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Terry, I'd guess you would be attending the Toronto Boat Show Preview Night on Friday, then follow up with attending the show again on Saturday?

My wife and I are booked in at the Westin for Saturday night. Would you be staying at the Westin or Sheraton?


Hi Decision

Yes we are on for the friday and we are booked at the Weston Harbour Castle for both Friday and Sat evening. We are not sure if we will keep our reservation for Sat as we may head home but will see.
If you like send me a e mail on Sat and we can try and hook up, we will be with 2 or 3 other couples.
send to "terryd@ncitrucks.com" would be nice to hook up if you have time

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Terry
2005 Vista 348
5.7 Volvo I/O

since I can't attend....This might waste some of my time....

http://torontoboatshow.com/webcam2013.php

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Chris and Alicia
Las Vegas, NV
ALTIVA
1996 Four Winns 238 Vista Dlx 5.8Fi

Yes it passes time for me watching them do the transformation. Man I have a snowmobile and I already want the snow to be gone!!!

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2001 328 Vista "Nauta Dream 2"
AB Inflatable 10AL "Little Dreamer"
2000 248 Vista
1997 225 Sundowner


Mike

Hi Decision

Yes we are on for the friday and we are booked at the Weston Harbour Castle for both Friday and Sat evening. We are not sure if we will keep our reservation for Sat as we may head home but will see.
If you like send me a e mail on Sat and we can try and hook up, we will be with 2 or 3 other couples.
send to "terryd@ncitrucks.com" would be nice to hook up if you have time.

Terry,

I'll send an email to the email address you provided above today (Monday).

I think we should be able to find a mutually convenient time on Saturday to meet up.

Mike.

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Current Boat
- 2001 Four Winns 328 Vista "Hour Decision"
- 2010 310 Mercury Inflatable

Previous Boats
- 30' Doral Prestancia
- 25' Doral Citation

I bought the $40 ticket for the preview night and was at the show for 4 hours last night. I will NEVER go to the boat show on any other night, ever again. There wasn't a single line for any boat, except the SeaRay 58 - and even that was only about 12 people. I skipped that and walked right onto the 51 beside it. By far, my favourite boat at the show was the Cruisers Cantius 45. I'm still not sure about the full windshield - I'm kinda like a dog that likes my head in the wind, but I think the sunroof would help me get over that. Many of the boats had the same concept where everything you need for daily activity (except the head and bedrooms) is up in the cockpit, which is where you want to spend all your time.
One thought - why on a boat that cost $800k+ can't they have quality drawers with dovetail joints? I didn't see a single boat that had this basic feature that any quality home dresser has. Odd.

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1969 Chris Craft Commander 47
1999 Four Winns 328 Vista - SOLD

A request was made above for information about the Toronto Boat Show prices for Four Winns boats. See below for images taken from the video displays at the individual Four Winns boats at the show.
Time permitting, I might post additional pics.

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Current Boat
- 2001 Four Winns 328 Vista "Hour Decision"
- 2010 310 Mercury Inflatable

Previous Boats
- 30' Doral Prestancia
- 25' Doral Citation

Went to the show today. My wife loved the V475. One of the sales guys told me they picked up a '12 model with even more options than the boatshow display model from a dealer going under in Florida. The model was 699k, the boat from florida could be had for 510k

I'm checking to see how much one kidney goes for these days

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2011 SL242 5.7 VP GXi - 320 HP Dual Prop

How did the gal's look in person ? Sometimes pictures don't tell the true story.
All we get here are water skiing squirrels at our boat show.

Thanks for the boat price pic's Mike !!

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

You're welcome on the Four Winns boat prices Cap'n. My wife took a number of shots of the new 34 Carver bridge boat you mentioned above. I'll try and post pics later.We toured this Carver and spoke with the sales guy who apparently did an in water test of this boat over the US Thanksgiving weekend.

I was surprised (according to him) that the only gas engines available where twin 5.7 litre and the only other option was diesel. He claimed WOT with gas was about 35 MPH, but what would concern me is the cruise RPM was around 4000 RPM. That boat is pretty heavy in my opinion for 5.7's.

I guess a pair of 8.1's wouldn't fit well?

Oh, and on a more important note, I didn't know about or get to see the Power Boat Girls to give an evaluation of how I would rate their individual layouts.


Mike

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Current Boat
- 2001 Four Winns 328 Vista "Hour Decision"
- 2010 310 Mercury Inflatable

Previous Boats
- 30' Doral Prestancia
- 25' Doral Citation

Yep, the only engines listed for the new 34Fly are 5.7L gasser's. Diesels are VP D4's at 300hp each. I would go for the diesel's with the
bow and stern thruster and the Xenta joystick control's if I was buying one.
8.1's should fit, but I believe it is a cost reason for the 5.7L's. Trying to keep the cost down on this new 18,000 lb. boat.

If I ever win the lottery, the flybridge boat I still lust after is the Carver 360SS. There is one locally(2003) for just over $100K. Alot of boat
for the money, when comparing to a 36' express cruiser. But, alas, I don't play the lottery, so I ain't gonna be winnin' in the near future, and I like the simplicity of the boat we have now.

Post some pics when you get a chance.

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

You're right Cap'n on the 5.7's being a cost issue. I was just going to edit my above post to mention this, as that is exactly the reason given by the sales guy as to why just two engine options are given and the 5.7's would allow Carver to market this boat at a pricing point they wanted to hit.

It personally would bother me to purchase a boat as heavy as this 34 Carver and know when I'm up on plane cruising that I'm spinning those 5.7's around 4000RPM. Maybe just me?

I'm quite interested in viewing bridge boats under 40ft as something like the Merdian 391 would be a size and layout of boat my wife and I would prefer for our next boat. This would be however when my wife and I are closer to retirement and would be able to spend more than just weekends and holidays on our boat.

I'll look up the Carver 360SS.

Mike.

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Current Boat
- 2001 Four Winns 328 Vista "Hour Decision"
- 2010 310 Mercury Inflatable

Previous Boats
- 30' Doral Prestancia
- 25' Doral Citation

Here you go Mike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgcVlfYntm4

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Pics of the new Carver 34fly.


















Mike

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Current Boat
- 2001 Four Winns 328 Vista "Hour Decision"
- 2010 310 Mercury Inflatable

Previous Boats
- 30' Doral Prestancia
- 25' Doral Citation

Just got back from the show, Sorry Cap'n no pics had my 2 little one with us at the show. We spent the entire day there. My wife really liked the Carver. I would say hands down for me if i had the 550k i would buy the Meridian 391.
I was a little turned off on the cheap white bimi top on the Carver on the fly. Put a hard top on it and i would have liked it.

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2001 328 Vista "Nauta Dream 2"
AB Inflatable 10AL "Little Dreamer"
2000 248 Vista
1997 225 Sundowner


Mike

Thanks for the pic's. The 34 Fly looks nice. Any price on it at the show ?

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy