Stop Lurking and Start Posting!! Introduce Yourself Here!

[captfoulmouth]

  Greetings all
 I have a 1988 Aquasport with a Yamaha 130. have had the boat a couple years now. I am in the process of bringing her back to her former glory. I had stumbled upon this site and found it very interesting.
So im looking forward to getting to know yall and more about my great boat.

[RickK]

Welcome aboard Capt.

[PJ]

Hello there,
I signed up to the forum many months ago, but I am now making myself active because in a few weeks I will have leave time in order to restore my 1999 Aquasport 215DC.  I have had her since~2003. She is in the need of (probably) a new motor, and goodness knows what else. 

I just want to get her back to some kind of running order.  She doesnt have to be perfect.

Looking forward to getting back on the H2O.  Photos and more soonish.
-PJ

[RickK]

Welcome aboard PJ.

[Capt. Bob]

Welcome aboard PJ.

[theFunsmith]

Hello all,

This is my first post, so I thought I would introduce my self and my boat. My name is Todd, I am from Salem, Oregon. I am a gunsmith by trade, but the water is where I belong. Yesterday I brought home my first 22-2. She is a 1976, and one of very few I have seen over here on the west coast. I started poking around here and on a couple of other forums looking for info, but the welcome I received from Rick made me feel like I belonged here already. In the last week or so read hundreds of posts, drooled over hundreds of photos, and tried to soak up as much as possible from other members' builds. I hope one day my build thread will do the same for somebody else.

I am working on typing my first real boat post as we speak, should be up in a moment.

[Capt. Bob]

Welcome aboard Todd. 

[RickK]

Welcome Todd. We'll be around if you need anything.

[talberic]

I just purchased a 1999 215DC.  I already have a few questions.  Not sure where to post the specific questions.  Tom from NJ

[Capt. Bob]

Welcome aboard Tom.

Post in the forum most related to your concerns, like the engine, electrical, electronics, plumbing etc.

Still unsure, post to the discussion forum and we'll move the thread if needed.

Post away and good luck.

[RickK]

  Tom.  Enjoy the site.

[bigmac1818]

New here from West Palm Beach, FL
1993 Osprey 230 re-powered with a 2003 Yamaha F225

[RickK]

Welcome aboard Mac - great looking boat.
That is a pretty rare boat - only made for a couple years and is much different than the 225s that came after it.
As you see by my signature, I have her sister in the Explorer liner.

[Capt. Bob]

Welcome aboard Mac.

She is indeed a rather rare breed in that the hull would be stretched to the 245/250 model in 94 with the addition of the Euro transom. IMHO those early 90s hulls produced at the Wellcraft plant by Genmar rode a little better than their predecessors from Hialeah. They had a slightly different entry and were heavier (by sight and catalog data) so maybe that's why I feel that way.

Good luck.

[bigmac1818]

Thanks all, I had no idea of the rarity of it. I love the open transom design, couples with the armstrong platforms, it feels closer to a 26-27ft boat. Much more useable deck space.
The only flaw I see init is that it is an extremely wet boat. I am looking into some splash rails at the moment to try and cut that down