Boating for less than $2000

[mooseman1616]

Re: Boating for less than $2000

Picked it up for 1500, solid transom, floors etc, very strong motor, put about 600 into new carpet/seats/upholstery/new trailer tires/tune up. its good to go

is that the 100 hp johnson on the back? What year is the motor? Thanks.

 

[Andy'sDelight]

Re: Boating for less than $2000

This is an awesome thread with some seriously great steals! Hate to put a damper on this, but you might want to start a thread on how many people ended up burned or with major rebuild headaches when buying a boat under $2000. That will help you guage your chances of coming across one of these gems vs a real PIA.

 

[tbone999]

Re: Boating for less than $2000

i got mine for 1500 73 fiberform sorry cant figure out how to post pics on here

 

[jonnymarquis]

Re: Boating for less than $2000

picked mine up in march for 1200. it was lake ready, just no bells and whistles. i added a radio, tach, and 12v outlet. for piece of mind i changed water impeller, foot oil, plugs. only thing i had to change was a rectifier because the tach would not work and those do go bad with time. all in all i have about 1400.00 in it. and so far we love it for those cheep weekend outings. only if i could do something about the weather .

heres a walk around http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMfqeT3-gx8
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[79Merc80]

Re: Boating for less than $2000

I forgot to say that my 798 Fiberform Waikiki also came with 6 life/ski jackets, 2 wetsuits, Ski rope, wake board, towable tube, and rope for the tube, and the flag. All for 1800.00

 

[emoney]

Re: Boating for less than $2000

Some great looking "value boats" on here so far!

 

[greyfox]

Re: Boating for less than $2000

Looks like it needs exhaust to me

Exhaust is complete. Pulled it to fix a leaky gasket and inspect the heads; absolutely spotless, no carbon whatsoever. Newbies who didn't know about the "white anchor", but son-in-law is the owner. He is a heavy equipment mechanic who can do anything it needs if we can get parts. Found OMC manual online and GPS & sonar manuals as well.