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><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>This spring I sold my 27? and I bought a Cape Horn 17 from an individual who was discouraged after they had it fixfor a second timejust before I purchased it. They had boughtit New from Sunrise in 2004 for a little over $25k. It had been service twice by Sunrise for engine problems, mainly stemming from water in the fuel with invoices over $1Kfor eachvisit. Note: there was no inline filters on the boat, nor was there recommended on the either repair estimates or invoices that I seen. The estimate and invoice did have the under the cowl engine filters, injectors, dry gas (4 can each time), gasket, o-rings, etc but nothing regarding drain the fuel tank either. According to the invoices there was only 4 hours between repairs.It was noted on the second visit that it had been service the fall before about the same problems. The battery was replaced when I got it and it was the wrong size, according to specs from Yamaha and Cape Horn, but I can?t say that was due to owner or sunrise but you may want to check that out too.<o

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><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The other problem was the trailer bunk were not set correctly, according to Magic tilt and Cape Horn, when I contacted both of them and they were within 1? of each other for the bunks specs, yet the trailer bunks were set over 12? what both of them had stated and there was no sign they had been moved, same with the trailer guide on?s they weren?t space evenly to the frame, but those I could not tell if they had or had not been moved.<o

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><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>First thing I did was drain the tankthat was over 3/4 tankfull, which netted a over a quart of water, installed a 10 micron in line fuel filter as well as repair and reset the bunks. I have since put on over 35% of the total hours it has now without a problem.<o

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><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>If you are new to boating, check and make sure you have all the required safety equipment for the size of boat, and check the flare dates.<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> The Coast Guard sets a 42-month service life and expiration dates are stamped on the devices.Normally will not buy flares unless they have 3 years of service life left, and I buy in them in the spring because I forget to check in the dates in the fall.