my experience. But I never managed to bring one home with me. Someday...You know, I've heard that they have
At the Great New England Boat Show.
- Big Boats
- Little Boats
- Sailboats too
But I've never been, so I could be wrong.
You know, I've heard that they have
At the Great New England Boat Show.
- Big Boats
- Little Boats
- Sailboats too
But I've never been, so I could be wrong.
Q1: Ever have this happen?My boat was 28 footer. I/O. I had it for 10 years. Had my own ramp on the property. Did all the service myself. Jack.@one-eyed Jack owned a pontoon boat in NH,
and this thread is useless without his .02¢.
A decent shop is worth a recommendation. Where do you go for service?But it was nice to zip and out and have them bend over backwards to help.
Captain Bubs in Lakeville.A decent shop is worth a recommendation. Where do you go for service?
So, I completely agree. Hugh and Joe are solid guys, glad to hear you had a good experience.Captain Bubs in Lakeville.
I see those guys on a professional level about twice a year or so going back many many moons, and Hugh has always treated me with the utmost respect and fairness. I suppose it might not be safe to assume he and Joe deal with the customers in the same manner, but for most people you can pretty much tell if it’s genuine or not. Glad to hear you are mostly happy, and here’s to a safe and trouble free boating season coming up.Funny is in my part of LV, they are the debbil. "Oh don't go there. They are tricksters. Never use them." So for years I avoided them. Then talked with people OUTSIDE of LV - everyone thought they were great. Sometimes its' the grass-greener thing. LOL
They probably drained the gas or ran ethanol free, fogged the motor and carb/injectors and put antifreeze thru the block and impeller housings and tubes, they could have also pulled the gear oil out til spring as well, starting it up will F that up.So I put the boat away for the season. I brought it in last Spring to have the marina look it over. "Oh you should always bring it in the fall instead."
OK.
So I bring it in in the fall. Dropped it back off. Happened to be at the lake looking at boat. Tag on the front. "This boat has been winterized. Do not start" or something like that.
????
Any idea what that means? I'm gonna go in and talk to them about docks in JAn/Feb, but is this a "don't start til spring" or "please bring your boat back to us to charge you more" or "do not start this because we've F'd with it enough to not have it start unless we un-F it"????
I'm at work and the paperwork is at home. I didn't see anything in it that said something odd. They loob'd it and put stabilizer in it and such. I'm thinking I use the motor about 10-20 hours per year so I'm probably going to do the whole winterizing/springwhatever only every few years. It just doesn't get enough use. 99% of the time, we're on the trolling motor.