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Hello,

I just signed up to participate in this forum. I thought I would say hello.

I live in West Michigan a little south of Grand Rapids. I have been around boats my entire life. We had a brand new 170 Freedom in 1990.

After I had my own family I took on a project boat. It was a 15' Saf-T-Mate tri-hull. For those that know the history will recognize that Saf-T-Mate is the company that the four Winns bought in 1975. I replaced the floor and stringers and did various other things to it also.



In Oct 07 I bought a 180 Marquise Cuddy. This boat also became a project. It needed a new transom. I hope to get it done this fall.





Right now I am also looking for a 17-18 foot Four Winns outboard powered boat. I am going to look at a 94 180 Freedom on Thursday.

I look forward to contributing to this forum.

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Current Operational Boats:
'04-Four Winns 180 Freedom 150 HP Evinrude
'72-Chris Craft Commander 31 Sedan Twin-350Qs

RR - welcome. Live up in Rockford myself. Where do you normally boat? That 15' Saf-T-Mate looks really familiar. My dad's first boat was a 1977 or 1978 version of that boat only in yellow.

I grew up on Gun Lake. The pictures of the "newer" boat were taken there.

We boat all over the area. I had planned to get to as many inland lakes in the are as possible this year. With the boat in pieces that hasn't happened though.

The picture of the Saf-T-Mate was on Lake Charlevoix. We made a trip up there the summer of 07 and boated on the Torch Lake chain and Charlevoix. That trip convinced me a I needed a bigger boat. I sold the Saf-T-Mate Feb. 08.

We go out to Saugatuck and Holland pretty often also on the weekends.

Last year we also went up to Burt and Mullet lake and did that whole chain.

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Current Operational Boats:
'04-Four Winns 180 Freedom 150 HP Evinrude
'72-Chris Craft Commander 31 Sedan Twin-350Qs

Welcome! and good luck on your search.

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Troy
2008 Centurion Avalanche
1994 Four Winns Horizon 180 SE 5.0L OMC Cobra (Sold)
2002 Ford F150 Harley Davidson Edition (http://www.nhtoc.com) 378 hp & 465 tq at rear wheels
2008 Honda Accord EX-L w/Nav

Nice to see a few more of us "west siders!"

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2001 Horizon 260 - 7.4 Volvo GSI DP