"Wade Carl Henley" wrote in message
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I am looking to purchase the above mentioned boat, was wondering if anyone
out there have had any experience with this boat, good,bad or ugly. All
opinions welcome.

Topics of interest for me is over all rating that you guys put to this
boat,
any problems...good points, bad points that sort of thing.

Thanks

Glenn

It has compromises to be a cruiser at that size but if your use is mainly
fair weather boating they are not a big issue.

One of the main things to watch for on just about all the boats is being
under powered. A lot of manufacturers, in order to keep the entry price
low, will sell boats with the smallest engine they can get away with. I
think this one can be had with a 5.0 (305) small block. Once you load it up
with a 5.0 it probably takes forever to get on plane and has to be run
"floored" to get any speed. If you test drive a boat bring a pile of your
friends to act as "load". A 5.7 (350) would be the bare minimum for me on
that boat and a big block would be ideal. Don't let anyone tell you a
smaller engine gets better milage. The difference is not that significant
and the lack of performance will be quite noticeable.