Recent content by fiddlebick

Took both skirts off a few years back when I did a poor job of cleaning the toons with acid. Got acid on the skirts and it ate thru the anodization leaving ugly splotches. I used oven cleaner and scotchbrite to remove the anodization then primed them with self etching primer and spray painted...

Well things have changed suddenly for us. I was looking at both bennington and barletta, godfrey and harris, to order or find one used...strongly leaning to bennington. I happened to open up Boat Trader early the other day and found a new Barletta available at the dealer that someone had...

Its hard to look at boats on the lot, when most of them are pre-ordered and still shrink wrapped til warmer weather, and they have no boats in the showrooms either. I so wish that I had gone to a boat show for better knowledge. I know the Simtex is popular and that should tell me all I need to...

So...I just learned that the Mercury 250 is a V8 motor, didnt realize that. I assumed it would be a V6 as is the Honda's and Yamaha's

My old boat was an '05 2575rfs and it was a cherry when I bought it used in 2013...still a cherry when I sold it this spring. The vinyl still looked nearly 100% new, due to constant attention and careful treatment by my guests. I just don't like the new Simtex feel on the boats they have on the...

If I order a boat, 200hp is my max, all I'd need. Buying a used one has a different mindset on what I need, want and what I'm willing to accept for the lower price. What an adventure.

In my search for a boat, I run across motors from 200 to 300 on a 23 to25ft hull. I don't need a bigger badder motor, but I am not sure I'd want to pass on a nice boat just because its going to use more fuel at a reasonable cruising speed than a smaller one. I don't need to run 45 mph unless I...

I'm still sweating it out here at the computer. Watching every day for a magical boat of my dreams to pop up on Marketplace, saving me thousands of dollars this year.. and keeping in mind there is a price increase looming for new boats in the near future. I tried to buy a 2021 Godfrey Monaco...

We definitely will order the dual captains chairs, and we want that premium swingback with the stainless deck enclosure with double gates. I didn't realize full enclosure was unavailable on the 22' boats, but I hadn't looked at the 22 build sheet either. The 23LSB is going to fit the bill for...

I am currently without a boat, as I sold my Benny to make way for a tritoon...but on the old boat, When I mounted my JL amp on the '05 under the helm, I cut a blank of plywood to mount the amp to and used Liquid Nails to secure the plywood base to the helm. Then just screwed the amp to the...

I'm sticking with the tritoon build. This will be my last boat at 63yrs old. Hey I actually work for Commonwealth Aluminum Products here in KY. We make the huge coils of Aluminum that is then shipped to the pontoon builders who then roll and form the pontoon logs. I probably had a hand in the...

That's a nice ride, and the performance amazes me. I never thought a two logger could achieve that. I still don't know quite how this is going to turn out, but I kinda have my heart set on a tritoon at this point. Weighing all the info I get from great folks on this forum.

Any thoughts on a 22ft vs 23ft LSB? Where is the space sacrificed and can I save enough to get this build into my finances a little better? Mostly just me and the wife. Usually one other couple if any. How do you like your 22ft and why did you buy that instead of a 23?

I like that much better. Thanks for the advice and nice setup. My bimini decision may still be up in the air. Its sad to read older posts of new builds and see the prices from just two years ago. I'm looking at around 85k to build what would have been about 60k two years ago..apparently. If...

I may order a new boat. I have begun to think about a 22L instead of my original 23L pick. Where will I give up length if I go with the 22 footer? Is it the front furniture or the aft deck?