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Well, I had another thread on here talking about a possible boat repair......As it turned out my boat hull was totaled out. I retained the hull and brought my rig to my marina. I decided ,instead of stripping it out and moving everything to another hull, to sell the whole rig to my marina. They met my asking price and i could have taken the cash and looked for a new, or new to me, boat elsewhere . But with used boat loans at 10% and up, and with perhaps taking on someone elses problems, I decided to stay with my Marina and order an all new and newly redesigned-Starcraft Fishmaster 196. This rig will be powered by a 200hp Tohatsu ( rebadged Honda) paired with a 9.9 Tohatsu kicker. I'm adding a Ulterra 72" Quest now that they have a better manual stow procedure. All batteries will be lithium. 3 12" graphs, 2 mounted on the redisigned dash. 1 on the bow or stern depending on how I'm fishing. I have a Lowrance Live and a Simrad EVO 3 , the third graph is yet to be determined. An Airmar tm165hw, AI 3in1 and Lowrance 3d transducers will relay all the underwater info. I decided to go with a Trollsmarter for kicker throttle control. A set of Wavepros will cushion my ride up front. I will have a bracket to attach my 15' Talon to my transom.
That's most of the stuff. What an ordeal , losing my Fishmaster 210 was heartbreaking but luckily State Farm, Smokercraft, and L&R Marine all stepped up to make the best out of a bad situation.
 The Fishmaster is a solid ride and the new redesign is great- I'll post a link to a short walkthrough of the new 2024 Fishmaster 196

Looks very nice. Congrats!

Ahh! tough to beat that new boat smell/feel when you walk into showroom.
Congratulations.

Will be nice I'm sure!  Congrats

Thanks guys,  I'll post a review when i get some cohos in the livewell

Looks like it will be very nice once it lands in your possession. Layout looks great.

Nice layout. Congrats

UPDATE.......Starcraft pushed my boat back 6 weeks and to me that was unacceptable......I canceled my order.  I do have a few things on the works....... I'll update when I can

That sucks!

That really sucks! Did they give you a good reason like backordered components or something? I hate to be disappointed when I have paid some money up front for something and then the supplier does not hold up their end. I have a personal situation like that now and not sure how I am going to handle it. Good luck on your boat procurement.