Also Sprach sfcarioca :

But after learning from the seller all the things that have gone wrong
with it in the last 3 years (replaced starter, a couple of pumps,
props, other piece of the outdrive,) I'm getting cold feet. Already a
bilge blower broke since we first saw the boat and needs to be fixed
(might be minor, like a fuse or switch problem) and the water heater is
showing some rust. A couple of other things have broken (speedometer,
wipers) and were never fixed. In addition we need to paint the
outdrive because we're keeping it in the water (hull is already
painted.)

All sounds like normal maintainence to me, and about what you should
expect to deal with in the future. It's a boat, not a Toyota. Since it
sounds like you'll be keeping it in sal****er, and it's an I/O, you can
expect significantly increased maintainence when compared to a regular
inboard or regular outboard.
Dan

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37% of your base are belong to IRS.
Take off every deduction for great justice!

On 20 Mar 2005 21:00:07 -0800, "sfcarioca"
wrote:

Hey all,

I've been researching the right boat to buy with a buddy for about 4
months now. We are on the cusp of a purchase of a 1999 26' Bayliner
Ciera 2655 boat with 350 hours on it.

Ive had four of these. Nice boat.

Also Sprach HarryKrause :
On 20 Mar 2005 21:00:07 -0800, "sfcarioca"
wrote:

Hey all,

I've been researching the right boat to buy with a buddy for about 4
months now. We are on the cusp of a purchase of a 1999 26' Bayliner
Ciera 2655 boat with 350 hours on it.

Ive had four of these. Nice boat.

LMAO! Easiest fakeharry to spot, EVAR!

Dan

--
Sex is physics, Love is chemistry, but it takes Engineering to be kinky.

"sfcarioca" wrote in message

Hey Mark, one more thing to consider. Time spent fixing a boat
doesn't have to be "vs." enjoying it.

I realize everyone is different, but I've spent countless hours on
fixing up our boat. Many, many, many more hours than I'll ever
use it. But that time has been extremely well worth it and enjoyable.

Or, as Kenneth Grahame put it in his classic, The Wind in the Willows:

"Believe me my young friend there is nothing half so much worth doing as
simply messing about in boats"


~ The Wind in the Willows ~

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It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline.
Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.

-- Hunter S. Thompson

On 22 Mar 2005 15:40:39 GMT, Marshall Banana wrote:

It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline.
Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.

-- Hunter S. Thompson

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Chuckle.

Would have been a good quote for the "shark attack" posting.