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    Soft Floor Woes

    What?s the most likely cause of a soft floor? Water from above or water from below? The boat I checked out yesterday, a 22 foot 1976 Sea Ray Cuddy, was a soft floor disaster. You almost expected to step through any minute. Some soft spots were on the deck, some were in the Cuddy below...
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    Ownership Reevaluated

    More on my continuing saga to buy a boat this season: To rehash, I?m completely new to boats, having gone out just once, a few weeks ago on a 19 foot 1985 Bayliner Cuddy. I went out today, my 2nd time on a small boat. This boat was a seventies era Cuddy. This time on the Chain O? Lakes...
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    Young and Dumb

    What is your boat buying age limit? Ten years old? Thirty? Do you have a finite cut off point? Are you suspicious of a boat?s instruments or wiring or mechanicals beyond a certain age? Or that the boat structurally is too suspect? In aviation, most of the private plane fleet routinely...
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    Stuck In One Puddle

    I?m playing with the notion of buying a larger boat. One, perhaps, that would not be so easily trailered, one I?d be forced to leave at some adequately spacious body of water. I see many ads for wide beam boats of ten and eleven feet. The manufacturer must have intended these boats to...
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    Aquatic Elbow Room

    How much water do you need? How much space does it take to satisfy your wanderlust? Your need for seeing and exploring something different? Do you need an Ocean or one of the Great Lakes to truly stretch out? Or does a mere river, dammed after less than 20 miles work for you? I have so...
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    Boat Transport Frequency?

    How many of you?especially those from cold weather climates with craft longer than 18 feet?regularly transport your boats more than once per season? Are you launching and recovering every weekend? Dragging a boat and trailer around hither and yon? Or do you plunk your baby down in your...
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    Boating On The Cheap

    I went out for the 1st time on a small boat today. Very nervous at first. Quickly got acclimated. And eventually enraptured. A 19 foot Bayliner Cuddy., with that small four cylinder Volvo engine. A 1985 model. Unfortunately, it?s a real dog cosmetically, dirty, torn seats, a few...
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    Sea Ray--the Cadillac of Boats!

    Are Sea Rays really the Cadillacs of boats? I'm new to boating. Looking for my first. I'm starting to hear a regular refrain: Avoid certain brands, like Bayliners. Embrace others, like Sea Rays. Like in the automotive world--where you have Ford or Pontiac haters versus Oldsmobile or Buick...
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    You Gotta Be Kidding!!!!

    I?m a complete newbie reading and researching these boards. I came across lots of posts regarding engine blower issues?something I knew absolutely nothing about. I couldn?t believe my eyes. Am I understanding this right: Are boats still exploding because of engine compartment fumes? Allow...
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    Too Much Boat For 1st Timer?

    Recently, while out doing my first time boat buying due diligence, I checked out a 26 foot Sea Ray cruiser parked in a dealer?s lot. Loved the cabin and bridge space. Not surprisingly, I much preferred it over any of the shorter Cuddy?s I looked at. But when I stepped outside, climbed to the...
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    1st Time Boat Buying Dilemma!!!!

    I?m currently shopping for my first boat. I?m leaning toward a short Cuddy or perhaps a full Cabin Cruiser. This weekend I?m supposed to go on the water with a guy with a 1986 19 foot Bayliner Cuddy for a couple grand. Says it?s been in storage for a few years. The boat, cosmetically, could...
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