I'm getting ready to try to sell this fucker, and I hope it's gone within a couple of weeks! I got ripped a new one when I bought it last fall from an individual down in Florida. He hid all kinds of things that were wrong with it, and I ended up sending it to a mechanic twice last year to fix everything! 
I ended up replacing a choke cable, starter, 4 motor mounts, tachometer, rear exhaust, etc... I really bent over and took a big stiff one. 
This post is in jest, but I'm just aggravated by the whole mess and had to get it off my chest. I just went out to start it today for the 1st time this year, and can't get it to crank. I'm sure the fucker will be going back to the mechanic, and as SOON as I get it back, I'll clean it up really good and get rid of it. I'm sure I'll take a big hit, but I'll be better off paying the difference.
Here are a couple of videos showing what this boat can do when it's running well. These clips aren't of my actual boat, but mine's identical.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFOnn868 ... ure=fvwrel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iizLJ0K6 ... re=related this one has a pretty funny ending!
