FINALLY!!!!!!!

Convinced the boss to let me get a boat, and so I capitalized on the situation. Found this sweet little boat on craigslist, and the price was just right.

It's a 17' Logic Center console (I think now they are called Triumph Boats). Came with a decent trolling motor, and John at Oakwood B&T tells me I should be able to upgrade it to a Co-Pilot. She needs a few things to make her a striper machine, but I got the big part out of the way. Can't wait to git 'er on the water.





She will need a bait tank, along with some other things but it's not a bad start at all.

Hope to see you guys on the pond.

Tight Lines,
-Marc

Congratulations Marc and Best of Luck!!


tom

I'm thrilled for you Marc, congratulations!

Way to go Marc. Nice boat. See you on the lake.

Good for you, Mark. You've waited a long time to get into a boat. I love compact, striper machines that will cut through the chop. That vessel should fit you just fine.

Shes a good looking ride Marc. Congrats on the purchase. We will see you on the water.

It ain't a striper boat until you've pee'd, puked, spilled a beer, spit snuff in the floor and installed a bait tank. Lemme know when you need help with any of that (other than installing the bait tank).

Glad you gotta boat. Good luck fishing.

Congrats Marc, I still have the used heavy duty Drift Master rod holders for your boat. I did tell you when you got one they would be waiting on you all you have to do is buy the mounts. They are both left hand threads and they're your's if you still want them. Let me know and I'll leave the with Oakwood B&T.

Congrats Marc!!! she is a fine looking machine and I know it will make a great fishing machine. Geterrrr done.

That's a great looking ride, Marc! Congrat's, man!!

Congrats Marc.

Hope to see you out there. I'll have the Maroon Tahoe with lots of cold beer and little to no stripers.

Btw, if Corey cannot deliver on his promises, I'm pretty sure that I could step up.

Congrats again.

Tight lines everyone.

Congrats.

Very cool. I won't make the best two days in a boat owners life joke, but i did find video of your test drive:

http://www.toughboats.com/index.cfm?page=5&subpage=RecommendATest

Congrats Marc...hope it works out well for you

Congrats! Looks like a fishing machine in the making to me...

love the new boat.i have fished out of a whole lot worse

Way to go Mark, Nice looking ride. Thanks for sharing. Good luck and lots of fish and fun to ya!!

She is a great looking boat Marc.I wish you lots of good fishing and lots of tight lines.
Larry

Thanks for all the kind words everyone. If you see me out there chuggin along don't forget to say hello!

Congrats. I hope I next.

I'm really interested in how you like it. I almost bought the same size Triumph, but they sold it the day before i went to buy it. That Roplene hull is tough as it gets. I have always thought that they should come out with a Riveboat with a jet out of that stuff. There is a pretty active Triumph owners forum out there, i'm sure you can google it up. With that hull material, you have to do some of the hardware and accessories a little different than glass boats and they guys on the forum can save you some time and aggravation.

What size engine did it come with?

It's an old school 40hp Merc Force. Doesn't sound big, but the previous owner said she'll do almost 25MPH since the boat is so light.

The biggest reason I was excited about this boat was because the floor panels are synthetic (dunno if they are plastic, or roplene or fiberglass). Since it's an older boat, I don't have to worry about the floors rotting!

Unless they changed them the whole hull/floor/transom is molded Roplene. Click on the link i posted and take a look at some of the other videos of the torture tests. They do have some issues of hull warping, but for the most part it is just cosmetic; and your right, they will never rot.

Speaking of soft spots, I have a couple in my boat that are not to bad but I notice them and worry about it. Does anyone have any tips on something to do for them without replacing the floor.

Put a bait tank over each soft spot in the floor.

Congrats on the boat Marc. I actually have a 17' Triumph (2008 model). You will learn to love the plastic (as opposed to fiberglass) especially when you hit the dock hard by accident the first time.

Brett is right that there is a great website www.triumphowners.net. For a $15 yearly subscription, you can get all the information you will ever need to maintain, fix or add features to your boat.