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LOHarris, Can you answer the questions above? Scott

Never heard of that but I've never heard of a lot of things that are on this planet. And I thought WE here in lake Havasu were the only ones with metals in our water, hmmmm. Scott

Well LOHarris, There's a few things we need to know here. 1. Is the boat in the water constantly and not trailered back and forth to home? 2. How old is the boat? And consequently, how old is the "sacrificial anode" or just plain Anode? Based on your statement "Timing of this problem...

Yeah, I should have figured there's be some sort of coating on those elevator doors. Otherwise there'd be hand and finger prints galore and it WOULD be a PITA to clean and keep clean. The "Mirror" finish you see is very, very nice and we constantly receive very nice comments. But, as you may...

That's what we have, a double bimini. And that setup, without a doubt, is OUTSTANDING in providing a considerable amount of "extra" shade. We wouldn't have it any other way. Scott

You are mostly correct here Sir. However, while "graining" is a form of *roughing* the surface, we're not talking massively deep grooves. In fact, the graining effect one sees in raw aluminum as it leaves the factory, primarily can't actually be felt with fingers. It's way more of a "seen", not...

The "grain" finish as stated earlier, is mostly done by machine at the factory prior to delivery to whatever kind of facility that uses it, like Bennington. To put anywhere near that same finish is without a doubt, one pain in the butt after the aluminum has been handled, formed, bent, welded...

Acid washing is ONE WAY to finish a pontoon and there are others. Most owners don't or won't go through other various methods of finishing or "refinishing" a toon simply because it's waaaaaay too much work and owners would rather play than work and, I don't blame them.. When we purchased our...

Well, I'm just a tad confused. In one thread you state you'd like a HARD TOP BIMINI (which for the most part, I have NEVER seen) and in this thread, you want an extension to your existing bimini. Scott

Weeeeelllll I wouldn't say this thread is PROMOTING side shift thrusters, not at all. The Side Shift thruster is but ONE of many ways to augment control of boat, specifically a pontoon/tri-toon in MANY slow or NO speed conditions. And without a doubt, those who have bit the bullet and installed...

Marine 1371, With all this talk about trailer guides, "goal posts" and other various methods of properly retrieving a boat onto a trailer, we seemed to have veered off the runway track of your asking for "tips". A pontoon or "tri-toon" (for the most part, very similar in operational tactics)...

We have the same exact mounted loop in the same exact place on our '14 2550RCL with the Yamaha F-350 5.3L 350HP V-8. I wouldn't use that loop for anything but maybe tying onto with a small rope if we were floating nearby. I'd certainly not use it for anything that would put stress on it. The...

Hey Laurence, My post was surely not to downplay those guides. There's a zillion boat trailers outfitted with them and if I were to guess, I'd say that way more than the majority of boaters who have/use those type guides are quite happy. And I do really like their intent for sure. And you and I...

Hey Jack M, Well Sir, it's amazing that we have oh, maybe 350 pictures of the boat in just about every aspect possible. But, I can't find any definitive ones of the damage of the toons. As far as cosmetic or let's say "structural" damage, no, the damage was definitely cosmetic but somewhat deep...

Well Sir, I'm not too sure I'd agree with the "Goal posts" as I call them for retrieving the pontoon/tri-toon back onto the trailer. Oh, I'm not saying they're bad, I'm just not agreeing they're the best. Yes, they work, in most situations. But not always. Case in point. We'd purchased our '14...