Mr. Luddite wrote:

On 11/5/2014 9:40 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 16:35:34 -0600, "James"
wrote:

Hi Group, I'm presently looking at a 1977 28' Bayliner with a 350
Chevy OMC engine and Volvo 270 drive. The owner says he has the
same engine in his tournament ski boat which is a Mercruiser
engine. I don't know if he's referring to the fact that they're
both 350 Chevy's or Mercury built the OMC also. I haven't gone to
see the boat yet. The picture of the engine shows that it's
definitly a Chevy and OMC. Jim

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It's important to understand that boats that age develop issues
other than the engine and outdrive. Frequent failure points are
rot in the transom, cockpit floors and stringers. Any one of
those problems puts the boat into the negative value category
meaning that it is more expensive to fix than the boat is worth.
The electrical system is another area that is frequently
deteriorated beyond repair. Spending a few hundred bucks for a
good surveyor can be the best investment you ever make.



Oh yeah. Rot. That '82 Century I owned had rotted stringers running
port to starboard just forward of the engine. I put some pressure
treated "sister" stringers attached to the solid sections on each end
of the rotted ones and then soaked the rotted sections with
anti-freeze.

I've fixed rotted stringers in our pickup campers with System 3 Fixrot.
Great stuff makes rotted eood really strong.