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Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Anyone have a 232 Captiva? Cuddie or Bowrider? 
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  • 69fastback69fastback Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭
    I have a 232 BR
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    69fastback said:
    I have a 232 BR
    What year? What motor? Any issues?
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,077 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had a 98 232cc. Great boat!!!
    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
    2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
    Go Steelers!!!
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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You boat shopping Handy? 
    "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
    2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Willhound said:
    You boat shopping Handy? 
    Yes I am researching for a possible boat to use on the lake near my summer home or any lake nearby including lake Wawasee where all the Rinkers were tested. I watched a 232 on YouTube with the 7.4 and Captains call exhaust. Sweeeeettt. That boat did 56
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,077 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 232 would be a great boat for Deep Creek. The lake gets very busy on the weekends and a 232 would handle the wakes very well.
    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
    2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
    Go Steelers!!!
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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Won't happen until maybe next year but so researching 232 Cuddy's as a trailerable replacement for the 270.
    "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
    2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think handy has been drinking and playing on the internet 😜. He's gonna have a lot of back peddling to do if he gets a boat. 
    1997 Bayliner 3988
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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    some people should never own a boat, isn't that your signature line.
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    reneechris14 said:
    some people should never own a boat, isn't that your signature line.
    Well said but does not define me. 
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Aqua_Aura said:
    I think handy has been drinking and playing on the internet 😜. He's gonna have a lot of back peddling to do if he gets a boat. 
    Well the kids will force me to get one but since I have a great huge garage to store it that is a huge plus. 
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Always easier when you have a garage to put it in. A ski boat is way less of an expense and headache than something that is moored all year. I wish I had space for our 280 but my shop doors are only 10' 😟
    1997 Bayliner 3988
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,060 mod
    Diesel outboard.
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  • 69fastback69fastback Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭
    edited September 2020
    Handymans342 said:
    69fastback said:
    I have a 232 BR
    What year? What motor? Any issues?
    2003 350MAG/bravo 3 

    We’ve had the boat for about 10 years and use it a lot. Literally, the only issues I’ve had were it popped a circulation hose, and a power steering hose. The boat has been so trouble free that it’s ridiculous. Every time my wife and I talk about buying a new one, I talk myself out of it.  I did do the transom assembly a few years back, as I was having the bravo 3 work steering pin issue, but mercruiser recommends it every 10 years anyways, so it needed it. 


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  • 69fastback69fastback Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭
    Handymans342 said:
    Willhound said:
    You boat shopping Handy? 
    Yes I am researching for a possible boat to use on the lake near my summer home or any lake nearby including lake Wawasee where all the Rinkers were tested. I watched a 232 on YouTube with the 7.4 and Captains call exhaust. Sweeeeettt. That boat did 56
    I’ve had mine at 55 on the GPS before I added a bunch of weight with heavy AGM batteries, speakers, and a heavy enclosure. 
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice 
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  • mattiemattie Member Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭
    Good lookin boat. Timeless.
    246BR, 276BR, H310BR current
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  • captkevincaptkevin Member Posts: 543 ✭✭✭
    We have a 2004 232 open bow 350 with bravo 3. Great boat. Great on gas.
    2004 232
    2021 Yamaha Fx svho
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @Handymans342 not a bow rider but this is what you need 😎.


    2008 330EC
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Now that’s the sheet Aero!!
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  • Lake_BumLake_Bum Member Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭✭
    I have a 2000 232 cuddy, with 350mag, Bravo 3.  It is a fantastic boat, and I've owned a lot of boats over the years.  Power to weight ratio is perfect.  A big block, in my case at least, wouldn't be better. It would affect my range, and I have a huuuuuge range with a 73 gallon fuel tank, and the 350mag.  Paired with Lenco tabs, the boat handles like a dream.  My favorite boat I've had, no comparison.  And I've had Sea Ray, Chaparral, Cobalt, Stingray, Four Winns, and Starcraft.  The 232 is a great platform. 
    2000 Captiva 232 
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks 
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    https://www.boatersparadise.com/boats-for-sale/2003-rinker-262-ss-captiva-cape-coral-florida-7516525/
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  • Lake_BumLake_Bum Member Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭✭
    Lots of wasted space on that 262. Wayyyyyy more open space on even a cuddy 232. Here's a few pics of this past weekend...
    2000 Captiva 232 
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What about the 242 Captiva??
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  • Liberty44140Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Handy, did you talk with Al during your visit about finding a 232/242 with diesel? Did they make an EU version with diesel? 
    07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)

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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Liberty44140 said:
    Handy, did you talk with Al during your visit about finding a 232/242 with diesel? Did they make an EU version with diesel? 
    No they did not. He liked the 212 with a 350 the best. 
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  • captkevincaptkevin Member Posts: 543 ✭✭✭
    Handymans342 said:
    What about the 242 Captiva??
    The 246 replaced the 232. It doesn't have near the interior space of the 232. Never liked the layout. Feels much smaller to me.

    2004 232
    2021 Yamaha Fx svho
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Have any of you guys with bowriders kept on trailers and used during the summer, had your outdrives removed and engine aligned, etc. or do you just change the gear oil and store for the winter??
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  • randy56randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @Handymans342 That 262 is a good looking boat, even sexy,  however the older style you have to climb over the side to get in, or up the swim platform and slide across the deck lid. Your getting older, so.......... I had a boat like that 252 Mariah. 502, it was bad a$$ , and fun, getting in and out was tough for some passengers. Always had to step on the seat . Even at the dock. It was the only thing I did not like about the boat. 
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