[180diablo]

I was talking about the name of the boat scrapyard..

Yeah there is a huge inventory of old used stuff upstairs in Sandy cove. I have purchased a few items there for my boat from Sandycove (not from the used however). Walked around upstairs some years ago and there is just random everything. Bins, bins and more bins of stuff.

[mikeyt]

When i read their blog at that website link i kinda understood that it was them who owned the 'scrapyard'. hmmmmm, i'm gonna have to be nosy one of these weekends.

[180diablo]

Originally Posted by mikeyt

When i read their blog at that website link i kinda understood that it was them who owned the 'scrapyard'. hmmmmm, i'm gonna have to be nosy one of these weekends.

Yeah they are open all year round as well. I have the hours at home, for some silly reason I don't think they put the hours on the webpage.

I just read their "about us" blog and I think they are just talking about the stuff they have in the used parts area. Im pretty sure that the boat auctions on the other corner (by the 400 flea market) are done by them also or they submit some older boats there for auction.

[mikeyt]

After re-reading it, me thinks you're right. I'm still gonna have to be a little nosy one of these weekends....

[180diablo]

Unless they added the hours for Sandy Cove's webpage recently, im posting the hours on here for future use (and that way I can toss out the piece of paper on my desk)... LOL

SandyCove Marine, Hwy400 Innisfil.

April to Sept
Mon to Thurs - 9 - 6
Friday - 9 - 7
Sat - 9 - 4
Sun - 12 - 4

Sept to March
Mon to Fri - 9 - 5


There .. now its stickified .. sorta. lol.

[mikeyt]

Looks like it's gonna have to be a Mon - Fri nosiness then.

[180diablo]

Originally Posted by mikeyt

Looks like it's gonna have to be a Mon - Fri nosiness then.

Is that what sick days are for??

[VernB63]

Ryan & Mike, being the local 'Barrie' MOC member a few things to clarify for others.

The BOATHOUSE (Hwy 11 & 8th Line of ORO, North of Barrie, South of Orillia) is a rough marine junk yard. No Mariah boats, I also looked last year. I tried to find an old swimplatform form them with no success a month ago. The owner is 'Rae' 705-487-0434, very low tech, but here is his email [email protected]. There thing seems to be replacing old engines, stern drives and odd parts. Last time I was there they had old engines everywhere. Was interested in moving up from my Merc 4.3LX...5.0 - 5.7, $3500 for a swap?

As for Sandycove marine, the upstairs fleamarket is lots of old chapperal biminis, misc covers, props, gauges, etc, etc. I've been searching there for parts for my Swim Platform project... stainless steel braces, ladders, etc.

If your dropping by, give me a call. A new Tim's / Shell is on the corner as you exit the 400 at Innisfil Road, it would be great to meet you and talk Mariahs.

[mikeyt]

Hi Vern

Thanks for the update. I never did get around to driving up there & checking the place out but now that you've done it i wont waste my time stopping there. $3500 for an engine swap seems a little steep though. I make 4 or 5 trips up thru that area on the way to the family cottage each season so i'll try & make time for a coffee at Tim's.

Another guy i've spoken to on the phone (& met his wife) works for Pride Marine in the Gravenhurst area. They used to be a Mariah dealer and he's been able to locate a few original Mariah parts in their inventory storage area. He said he was sure there were more items stored there but it would have to wait til he had time to go through things. I've offered to come up & spend a day going thru his inventory. He has put a few items up on E-Bay under the username "Muskokanut" so if you see his offerings you will know who he is. I'm going to touch base with him again in the near future to see what he's found hidden away....

[180diablo]

Originally Posted by mikeyt

Another guy i've spoken to on the phone (& met his wife) works for Pride Marine in the Gravenhurst area. They used to be a Mariah dealer and he's been able to locate a few original Mariah parts in their inventory storage area. He said he was sure there were more items stored there but it would have to wait til he had time to go through things. I've offered to come up & spend a day going thru his inventory. He has put a few items up on E-Bay under the username "Muskokanut" so if you see his offerings you will know who he is. I'm going to touch base with him again in the near future to see what he's found hidden away....

Ahhhh ok. That explains where he was getting all that stuff. Well, if it is a weekend that I'am up north, I would help go through the storage area on a Saturday that im not working. Now that April is drawing near, probably a weekend in the middle of April we would venture back up north to take a lookie @ the condition of the cottage from this winter. If not, then a few weekends in May I would certainly be up there cleaning up the Diablo.

Interesting that they are no longer a Mariah Dealer. I think about 2 summers ago we were up there checking out new boats and even then, the sales guys weren't even recommending us buy a new Mariah boat. They wanted us to drive out with a Crownline kinda thing. I guess they dropped the Mariah name sometime last year? Hmm.