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Yep. I love his channel.

Nice looking boat!

Understood on buying for yourself. You have earned it but we are on our second set of kids so my choices are somewhat constrained. The first two are grown up and gone the second set are just getting annoying ? (teenagers) I’m over 50 and want to enjoy it while I still can. So I don’t want to...

My wife cooks way better than me!

I understand but with a cruiser it’s very hard not to get the wife involved. When looking at Tiaras I wanted the 3500 Express but I purchased the 4000 Express because I was told buy whatever boat that you want but if I am uncomfortable with it you will be staying on it without me. Life is full...

My wife doesn’t get excited. She merely provides the thumbs up or down so I can decide. It’s a pretty involved process with me looking over hundreds of boats on the internet then picking a couple specific boats to represent my preferred brands so she can “agree” on visiting a few closer ones for...

I don’t think so based upon the sea trials but I honestly haven’t had the Chap long enough to say for sure. I certainly lost a lot of storage! The Chap is however very quiet even with both engines and the generator running. I was suitably impressed.

Yes. It’s included. I was specifically looking for an I/O drive boat for those reasons. As I understand it from reading the Chaparral Owners site’s old posts I can even run with the drives somewhat trimmed up but only at bare idle. I also understand that the Volvo Ocean X drives do not have...

Forgot to mention that I am only 11 miles from my marina. I like to have my boat close by.

Draft and speed. With a 4’ draft I was limited by tide from the fuel dock and pump out station. It was even rough clearing the creek. My new boat 2.75 draft down.

Okay so photos of boats past and present. I don’t have the old pontoon boat I grew up with on Pymatuning Lake between Ohio and Pennsylvania. Nor do I have the old trihaul boat I had 30+ years ago. But I do have the last two and the current purchase. So 2004 Four Winns Horizon 230, 1995 Tiara...

Thanks. She’s nice inside too.

Definitely looking forward to staying aboard this summer.

I would add do your homework! The internet is a great resource. I also found the books by David Pascoe to be worth reading. That’s why my first cruiser was a Tiara. Decide upon the correct boat type necessary to perform on the waterway you will boat upon and the boat best able to perform the...

Bronco Gurus’ drain plug mafia strikes again! That guy has great stuff on YouTube.

Just made the jump here from Chaparral spamming site. Closing on a 2008 Chap Signature 350 next week with 8.1 Volvos and Ocean X drives.