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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Aug 2006
Posts: 761
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investigating a different boat with Mercruiser 888
wrote:
Reggie, I'm not expecting it to be trouble free. I agree with the idea
that after 35 years, it can have it's share of goofs. But this is just
a 20 foot runabout, and It's for sale in the 1200.00 range. To me
that's no great financial strain. If the boat does manifest serious
structure problems, then I'd strip it and save the drive and engine and
variously related parts for future projects.
BTW, my Chris Craft 169 Scorpion, is an '83 model. I've had it for
two years, and with exception of maintenance, and replacing the lower
end because i hit a stump (wasn't the boats fault) I have been very
well pleased with it. it was and still is a good boat, that I bought
cheap.
I felt the same way about my $1000 runabout. It was cheap, we had a
ball, and even with $1000 in annual expenses it was a great deal. Since
I used the boat for 5 months a year, $200/month was a great way to get
into boating.
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