Another ??? for Pat our Resident Setup Man

"Pat Goff" wrote in message
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Bob,
If I can be frank, I tried to give you a pretty straight up answer on
BFHP,
but the 898 is not one of my favorite Nitros, or is it one of my favorite
boats at all. Especially if you're planning on putting a 150 on it.

That hull has some serious issues, first is holeshot, I don't think you
can
get better than an eight or ten second holeshot with a one fifty when
you're
loaded. With a 225 EFI, filled livewells and fuel, it was at best eight.

I worked on that boat as much as I could, and it just never responded
much.
With a 150 and two people and full load, I seriously doubt you'd ever see
55 mph.

The boat doesn't handle well, and doesn't ride well at all, especially
considering it's a twenty foot boat.

Now, here's a kicker, you can get a nicely equipped Bass Cat Pantera
Classic
now for 25K, with a 200 EFI, and have a lot more boat/motor/equipment,
with
a superior warranty, ride and resale.

If you'd like to continue this in private, drop me a mail at work


See Bob, I told you there were options.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

Well, maybe, but its a 19' boat and the nearest dealer is in a town in the
next state I never heard of before.

Locally I have a Ranger dealer, and a new Skeeter dealer that doesn't have
any boats yet. O, yea, and a Gregor dealer with a bad attitude. LOL.

We shall see. The Baker is running pretty good these day. I'm getting more
and more resigned to just running her til she drops. She's a good shallow
water boat, but not sure I like the idea of fishing big water out of her.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

First thing Bob,
That Pantera rides and handles better than the Nitro does, I've got enough
time in both to know. The Nitro pretty well just beats the water down.

Second, do a little research, Bass Cat is a whole different boat company.
There are hundreds of customers with no dealer nearby, and they bust their
butts to keep those guys running and happy. The only boat company, where
you are the customer, not me (dealer) You just let me know what nearby
dealer provides the best motor service (Merc or Yamaha preferred) and Bass
Cat will have everything on the boat handled from their end.

They didn't take the J.D. Power award away from Ranger by slacking off.

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Well, maybe, but its a 19' boat and the nearest dealer is in a town in the
next state I never heard of before.

Locally I have a Ranger dealer, and a new Skeeter dealer that doesn't have
any boats yet. O, yea, and a Gregor dealer with a bad attitude. LOL.

We shall see. The Baker is running pretty good these day. I'm getting
more
and more resigned to just running her til she drops. She's a good shallow
water boat, but not sure I like the idea of fishing big water out of her.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

"Pat Goff @yahoo.com" pmgoffjrbot wrote in message
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First thing Bob,
That Pantera rides and handles better than the Nitro does, I've got enough
time in both to know. The Nitro pretty well just beats the water down.

Second, do a little research, Bass Cat is a whole different boat company.
There are hundreds of customers with no dealer nearby, and they bust their
butts to keep those guys running and happy. The only boat company, where
you are the customer, not me (dealer) You just let me know what nearby
dealer provides the best motor service (Merc or Yamaha preferred) and Bass
Cat will have everything on the boat handled from their end.

They didn't take the J.D. Power award away from Ranger by slacking off.


I have done a little looking and Bass Cat was on my short list. in the past,
but its really hard to research prices on boats. I imagine that is part of
why Tracker/Nitro sells so many boats. People can look and see what the
price is.

Well, at present we have a Skeeter/G3 dealer (with no boats) so obviously
they do Yamaha motors. I know their main mechanic personally. He is my Yuma
Bassmasters backboater. I know for a fact he is not yet Yamaha certified.

Mercury is a mixed bag. We have two shops that work on Mercury. One is
fairly responsive, but I have not been 100% satified with the service
quality. The other has a, "we'll work on your boat whenever we are darned
good and ready and not one second before," attitude. I have never actually
had them do any work because I'ld like to have a clue when I might see my
boat again. I mean other than someday. That leaves Evinrude. Now I know
Gary (Davidson Marine) sends his mechanic off to school and keeps him up to
date and has all the latest diagnostic software on the computer in the shop
because I always hear him complaining about the cost of it.

Marginally I would say that I could get the best quality of work out of
Davison Marine, but service is mixed. Gary is always willing to give me a
discount on parts and help make sure I know what I need to know when I do
service myself, but I can't really count on being able to get my boat in and
out of the shop in a reasonable time if I don't want to do it myself. This
concerns me when it comes to warranty or service intervals. Also, this is a
small town. (relatively speaking) I am not 100% certain I will get the same
engine service and response if I don't buy it from him. He keeps showing me
Rangers of course. LOL.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

Sorry Pat, Anyway. Why not Evinrude? The FICHT and the E-Tec motors seem
to have worked out all their bugs.

Bob,
I'll get you any motor you want...but I'll also tell you what I know.

All the hype on the ETEC is just that, hype. If you have someone bragging
on their 225 HO Etec and how great it is, remember, they have to be running
a hand built prototype. Actual production motors are less than three weeks
old. Everyone has been waiting on those motors since last october. I'll
wait a little while and see how they actually hold up.

Anyway, I have a new Bass Cat Cougar FTD/225 Optimax, hard loaded that'll
run you less than the nitro would after you rigged it moderatly for fishing.
Drop me a email: and I'll send some pics.


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Sorry Pat, Anyway. Why not Evinrude? The FICHT and the E-Tec motors seem
to have worked out all their bugs.

You have e-mail.

P.S. I just noticed I mailed you using my hotmail account. The spam
filters ont hat one are pretty strong. They filter out a lot of stuff I do
want so e-mail any replies to webmaster at yumabassman dot com instead. Or
if you prefer I Yahoo and AOLIM under the name onebikenut and my ICQ number
is 12280352. Of course we get down to soemthing I really want I'll call or
drive out.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com