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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5537763" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>No, the prior owner must have done no maintenance on the boat. Younger fellow, not really sure he even knew to.</p><p></p><p>To be honest, I'm not even sure the boat has been run in 4 or 5 years. He bought it from the original owner at the end of 2013/ beginning of 2014 (the original owner had it custom built in 4/2013, used it for 6 months, then realized he couldn't really afford it and sold it to the fellow I bought it from. The registration stickers on the side of the boat expired in 2017, so he either ran it without updating the stickers or it has sat since that time.</p><p></p><p>I suspect lack of maintenance in saltwater started causing a lot of little problems that became overwhelming to get fixed, so he never got around to them, then it just sat... and sat... and sat. No hour meter on the motor, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's seen less than 50h run time. Inside the cowling is just pristine, except for all the fire ants that had set up home somewhere in there (must have flushed out a thousand the first time I ran it in the big tub) But permethrin kills the snot out of them, and I'm no longer seeing ants. </p><p></p><p>And yes, I already have salt-a-way on hand and will use it liberally after every use in the marshes before storing in between trips!</p><p></p><p>As.far as trolling motor speeds...</p><p></p><p>This boat is not much heavier than the gheenoe I have been fishing out of... which only has a 30lb thrust motor and will do 2.7mph. I was expecting to get around 3mph with this 55lb thrust motor, even though the boat is a bit heavier (est 250lb hull, 190lb motor, another 75lbs in batteries, 40lbs fuel, plus myself)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5537763, member: 2805"] No, the prior owner must have done no maintenance on the boat. Younger fellow, not really sure he even knew to. To be honest, I'm not even sure the boat has been run in 4 or 5 years. He bought it from the original owner at the end of 2013/ beginning of 2014 (the original owner had it custom built in 4/2013, used it for 6 months, then realized he couldn't really afford it and sold it to the fellow I bought it from. The registration stickers on the side of the boat expired in 2017, so he either ran it without updating the stickers or it has sat since that time. I suspect lack of maintenance in saltwater started causing a lot of little problems that became overwhelming to get fixed, so he never got around to them, then it just sat... and sat... and sat. No hour meter on the motor, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's seen less than 50h run time. Inside the cowling is just pristine, except for all the fire ants that had set up home somewhere in there (must have flushed out a thousand the first time I ran it in the big tub) But permethrin kills the snot out of them, and I'm no longer seeing ants. And yes, I already have salt-a-way on hand and will use it liberally after every use in the marshes before storing in between trips! As.far as trolling motor speeds... This boat is not much heavier than the gheenoe I have been fishing out of... which only has a 30lb thrust motor and will do 2.7mph. I was expecting to get around 3mph with this 55lb thrust motor, even though the boat is a bit heavier (est 250lb hull, 190lb motor, another 75lbs in batteries, 40lbs fuel, plus myself) [/QUOTE]
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