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I wish I could be the original owner of my 93 barchetta 4.3 LX, alpha one. I am the third owner. I have been correcting the previous owners "creativity." I got a great deal and I couldn't be happier. The only way I would part with this is to get a bigger original Mariah.

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Seems like at lot of original....
I am.... 1994 ZC2200.
Loved it till it started to seep from
blisters in the hull.

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Plus one on Weezer's post. I'm the second owner of my Z240 Talari. We traded our original 93 SeaRay on her last year. Just knowing how we cared for the Searay makes me wish I could have had the Mariah from new. Just had to let somebody else depreciate it for me before I could afford it.

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I am an original owner of a 1996 202 Shabah. I was going to buy a 4 wins, went to a boat show in Las Vegas and met the owners of a mariah dealership in Bullhead City AZ. I had never heard of a Mariah before, but I couldn't beleive the difference between the 4 winns and the mariah. In fact, back in 96, Mariah was very motivated to showcase their boats out west so they made me a fantastic deal, as they were just opening a dealership in Las Vegas. My boat has a 350 mag engine, with a bravo 1 outdrive. Dual batteries, tow cover and a factory installed bimini. Dual axle trailer, surge brakes and chrome wheels.

My only regret is that I wish I bought a bigger one way back when.

Rob

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I am an original Mariah Jubilee Z21 owner. I bought it from a friend who picked it up at auction in 2000. It was on the factory assembly line when they closed. It needed a few finishing touches and is still missing a couple badges and things that were "borrowed" somewhere along the line.

I just had her waxed and she looked great hitting the lake this year. I am still fighting a contaminated fuel issue from last year and hoping it will make full power a bit more consistently.

Big heavy deck boat with a cruiser hull that handles rough water great. Kids are almost raised so it may be bye bye deck boat in a couple more years.

Fly Boy

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Im an original owner as well. Bought my Z210 brand new in 1998. I live in Boston and drove out to Vegas to pick it up....

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Hello:
I have a 1995 mariah Talari with a mercruiser 350 4 bbl. Last year when i put in away it ran great. This spring it runs terrible.
When acclearting from a stop, it stalls, sputters, then slowly takes off. I have run the tank down to 1/4, then filled with fresh gas. I have used starbrite product and also sea foam, but no help. Boat accelarates fine from 3000 rpm to 4000 rpm.
Any suggestions? Could it be water in the gas? I also replaced my water seperator.

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We bought a 182 Barchetta, 4.3LX, Alpha Gen II in 1994.

It has lived in a (dry - marine railway) boathouse ever since, and it still looks, runs, feels the same as when it was new.

Only really bad thing is the gelcoat. It has a few blisters, and was part of a couple years' of some kind of poor fibreglass quality from Mariah (I haven't looked up any threads about this yet, but I imagine I'm not the only one).

By the time we discovered the bllisters and were all ready to send it back to the factory (they were going to re-do the hull under warranty), the company went bust. Good thing we didn't send it, or our boat may have gone missing in the bankruptcy shuffle.

Because it is always stored dry, the blisters aren't really getting any worse. I've repaired a few of them, but we just ignore the rest and keep using the boat. It is rarely in the water for more than a few hours at a time.

We're on Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada.

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I'm original owner. I have a 2000 202 Shabah. Any time I consider selling, I realize more and more that I will never be able to replace the quality that I have now.

Nate

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I am not an original owner, in fact I am a new owner. I have a 1995 shabah Z202 witha 7.4L Bravo III. Is this factory? I have not seen any like it or found any information as to this engine even being an option on this boat. All info I have found says the 5.7L is the biggest option. It all looks factory with the captains call thru hull exhaust but I was just curious if this boat is rated for that engine.