On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:44:10 -0400, Peter Orban
wrote:

Hi Everyone,

I am looking at a '86 of the above boat in our neighborhood that is on
sale. The boat has the OMC Cobra out drive with the 4.3l V6 engine. The
seller is asking C$8k.
Any opinion on the boat, good or bad?

The boat looks clean and maintained from the outside.

This is what I learned from the seller: The seller is the second owner
for the last 7 or so years.
He claims to be a mechanic and working on his boat himself and he says
that the boat is running well and does not have any mechanical problems.
He did not know the actual hours on the boat, but he claims to have used
the boat little. The exhaust manifolds, bellows, water pump impeller (if
there is one on the out drive) have not been replaced by him. The boat
was only used in freshwater (Ontario).
He claimed the motor to have 180 HP and the boat 50 mph max. speed (both
sounds too good?). He did not know the fuel consumption and the size of
the fuel tank.
The boat is on a dual axis trailer with no brakes. The aluminum prop had
lots of small nicks.

Looking around the net, I could not find much on the boat itself (at
least Doral is still around), the engine seems to have good reputation,
while the drive seems to have had its problems.

If I decide to consider this boat seriously, I will have it surveyed by
a marine surveyor.
I am just wondering that with the age of the boat, and the apparent lack
of preventive maintenance, if some of the components/mechanicals would
need replacement/overhaul soon.

Any comments appreciated!

Thanks, Peter

As to the "used the boat little". Many things on a boat go bad from
lack of use, not use. Waterpump impellors for one unless carefully
lubed.
Mark E. Williams