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.