Marinette Boat Forum

As we all know, fuel prices had been ridiculous this past year. One of the main reasons I want to add more fuel to the boat is that when we go on our Isle Royale trip, we travel around 200 miles round trip. Only carrying 150 gallons makes me have to refuel at the National Park, this past summer it w...

Found another pic of the first launch.

Jeff, not particularly, on plane the whole boat comes more out of the water than before. It always ran a bit bow high, and is about the same as before. My problem with it is, on the express model, you sit back from the windshield about 3 ft. farther than on the sedan model. This makes it harder to s...

Also, on the express model, there is no "wine cellar " under the step into the cabin.

Joel had asked why I wanted to move around my water tank on another thread. My reason being, the express and sedan have different interior layouts, on the express the bathroom is on the port side as you enter the cabin, as opposed to it being up by the v berth on the sedan. Currently there is nothin...

Joel, I'm guessing you wanted to post this on the other thread, so I will reply there.

My plans for next season if time and funds allow. Redesign the original small swim platform to one that is at least twice the size. Possibly reconfigure the helm/cabin, ( move the helm up to the windshield like it is on the sedan models, move kitchen and bathroom forward to accomplish this ). Add 10...

Thanks Jeff!

Thanks Bill!

Rough calculations put me at about 600 miles at cruising speed after the conversion, and probably another 25 to 30 hours of trolling. Last year with the old set up, I would burn between 85- 90 gallons to go the 73 or so miles from dock to dock out to Isle Royale. This year the first trip, I burned 7...