New Four Winns owner

MuskokaDB · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:09 pm

I just purchased my very first boat!

A Four Winns 2007 180 Horizon with a 3.0L i/o, bimini top, upgraded graphics, full instrumentation, sport seating with bolsters, and matching trailer.

I live in Canada so right now I am looking at snow, and at this point all I can do is dream about the upcoming summer and look at all the pictures I took of my boat.

It is now in indoor storage and now I am looking for a tow vehicle, currently looking at a Acura MDX

txvista · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:17 pm

Congrats, and welcome aboard!

St. Louis Dave · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:23 pm

Yeah!!! COngrats and welcome!

MuskokaDB · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:37 pm

Thanks very much....next step, the Toronto boat show in a couple of weeks. Bought the kids a wakeboard for Christmas, now we need a tube or two, and a trailering cover

Mark T · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:43 pm

Congrats !!!!!

Another person for my new club. It's the" Buy a boat out of season and hurry up and store it club !! Pretty much will guarantee the coldest spring in years for us first time boat owners. Ice won't melt off the lakes until July with my luck... How much ice can the hull break thru ??

230 Mike · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:04 pm

Congratulations and welcome.

Canada must be the only locale that's as bad as Kansas as far as winters are concerned.

ric · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:25 pm

Congrats!

I have a H180 3.0 VP also. With the factory 19p aluminum prop the perfect speed is almost exactly @ 3200rpms. If people do a lot of tricks it can be "tricky" to keep the speed right by hand though, some good turns and tricks will slow the boat down and you'll loose plane if you don't adjust since plane speed is 3050rpms at least on the 98-2004 hull design.

If you're going to be doing a lot of wakeboarding and towing, I highly highly suggest a PerfectPass system. It's cruise control for a boat. Get the top of the line Wake Setter edition that controls the MPH via GPS. You set MPH, mash the gas, and it takes over and keeps the boat at the set MPH no matter what. My buddies boat has one, it's amazing. It's good for everything, even just cruising. Takes your eyes off the gauges and on the water. It also gives you an accurate MPH gauge. The factory MPH gauge is there for looks, it doesn't actually read anything close to right.

Oh, and get a good mirror.

Winter Sux · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:11 pm

Congrats and welcome aboard. With a handle like that, you must be a little north of me. I just got my comp tix for the boat show today,,,,thanks Evinrude! Two nights booked at the Hilton as well. A word of advice for the Toronto Boat Show,,,go on a week day Muskoka,,,trust me

John

StirCrazy · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:09 pm

Congrats and welcome aboard! Lots of
pictures please!

MuskokaDB · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:54 pm

How do I post pictures of my boat?

acguy · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:03 pm

Read this..

http://www.smwebhead.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1877&hilit=picture+tutorial

aguyindallas · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:19 pm

Welcome aboard!

Paul I. · **Posted:** Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:23 am

YES, congrats and welcome aboard to FW.

Are you doing your boating on a lake or salt water?

efdog · **Posted:** Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:20 pm

Paul I. wrote:

Are you doing your boating on a lake or salt water?

MuskokaDB + Toronto boat show = my guess would be fresh water, but I've assumed wrong before.

No snow in NB Canada yet, but temps dropped significantly today, so I'm sure it's coming

...Welcome MuskokaDB!

Paul I. · **Posted:** Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:35 pm

Temps have dropped here in Boston too!!

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