Paul, I owned an '87 270 Sundancer. It was a solid boat. The '85-'88 era of Searay
boats were stoutly built and offer great value. I think the '89 is the same as the
'88, but I am not sure.

Brunswick purchased Searay in the late '80's and their first influence on the boats was
seen either in '89 or '90.

Pay special attention to the cabin windows and hatches. They tend to leak. And of
course have it surveyed.


"Paul Schilter" paulschilter@comcast,dot,net wrote in message
...
Larry,
It sounds as though you've had a bad experience with SeaRay, sorry to
hear this. I'm considering buying an 89 SeaRay 30 " Weekender. I'm told
this is the last year that SeaRay was independently owned and that this year
hull had prop pockets. Would your criticism include this model year? The
price, $30 to 45K seems reasonable.
Paul

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 03:06:58 GMT, "Bill Cole"
wrote:

I for one would prefer a Hatteras, but after 10 - 15yrs. you can expect
to
spend a lot of time maintaining an older boat.


The way they build them now, you can expect to spend a lot of time
fixing the shoddy workmanship the used boat's owner will have already
corrected, too.

It's about a good survey.....





Larry W4CSC

Isn't it becoming more practical by the day to make
Iraq's desert the new World Nuclear Waste Disposal Site?