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I have a 2005 boat with only 257 hours on it. I bought it when it had 196 hours. A Sunsation 288 Mid Cabin Open Bow powered with a Mercrusier 496 mag. It spend the first half of it's life on a rack at a marina. Then 2nd owner used it at the finger lakes in upstate NY. I've had it since...

Well well well. Guess they will be there for awhile.

I had a similar issue with a Baja w/454. It was the fuel pump. It would loose prime and it was weak so it would not supply enough fuel to the carbonator to get it going at beginning of the boating day. Then it would run all day without a hitch. Before I figured it out I was priming the...

No experience with the diag tools but I did a search and amason has a few. Here is one of the lower priced ones that looked like it might help you and seemed affordable. AUTOPHIX 7110 Full Systems Diagnostic Scan Tool Compatible with Volvo, Car Code Reader Full Functions OBD2 Scanner...

I'd start with a tune up. Two plugs not firing on time can cause a stall.

more details please. Does it stall while underway? Or only when out of gear at idle?

It never came up before but I always thought your arch was original equipment on your boat. Nice addition. Looks great.

I suspect that would be well out of their price range. While they have not told me their upper limit I believe it is somewhere less than 50k. And with gas prices towing that far would add a few thousand to the price. Thanks though.

My daughter and SIL are wanting to upgrade from their 20ft Four Winns runabout. They want open bow and 23 to 26 ft boat. Looking at specs for the 256 SSI it looks like an awesome boat. In Ohio and will drive for right boat.

Thanks BJ. :tiphat:

took a bit of digging but here ya go. From: https://pdf.nauticexpo.com/pdf/chaparral/ssi-256/20132-8745.html

I said it lasted the 4 days I was in the water. I put in for weekends ... usually 3 or 4 days at a time. I didn't know you leave yours in all season. That is not an option for me. I like taking it out after each weekend use. No rack. Wife and I get er done. I back the trailer down...

Here is the stuff I used this year. It was easy to apply and works good and makes bottom easy to clean. Spray on, wipe off. Easiest I've found. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X04JRMU/

Always at least once a year. Try for twice a year. But this year we are targeting doing the bottom once a month. The bottom cleans up so much easier after waxing. And we found a was that sprays on and wipes off so easy and stays on after 4 days in the dirty river water. Very impressed...

I'll 2nd happy fathers day guys!!!!! I had a great boating weekend. Three days of fun on the water. Good weather all the way. River was trashy but that's more the norm than not lately. Hope you all had an enjoyable day.

Looks GREAT!!!!!!!

Thanks LakeTime :tiphat:

I had a Manitou Pontoon with a 350 Suzuki outboard. It had the smart features built right into the dash. Very nice. But fuel flow was a tough one for me to watch. I know boats do not get good mpg ...1.5 maybe ...but cruising at 45 it would show 18 gallown an hour or something close. Heck...

Sounds like a nice set up. While taking pics please take a couple of the way you mounted the phone(s) at the helm. Good idea. I'm also considering using an old iPad for a bigger screen if it is able to run the app. To often older iOS will not run newer apps.