Re: Questions about '89 Evinrude 300 XP
Hi guys. My wife and I went and took a look at the boat this weekend. We're in southwest Michigan, and if you saw the weather, it reverted back to winter with snow and rain! Anyways, the boat was a LOT rougher than I was expecting. This is a Crestliner Sabre, which is a 24' aluminum Great Lakes style fishing boat with hardtop and cuddy cabin up front (not a performance boat like it sounds like most of you have ran these engines on). A lot of it is cosmetic, but the guy hasn't used it in years and apparently hasn't had it covered up well as the floorboards all need to be replaced. Anyways, it was spitting rain and snow, so we didn't try firing up the old motor. It looks to be in very good shape and he says it has 40 hours or less on it - the story goes that they didn't use the boat due to health problems. I want to go back and run it, and hopefully get the boat into the water to see how everything works (and to get a better idea of what else needs work to see how much I would be willing to pay!). I believe the prop was a 14 1/2 x 18, and a 3-blade stainless. I asked the old guy how it performed, and he said he had the rig up to about 55 mph at about 3/4 throttle. This is a lot faster than I expected for this style of boat, so I guess I'd have to see it to believe it. I'll keep you all updated if I get a chance to run the engine and/or put it in some water.
