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When you see two air filters it's safe to assume you don't wanna know what kind of MPG she gets 

Hey @Michael T my boat troubles haven't brought you from the background but my neighbors mail box did? Hey, what ever works and I hope things are as well as they can be.

Can't resist this topic......Had trouble with my garbage cans. Every second or third week someone would knock them flying spilling the garbage all over the place. Found out it was happening to other houses in the neighborhood too. Had  friend who was a lawyer, so I asked him what I could do, legally. Thought of buried 2x4 with nails etc. He said no, don't do anything that obvious and premeditated looking. Then he said you're doing interlock patio, around your back yard and hot tub area, right? Yes, I said. He said if you have heavy scrap put it in the garbage cans. I called the township works department about the extra weight. They said there might be a slight surcharge and a would I please put a note on top of them to tell the sanitation guys to watch their backs when lifting them. Done! Lawyer friend also said make sure the garbage cans are well within my property line - so I put them well in from the end of my wide laneway. Next garbage pick-up day I heard a gawd awful crash about 3 a.m. screeching and clanging. About an hour later got up to take a look. Grille, headlight and body parts all over the place. Tire drag marks. One garbage can two houses down. Couldn't see the other one but saw a trail of coolant and oil leading off into the night. Went for a drive the next day. No idea how the driver got about 20 houses away before the car failed. Guy on his front lawn was laughing so hard he could hardly speak. Said 4 teens got out of a late model BMW SUV that was basically destroyed. In a panic they called for a flat bed. Two days later a guy turned-up at my door saying his almost new BMW was a write-off and said I pay or his lawyer would smoke me. Showed him a picture of where my garbage cans were, my property line survey, the note regarding construction waste - with pictures of the job and the email from the works department. Told him he'd be getting a bill for the garbage cans and the litter clean-up if he went that route. Never heard from him again and never had another garbage can knocked over. There is a God and he approves of concrete and paving stones.

lol, picklerick makes me remember a story of my father with our mailbox getting hit when growing up.  We had a fancy mailbox that looked like our house.  Kept getting hit.  Now, we lived out in the hicks of Ohio.  He lined up wood with nails sticking out around mailbox.  They ended up with flat tire in the ditch!  Oh that was great.  At that time my old man was a deputy sheriff and went out and flipped badge and asked if they needed help.😉

Our boat had lived it's whole life in dry storage so it never had bottom paint or the corrosion potential that many outdrives suffer if the anodes and mercathode system are neglected. New bellows, a noise free outdrive at all steering points and trim  and clean drive oil are a must. The B3 OD is known to be one of the best drives available.

It's a pretty safe bet that risers and manifolds will become problematic after around 5yrs in a constant saltwater environment but don't be too freked out about buying a boat down here if it's in good shape. My risers/manifolds had just been replaced when we bought and our engine had about 200hrs. I trailer it and am OCD about flushing it so I hope we'll get at least 5yrs if not much more before they start showing signs of blockage/overheating or leaking seawater back into the heads (not good).

Beware those boatshow sharks. It's always tough to look at used boats after the slick pitch and shine of new product. We love the shows too but financial reality kept us on track and we are very happy with the deal we eventually found. Rinker really does pack a lot of value into their boats.

Welcome aboard. You'll find what you're looking for eventually and like every boat you'll definitely have the chance to exercise you mechanical skills . Cya, Mike