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Almost completely derailing the thread, but sorta related...The 5 year MBUU stock price looks pretty crappy. I bought 10 shares a year ago or so just to say I still owned some Malibu at $55 per share, which seemed fairly smart at the time since it had peaked at $80+. Now it is trading just over 30 and I think about to go lower.

Copy paste of stuff that is behind a paywall is typically a no-no. But like I said, their paywall is a pile. You just need to view source on the page and you can read it all.

I’m on my phone at the gym, could someone post the full text?

Phoenix and Vegas locations are locked up today for defaulting on their leases. Ironic since the landlords are the same Boulder Boats people that sold those dealerships to Tommy's. Hopefully another dealer will swoop in quickly and takeover. Lots of good people over there.

I have SP1 on a '17 A22, I'm looking to add 2 speakers to the bow, and add an M600/6 amp to power all 6 interior speakers. It seems the easiest way to do this is to tap into the rear line out and create an RCA connection to go to an amp, and then cut all of the speaker wires from the 12 plug connection and bring to the amp. Thoughts?

IF you view the page source you can actually see the whole article. It lists who the receiver is and which judge appointed them. As well as the other suits against the owners other holding companies.

I think it'll probably work fine for you, since you've found a good deal on one. As mentioned above, we run an Acme 1235, which has the same diameter and pitch (14.5 x 14.25), with a little less cup, and we surf with very similar ballast setup as you described. Never feels like we're overworking or lugging the motor when surfing, but still have enough top end for occasional slalom runs. This, on a 2000 LSV, w/o wedge, so maybe not the perfect comparison. Also, if you double your rear ballast up to the range @cowwboy runs, or with the wedge, then maybe I can see it being overpropped a bit.

Don’t see anything to corroborate this? https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/retail/embroiled-in-three-lawsuits-tommys-boats-lands-in-receivership/

90 degree fittings replaced with straight fittings. Bags hooked up and working now. I believe when the factory replaced the hard tanks they pulled PNP fittings off the shelf for new boats, rather than properly re-installing the PNP lines as they were made in 2018.

Just one pair of speakers, bimini, 2 board racks. But even new, it was pretty heavy. I have always had to put something for the tower to rest on so it doesn't leave a dent in the dash. I have the springs as tight as they will go.

Lowest quarter in volume since 2018 other than the initial Covid fallout in 2020. I haven't looked at volume before 2018, but yeah that's bad.

To be honest, I prefer the gortex rope instead of dripless. Just for ease of maintenance if I do end up with a leak, you’re not separating the shaft and coupling to slide a new seal on.

Remove motor and take it to a shop that fixes motors

Hi, and thanks for your efforts. As the new post is the current info, and really would have been what I'd have edited into the start of the first thread, if you'd substitute my current one for the first of the original, I'll go back in and (presuming no issues on a new topic being edited) and delete reference to the earlier stuff. I was in contact with Ronnie; he tried to tell me how to edit, but after a couple of edits on the original, that function went away, as I demonstrated with a screen shot (no 'save' button) to him. Thanks for your help. But perhaps there's some software limitation on numbers of edits, as most certainly mine had that issue. L8R Skip

There was a mention, but no comment other than working successfully to bring alternatives online. Paraphrasing.

I did that on the tailgate of my truck during our first outing. Had a loose hose and rather than simply pulling the panel and tightening, we had to load back on the trailer because I couldn't get it off fast enough.

Everything really needs to be compared to pre 2020. Even though the last 4 years happened and the numbers were real, the market was pumped with all kinds of free money and its pure fantasy to expect the results to continue. Here is the link to their Q3 2019 results. Even compared to that its not great. Units are quite a bit less. Looking at the net sales shows just how much prices have increased since then!!!! 2024 has about 800 less units and more net sales. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/05/09/1820612/29346/en/Malibu-Boats-Inc-Announces-Third-Quarter-Fiscal-2019-Results.html

https://www.greatlakesskipper.com/springfield-boat-power-seat-lift-127338-pef1-malibu-3-inch-aluminum I remembered seeing this on their site, not sure if this the right part.

I so need to do this. Next time mine are out this will be done. Thanks for the great idea.

Yes correct, picture is just misleading. Didn’t want anyone to get the wrong idea, but TE/Ampseal parts, and assume they’d work in new boat.

@SkipGundlach I am not sure what you mean by the edit function went away, the thread is not locked or hidden. But to keep this somewhat organized I am going to merge your threads together.

Completed Survey report here:

and not a peep about the lawsuit w/ Tommy's. that's probably predictable but also funny to me. I didn't listen to the call but hoping someone asked about it.

Yeah just lay down and look up at the back of it from under the helm. You should be able to take a pic of the model/serial numbers with ur phone.

With many apologies, but the editing function disappeared on my original post, and there are some significant things to report. There were several comments to the original, all of which can be seen, linked below, but this is cleaned up and current following my trip. If you want to see the original comment streams, click the pic: So, starting over: Greetings, all, So, I went to Holland MI, and have surveyed and sea trialed the Sunscape mentioned in these pages previously. (https://www.coralgablesyachts.com/boats-for-sale/2002-malibu-sunscape-21-lsv-holland-michigan-8967585/) It was pretty much as I expected, with a couple of surprises; the first was the virtual silence of the motor starting and running. That's among the good news. Along with that, based on the pictures in the ad, the interior was in fantastic shape, with only some incipient stitching failures at the various cushions' welting as typical of older boats, but no actual failures yet. It came with an unadvertised Skylon as well as both ski and wakeboard lines (but no toys) and the requisite brick full of horsecollar lifejackets. Another unadvertised, very nice, surprise was the also-installed Perfect Pass, seen just in front of the shifter. Another welcome feature, given that it will be me at the helm most of the time, was that even with my very long legs, my feet - with the seat fully forward - fit perfectly to the ramp at the front of the driver's compartment. Tilt wheel and bolster, along with a long, perfect-condition slide, made sitting high easy as well. And the sea trial was also pretty much as expected. Gentle rolling acceleration (like getting a new tow up for the first time) was smooth and silent. A hot start, as I used to do (throttle all the way, ease at ski speed) fully impressed the broker, and pleased me, as it exceeded the up-and-flat performance of my much smaller and lighter, Cleveland 351-powered, venerable Ski Supreme. On the other hand, on my hard-turns tests, what with a nearly-empty fuel tank, while the port turn was as expected, the starboard turn threw what little fuel there was away from the pickup tube, and we stalled out. In blustery cool winds, we drifted east, but got her restarted and back on the trailer without excitement other than having to back off and fiddle a bit due to the alignment poles being, respectively, stowed and broken off (on which more below). That was the good news/surprising pleasures. The not-so-good was limited to a couple of things, one which initially appeared potentially gnarly: The first is the rectangular hole in the starboard rear of the trailer frame which, I discovered, was the previous location of the bracket for the guide arm. That same arm (without the bracket attached to it) was in the port aft locker (the black tube between the Skylon poles). The bracket and arm which had been ripped off was lying on the stern cockpit sole... The frame didn't appear distorted, and so I'm trustful that a skillful welder can reattach that, pretty up the weld, and match the purple, hull-matching, paint which is in generally fantastic condition. As well, perhaps related, there had been some misadventure to the starboard fender, causing an incipient rear-step weld failure, as well as a potential tire hazard intrusion of material into the wheel well: The broker is going to further depress the fender edge to minimize the potential for its involvement with the tire on the trip south. The port fender/step has similar, though very much less distressed, issues. We'll get the boat in the water and then deal with resolving those fairly-straightforward repairs at a body shop or trailer specialist. I'm expecting this to be trivial to folks in that/those businesses. Once again, tiny, perhaps inconsequential, stuff, but with everything else being amazingly bristol (a sailing term meaning pretty and shipshape, if you'd not heard it before), something worth doing given the bargain achieved in this purchase. Finally, however, and I quickly received guidance from the group, in the original thread regarding solutions, the Velvet Drive transmission dipstick had the thought-to-be-screw-down part broken off and secured in the dipstick hole, leaving a small collar at the cap-end. I had first feared that it was a screw-in plug which would require a drift and a careful extraction, with a (hoped for) replacement easily sourced. It initially appeared to be a dissimilar metals problem visually, with what I presumed to be the solid screw-in having corroded to the aluminum. It was last fluid-replaced (with no 'younger' service records indicating any later attention given to the transmission) in 2021. The good news is that the hive mind knew better. First, it's a Walter V-Drive, and they're still very much in business. Best, it isn't a screw-in, but merely an O-ring-secured straight shaft, which, in the earlier thread, a kind soul pointed me to (albeit rather expensive, partly due to shipping, I expect) replacements; our broker (Brandon Ricci, Coral Gables Yachts, Holland MI) was adventurous enough to gently give it a tug, and it popped right out. The dipstick top actually looks like this pic: and it's entirely possible that a thorough cleanup and some judicious application of JBWeld will render the original sound again. It's my suspicion, as the remainder came out without a fuss, that this broke years ago and was treated as trivial and not worth fixing. I'm the kinda guy who'd fix or replace it, though ☺ So, overall, I'm thrilled that the dipstick will, even if expen$ive, be a trivial fix. On the way to the sea trial, it was noted that the left trailer tail light seemed inoperative (no blink or brake). Maybe a dead bulb, maybe a wiring issue; the starboard worked just fine. Small beans. The broker agreed to get that fixed before the shipper picked it up... in 4 days, two of which are weekend ... and on his nickel. Perhaps that's what the new housing seen in the Skylon pic was for, and the owners never got around to it ☺ The sale is complete, the compounding/buffing/waxing/polishing/cleanup-after is under way, and the shipper is picking her up (well, attaching the trailer to his hitch) and heading south this coming Monday. I sported my TheMalibuCrew shirt for the survey and sea trial, have acquired my 2014 Jeep Cherokee with never-before-used factory ClassIII tow package, and will have moved to the lake by this time next month! L8R Skip and cohort ☺