www.iFourWinns.com

It took weeks for Magma to finally send me these custom mounts... the tough part is that they are 1 7/8 in diameter, but the rail is 1 5/5. I used some high density foam stuff (think the rolls of non-skid stuff you can buy).

So, I finally got out to the boat to remove the rail and bring it home... Picked up some hardware and went at it...

The Magma Newport is the grill I picked. 9 X 12 cooking surface and no fancy warming racks for me to work around. Just the basics.

http://www.magmaproducts.com/Products/M ... -918l.html

The mount is new and is a modified wakeboard tower mount that Magmastarted working with. They look great and will hopefully hold up well!

http://www.magmaproducts.com/Products/M ... ounts.html

Here is the rough fit of the mounts and the bbq. It has taken 60 days between the mounts and the bbq. This is the second bbq because the first was damaged in shipment. The mounts - Magma makes them 'on demand'. They are not a stocked part.


All the holes lined up


I lined everything up... made some measurements, and got the mounts installed. The foam compressed a heck of alot. The mounts are sturdy, but the forward/backward movement is not resolved.



Here's the 'CougarCruiser custom fabrication'. I've mocked up a post that runs through the middle hole of the swim platform rail and drilled a new hole in the Magma mounting plate. I bought 3.5/4/4.5/and 5 inch 3/8's bolts not knowing which length I would need. Turns out I need a 3 inch. Nice. I washered up the 3.5s as a temp and will swap it all out once I try things as it and am happy with it. The major tough part was the bolt came from the underside and you cannot have much protrusion into the mounting plate - otherwise the drip tray doesn't fit. Thanks lock washer and thin nut. We'll see how this holds.




Got things all screwed down... Not 100% final, but ready for the holiday weekend on the boat!




Since this is meant to be permanently mounted, I also picked up the sunbrella cover



Next stop... back to the boat for a bbq!

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2008 318 Vista -SOLD, but I am still around!
All Night Long, Seattle WA

looks very nice, yu have worked real hard on this one.

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2000 268 Vista "Reely Nauti"
http://www.facebook.com/#!/rivercruiser

Looks really nice! Thanks for posting the pics.

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Michael Bova


"Swept Aweigh"
2003 Four Winns 328 Vista

Previous Boat
2003 Crownline 230CCR

It looks good.

I can't wait to see pictures of it on the boat.

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2001 Sundowner 235

Cougar,
Looks great!...I have the same grill. When is stops raining I'll post a pic of Ryan's Special Mounts...he was very proud of himself

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2009 SL262, Merc 8.1L HO 425 HP With
Bravo III "X" Drive and DTS Smart Tow

Nice work!! I was finally able to track down a FW grill mount for the magma. I gave up on the one my dealer ordered. He even ordered it directly from the mfg. who makes it for FW but it still hadn't shown up. I called every dealer I could and G&R happened to have one that a customer never picked up. $147.50 later and it's here. It is pretty well made though. The hamburgers better taste good this weekend!!!

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V475
Chris Craft Catalina 23 w/ 300 G2
Previously-V338, 248 Vista, H210

Hamburgers are not the ideal food to cook on the boat because of the grease. The boat grills generally aren't tall enough and don't get hot enough to do as good a job vaporizing the drippings. Your home gas grill gets a lot hotter and has more space to do a better job of it. When it drips onto the fiberglass you need to use a degreaser to get it all off. This also takes off the wax. I prefer not to have more work created for me.

I find it's better to cook a couple of NY strip steaks instead. A pair of them along with two ears of corn on the cob fit perfectly. I marinate them in a ziploc bag, usually with a mix of soy, worchestershire, teriyaki sauces and rice wine vinegar.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista

Got a chance to give out the new BBQ a try yesterday.... Cooks up some chicken ka-bobs pretty darn well. Grill doesn't get as hot as the home grill does, but it does the trick.

It's everything we need for our boating adventures...

Mounted:


Cookin' the good stuff!

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2008 318 Vista -SOLD, but I am still around!
All Night Long, Seattle WA

Looks awesome Cougar. The boat we are looking at has a Magma mounted on the stern rail...

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2007 358 T-5.7GXi IB
Previous Boats
'08 H240, '08 V318, '04 268, '04 225

Nice setup. Are you going to leave it fixed permanently? If so, how does it hold up in choppy waters? Thanks for the detailed post.

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Current Boat: 2000 Four Winns 298 Vista
Previous Boat: 2000 Carver 406MY

Yep, it will stay permanently attached. So far so good with choppy water. The center post really keeps it from moving around much

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2008 318 Vista -SOLD, but I am still around!
All Night Long, Seattle WA

Cougar; the grill looks great the mounting looks solid as heck. I couldn't decide if I wanted it perminently mounted or not so for the time being I use the stern rail rod holder option and mount the grill off of that. Yours looks cooler then my way.

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2008 318 Vista "Ka-wai-ola"
350 MPI/BravoIII DTS Seacore
2006 1500 Key West -70 Yamaha
Previous Boats
Key West 2300CC
Pacemaker 270 Sport Fish
290 Sea Ray

The biggest issue with permanent vs not permanent is storage of the newport. There just isn't anyplace on the 318 that's good for storing that bbq. Transom locker maybe, but I have plans to store a little 2hp outboard in there.

I thought hard about the FW rail mount and the classic, round Magama grill. I've had those for years on my other boats and just wanted something different.

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2008 318 Vista -SOLD, but I am still around!
All Night Long, Seattle WA

Agreed. I let mine cool then put a tall kitchen garbage bag on it. That way it'll catch any grease likely to leak. I then stuff it into a medium sized duffel bag I picked up at REI. There's enough room in there for the pole, shelf attachment and a couple of gas bottles. Then I just stow it in the cabin below. For as big as these boats are they sure lack effective storage areas for stuff like this. This is true for most powerboats, unfortunately.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista

Cougarcruiser - I love the new signature pic of the boat!!!!!