-Joe-

Wiley, could you post a brief history of your original forum and this one? I've been told the original forum was started in Jan/01, then you shut it down because a boat company threatened to sue? Then in February, you opened it back up? I don't remember any of that--all I remember was the closure of the SWS forums.

Too bad..you could have asked them if they solved the corrosion problems on the F225/F250.

After reading about others, and experiencing myself Mercury's warranty, I'd choose anything other than that. I'll never own another. E-TEC seems like a great choice, if not going Yamaha.

If they have been in salt water, you have two options: 1. Paint 2. New aluminum rims. I guess if it's grease, you could spray some degreaser on them. If not, you could let them just turn all the way black. For some reason, people seem to like their wheels on their cars black nowadays.

Colts 27, Saints 13

Ludicrous--I remember this thread and actualy wrote your color combo down in case I ever needed it. I don;t have a yamaha presently (but might again in the near future )and I remember afterwards you saying you would change the color some? Do you have that new mixture?

I went through Georgetown on Labor Day weekend, and they were closed then. I was very surprised to see them gone; they've been around a while. In other news, Hanckel Marine on Daniel Island closed up last week. I heard they auctioned off a lot of their inventory a few weeks prior. Don't know if the West Ashley location is still open.

Everyone keeps talking about how bad the market is; I'm just wondering what and where they are selling. I pass by a Sea Hunt/ Grady dealer everyday, and they are moving boats OUT of the dealership like crazy. A coworker just sold his 15' skiff for $1500 more than he paid for it 5 months ago (from dealer). He sold it in a week with an ad on Craigslist. I'm not sure the market ever changed here in SC. And the OP said something about 20% unemployment...where do you live? Detroit?

Bleach. Bleach kills everything.

T-Top Covers will make you a cover to fit anything..literally. You'll just have to pay for it. They told me the reason they don't cover everything is that it allows air to vent where it connects to the t-top, so it won't mildew/mold inside the boat.

SeaHunt--good boat for the money. Wiring is a little weak. I'd have Sea Hunt fully foam the hull sides of the boat to cut down on some of the echoing when coming down off a wave. They've done this on some of teh smaller boats; I'm sure they would on the 24 as well.

DDHand--was that from the Daniel Island store?

In the long run, the boat will be a lot less expensive.

I agree--the West Ashley and Mt Pleasant stores are picked over; not much left but bulk hardware. Daniel Island store has been sending all their inventory to the Wilmington, NC store. I did pick up a Northstar 660 gps/sounder at West Ashley gps for $390--BOE has it for $912. What's up with boatersworld.com? Are they a different business? Will they stay open?

I thought about getting one from Wal Mart, but they don't have a Group 24 1000 MCA / 800 CCA battery. The biggest I saw was a 650 CCA (didn't see the MCA rating), and at only about $20/more, the Batteries Plus 1000/800 sounds like a decent deal.