bigkahuna427
Seaman
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2011
- Messages
- 52
I have to say I have found the community here on Iboats to be very informative and inviting with plenty of knowledgable people. I hope you guys do not mind answering some questions for me.
So, I am looking at this boat and trying to avert the disaster and bad news I have done plenty of reading about. I guess it is always the bad news that buyer in an unfortunate situation are bringing here. I have recently watched a video series on youtube that an Iboat member had done. He bought a mid nineties SeaRay and had to replace transom floors and stringers. I think he called himself Frisco Boater. I have to say he has b*lls to do all that work in his driveway. However, it was a bit depressing to me to watch that as most of the boats I have been looking at are older than that.
So, this boat is a 1985 25' Aquasport Express Fisherman. I have been there to see it once and felt pretty comfortable with what I had seen so far. In the pictures at photos 12 and 13 are the transom around where the gimble bearing housing connects to the transom. If it wasn't for that one thing I would have bought that boat that day. It is by far the best boat I have seen. The current owner has done a ton of work and it appears to be done correctly. He says the transom was that way when he got the boat.
He has removed the engine and replaced valve cover, oil pan gaskets, alternator, starter, some sending units, ignition coil, painted the engine, powder coated the oil pan and valve covers, checked the bearings and a bunch of other stuff. He has also had the outdrive off and replaced the shift boot. It is pretty clean under the engine cover and most of the wiring looks good. It has a GM 350CI engine that sounds really good and showing 165 hours on the meter. Being the mechanic that I am the 350 appeals to me as I know it like the back of my hand. It has a four blade prop. The outdrive looks to have been bottom painted black. He is a meticulous guy and has literally done everything I would have done with an older boat.
Here are some pictures.
http://s1012.photobucket.com/user/nwsmith427/slideshow/Mobile Uploads
So here are my questions:
Is this boat built with flotation foam?
Am I in denial about how much I am getting myself into? If I just had to replace the transom I might get into it.
If the transom failed should I assume the stringers and deck are gone too?
The boat is sitting about 5 or 6" from being fully on the trailer. He said he even put it in a downhill position and could not get the boat on the rest of the way. Pretty heavy boat so maybe you could not get it on anyway but I am wondering, is this boat a foam filled water logged boat?
So, I am looking at this boat and trying to avert the disaster and bad news I have done plenty of reading about. I guess it is always the bad news that buyer in an unfortunate situation are bringing here. I have recently watched a video series on youtube that an Iboat member had done. He bought a mid nineties SeaRay and had to replace transom floors and stringers. I think he called himself Frisco Boater. I have to say he has b*lls to do all that work in his driveway. However, it was a bit depressing to me to watch that as most of the boats I have been looking at are older than that.
So, this boat is a 1985 25' Aquasport Express Fisherman. I have been there to see it once and felt pretty comfortable with what I had seen so far. In the pictures at photos 12 and 13 are the transom around where the gimble bearing housing connects to the transom. If it wasn't for that one thing I would have bought that boat that day. It is by far the best boat I have seen. The current owner has done a ton of work and it appears to be done correctly. He says the transom was that way when he got the boat.
He has removed the engine and replaced valve cover, oil pan gaskets, alternator, starter, some sending units, ignition coil, painted the engine, powder coated the oil pan and valve covers, checked the bearings and a bunch of other stuff. He has also had the outdrive off and replaced the shift boot. It is pretty clean under the engine cover and most of the wiring looks good. It has a GM 350CI engine that sounds really good and showing 165 hours on the meter. Being the mechanic that I am the 350 appeals to me as I know it like the back of my hand. It has a four blade prop. The outdrive looks to have been bottom painted black. He is a meticulous guy and has literally done everything I would have done with an older boat.
Here are some pictures.
http://s1012.photobucket.com/user/nwsmith427/slideshow/Mobile Uploads
So here are my questions:
Is this boat built with flotation foam?
Am I in denial about how much I am getting myself into? If I just had to replace the transom I might get into it.
If the transom failed should I assume the stringers and deck are gone too?
The boat is sitting about 5 or 6" from being fully on the trailer. He said he even put it in a downhill position and could not get the boat on the rest of the way. Pretty heavy boat so maybe you could not get it on anyway but I am wondering, is this boat a foam filled water logged boat?
