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Mambo Minnow

Jim, not a great advancement comparing to 2 stroke engine weight, but most Gen 1 four stroke engines exceeded 600 lbs. Considering a four stroke has more moving parts and weight, this is a significant achievement. Many folks never believed a four stroke V-6 could ever weigh less than its 20 year old...

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The new Mercury V6 FOURSTROKE 225-HP engine weighs 475-lbs. That is 30-lbs lighter than my 505-lbs Optimax V-6 DFI two-stroke--amazing advancement that will make re-powering to four-stroke technology a simpler decision.

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Wish the Boston Show wasn’t always right before Miami. No mention of the new 3.4L V-6 Mercury’s on the floor

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Jim--my local Mercury mechanic owns his own shop and deals exclusively with Mercury engine sales and service--no boat sales. People are already putting down deposits to get in line for engine orders.

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Exciting I have been waiting for this generation to replace my 19 year old Optimax on transom of my Conquest. My local mechanic told me the factory already has six to eight weeks of orders in hand.

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I got to see the 2018 170 Montauk. It is a nice boat which feels bigger. The one I saw had a swing tongue trailer. The upgrade to the 115-HP engine might be needed.

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Jim, my pleasure, I have 3 pictures of the ship dockside in Montreal, but I don't know how to post them here. I took my family on a winter vacation in Quebec in 2011; they loved it. When I was growing up in New England the logical foreign language to learn was "Francais" because we encount...

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Well, this year's conundrum is I retired to Jacksonville, FL but I am still a devoted Patriots season ticket holder and lifelong fan. I guess either way this weekend is a "win-win" for me in the AFC Championship game!

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Latest news on Little Rock is that Navy may have temporarily given up on transit. She may be "wintering over"; crew will not be happy stuck in winter while sunny Mayport, FL awaits arrival to their eventual homeport!

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Dutchman--I can tell you that the Navy ships don't get a government discount on charter and hire, especially unscheduled weather event like this one. The Captain was asking Canadian Coast Guard to get them out on Christmas and New Year's Eve as well as Boxing Day, but the Canadians were busy and not...

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Well, add a U.S. Navy warship to the list. USS LITTLE ROCK (LCS-9) is presently trapped at Montreal, due to ice and lack of available tugs and ice breakers to escort her out to open water. The ship recently was delivered to the Navy at the builder's yard in Marinette, Wisconsin, and had a commission...

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I have a Conquest 21 with a 1999 Mercury Optimax 200. My prop is a Mirage Plus 17P and I get max RPM of 5,750 and max speed trimmed out of 38-40 MPH. You might also want to check your Throttle Position Sensor (TPS). There are two on this age of Optimax and they get very temperamental.

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Weather in the St. Lawrence seaway problematic for us with the Navy. We just had USS Little Rock commission in Buffalo and get out of dodge to come down to Mayport, FL. We are limited on deliveries from the builder's yard in Marinette, WI by the winter weather.

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We had lots of CO2 and PKP fire extinguishers on Navy ships. We had preventative maintenance schedule/tasks, but we never had to shake or rotate the bottles.

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I have received two recalled fire extinguishers from Kidde, both before Christmas. These were the red ones in the house. The white one on my Conquest was not in the recall list, likely because I replaced the original already.

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Think they have a winner with the 2018 redesign!

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Thanks for adding the related link.

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Mercury has introduced an app for your smartphone that connects to Smartcraft capable engines 2003 and newer via bluetooth to connect your engine performance data to your smart cell phone.

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Navy ships crew have been undermanned the last 15 years due to reduced budgets and ships personnel diverted to support wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ashore. Maintenance has been deferred especially drydocking availabilities reducing material readiness of the Fleet. A whole generation of sailors were ...

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The prevalence of cyber warfare and weakness of GPS to jamming has prompted the Government to reconsider the return of LORAN for redundancy.

Link http://files.constantcontact.com/f05331 ... fb5821.pdf

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The family ownership has always been so responsive to its customers, including me. I hope this does not change going forward.

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JimH - I doubt that any of these systems are geared to you and I, the single engine, 20-23 foot boat owner. These joystick systems are targeted at the 30-42 foot boats with up to triple engine, costing upwards of $750K. The prospective owners of these boats are not going to quibble over the up charg...

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When I know the two-stroke-power-cycle carburetor engine won't be used for an extended time, I pull the fuel plug at the engine (while flushing on the muffs) and let the fuel in carburetors burn off. I also use Seafoam in the tank when I re-start with fresh tank of fuel

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Once again trailing in Mercury's wake.

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Cumberland Island has the wild horses and sea turtles, very remote and large canopy forest. Brunswick is mostly industrial, but Jekyll has nice beaches. When you get to Cumberland, I'd go the extra distance across the St. Marys river to Fernandina Beach. Beautiful seaside town with nice downtown are...

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I had the pleasure of growing up 3 towns over from Foxboro, home of the New England Patriots since 1972. I suffered through a lot of lean years, so the last 15 years have been magical. Akin to the Larry Bird era with the Celtics, although I think this run eclipses that one. My children are spoiled, ...

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My daughter just had a road race Saturday morning at First Place Sports, near Goodby's Creek but I did not think to look for the brewery. It rained on Sunday, so I did not get out on the boat.

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I also might get out, assuming it does not rain. Not going to complain about rain, as my lawn really needs the good drenching!
A new microbrewery just opened with dockside amenities in Mandarin!

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Yes, nothing turns off the family members to boating than a bad first experience!

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Yes, last 2 weekends too hot for me to truly enjoy boating. Spring and fall seasons are the best here!

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Looking at your pictures I also noticed the bunks are rather short and small. I have 4 bunks, an "inner pair" up front and an "outer pair" further astern. This configuration helps to center the trailer on recovery. The extra length also bears a great deal of the boats weight on t...

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Duane, Just read my private messages. Thanks for the link to the electric winch. Dutton-Laimson is a great brand for winches and I did not realize they made an electric one! My brother-in-law bought me a electric winch rated for 2000 lbs at Harbor Freight. Free to me, so worth a try but I have conce...

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I am watching those 4 scuppers on my transom closely. The outer plastic rim disintegrated from UV light, but the scuppers themselves are still in good shape. I am told the original parts are no longer available, but when I replace I'd prefer stainless or brass over plastic.

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I had a Dauntless 15 that I used to fish the inshore down around Sisters Creek, but my family of six outgrew the boat. Now I mostly cruise from Green Cove Springs up to the Jax Landing. Some good trout fishing south of the Acosta bridge and striped bass at the Doctor's Lake bridge in the fall/winter...

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I just moved back to Jax last year. There are a few others in the area that post here.

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I have the same 21 foot hull with bow pulpit. I can certainly attest to your challenge, as I trailer the boat myself and my custom trailer set up very similar to your original. I did not have to make elaborate winch and roller modifications. What I discovered is finding the "sweet spot" fo...

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I am not surprised to hear the Vantage models are their best sellers right now. They took in a lot of customer survey feedback in designing this new model. If I had a spare $100K laying around, that would be the next model for my family!

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[I] hope he [that is, an author who is mentioned in the newspaper article if you follow the hyperlink that is mentioned in the the post above as working on a book project about Boston Whaler but is actually no longer working on that book project] interviewed Bob [Dougherty] before he passed away

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See my similar response for Conquest 21. There is a white plastic knob up on the underside of the live well lip inside and the helm switch on the console for water. Further down inside bilge near port transom should also be a seacock valve with 90 degree handle. Look underneath boat for sea strainer...

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Hi, I can help as I have the same year and model. The WASTE cap (adjacent to fuel) on the port gunwale is hooked to remotely vacuum the port-potti. There is no installed waste tank below decks. I assume it was designed as a feature to assist those that berth their Conquest afloat at the marina. Ther...

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Bummer, move back to FL and it's gone : (

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Butch, Joe put brand new twin Yamaha V6 four-stroke-cycle engines on about three years ago. Heck, even I'd be interested in buying at least one of them because they definitely would be worth it alone even if you had to buy the hull as salvage. The motors would be worth it alone!

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Joe, very sorry to hear of your loss. I always looked forward to seeing your Conquest at Sesuit. Did you at least salvage the Yamahas you repowered? That was a great repowering by Nauset. Thanks for sharing your story. I will definitely look closer on my 1999 Conquest which I just moved from Cape ba...

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John Mirassou's Only-In-America-reunion-tour was going to do this leg next. Think he has postponed last two years for lack of sponsorship. Perhaps he will update us here.

Mambo Minnow

I loved my Dauntless 15, but my family outgrew it and sold in 2005. Now Montauk 17 is my backup boat when I go solo.

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I have the same hull with bow pulpit. It took me some time to learn the "sweet spot" to submerge the trailer at the ramp. That said probably last trailer boat I would order with pulpit. It does not even have an anchor windlass to remote activate making it less useful.

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Driving south to the holidays yesterday from Washington to Florida, I saw several northbound tractor trailers with factory fresh shrink wrapped Boston Whalers greater than 30 feet being delivered. This seems to match up with the report.

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Brunswick needs to build on the hugely successful FourStroke 150 HP model if they want to gain market share on the repower market. They took another step with the 75-115 HP models, but 175-225 HP is a large market for 20 foot plus models in need of a repower. This includes the Whalers in the early 2...

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Thanks for your hard work Jim!

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