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coachclay
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Soon to be owner.

#1 Post by coachclay » Sun Jan 24, 2016 3:35 pm

Hey I'm Clay.

I haven't bought my pontoon yet but I will be maybe as soon as next weekend, I took off Friday to go look at one.

I bought my 1st boat about 5 years ago and now as the family has grown we've decided it's time time to upgrade from a ski boat to a pontoon. We do about 90% of our boating on Pickwick Lake with the occasional run up to the Nashville area lakes.

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#2 Post by HandymanHerb » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:48 pm

Welcome, what size are you looking at, Bi or Tri toon, now is the time to ask questions before you buy, the first thing you need to know is buy one with the biggest engine you can afford or want, it costs more to re-engine most times than buying a whole boat.

How many people do you see having with you most times ?
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#3 Post by Bamaman » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:57 pm

If you're wanting to buy new, checkout JacosMarine.com for the Mercury dealer in Lawrenceburg. You're simply not going to beat his prices on a pontoon, and he's just 70 miles from Pickwick Dam.

Jaco has customers coming in from all over the country to repower their bass boats. And his mechanics are about as good as it comes with many championship Allison racing boats setup by them.
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#4 Post by coachclay » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:26 pm

22-25 Foot, usually 4-6 people sometimes 8 likely no more than 10. The one I'm going to look at is a 2000 25 foot Crest II with a Merc 90hp 2 stroke. I would much rather have a 4 stroke but I do know of a local dealer that has 2003 Merc 115 EFI 4 stroke and is willing to take a trade in on the 90.

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#5 Post by Waterlogged » Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:02 am

Welcome aboard coach, here's hopin' you get the boat with the setup your lookin' for.

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#6 Post by smltooner » Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:30 pm

Welcome to the club.
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#7 Post by Valet37 » Wed Jan 27, 2016 7:46 pm

Welcome Clay!
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#8 Post by justrfb » Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:23 am

Welcome and dont forget

It didn't happen without :pics !

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Good luck!

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