How many out there own a SeaRay boat?

Eisboch

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 09:25:16 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

How many out there own a SeaRay boat?

Eisboch


Is this a quiz? I'd guess about 47,872.

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 09:25:16 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

How many out there own a SeaRay boat?


270 Sundeck with 6.2L MPI.

1988 17' Seville with its original 100hp Merc outboard.

Great boat, great motor.

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 09:25:16 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

How many out there own a SeaRay boat?


270 Sundeck with 6.2L MPI.

"JimH" ask wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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How many out there own a SeaRay boat?

Eisboch


About a dozen years ago or so I had an '87 270 Dancer.........solid as a
rock. Don't know about the new stuff now but they do seem overpriced.


I was curious and didn't want to offend anybody or their boats, but I had an
eye-opening experience a couple of days ago.

SeaRays are obviously very popular, but I had never been out on one. The
other day one of my dock neighbors asked me if I'd go out for a spin in his
33' "Sundancer" (or something like that). He had an engine that had run up
in temperature the last time he was out and he wanted to test it again.
So, off we went.

It was moderately rough ... maybe 2-3 foot chop on top of swells. He got
the boat up on plane and has we hit a wave and came down with a thud, the
whole boat quaked like Jell-O. The owner didn't seem to notice, but every
time we hit a chop or swell and the bow crashed back down, I felt the boat
go through this Jell-O-like quaking and shivering.

The boat is a mid to late 90's model. I don't know if it is representative
of all SeaRays or just of this particular model, but it was a bit un-nerving
to me.

Eisboch

It was moderately rough ... maybe 2-3 foot chop on top of swells.

A friend of mine was left his Dads 48 footer, and he told me through
10+ foot chop, the thing was a rock. Twin 502's in it. Wish I could've
had a ride...... He was involved in a serious accident, and couldnt
afford the maintenance for the boat. Ended up selling it for $300,000


He got the boat up on plane and has we hit a wave and came down
with a thud, the whole boat quaked like Jell-O.

I can make an estimated 12 miles an hour in 4' chop in my old Chris.
The listed speed is a guess ( no gps yet..), but there comes a point
in which the boat becomes smoother relating to speed, relating to chop
size. We went out the other day, and at WOT, the boat had the coolest
sensation of a veeeeery slow forward roll.

"Eisboch" wrote in
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How many out there own a SeaRay boat?

Eisboch




I had one of these Brunswick pieces of crap.....Sea Rayder F16XR2 jetboat.

Want the truth?

Larry
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you turn on windshield wipers!

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 16:29:26 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

It was moderately rough ... maybe 2-3 foot chop on top of swells. He got
the boat up on plane and has we hit a wave and came down with a thud, the
whole boat quaked like Jell-O. The owner didn't seem to notice, but every
time we hit a chop or swell and the bow crashed back down, I felt the boat
go through this Jell-O-like quaking and shivering.

If the boat has been run hard in conditions like that for over ten
years it is likely beginning to show some signs of wear and tear.
SeaRays have some nice features, and the newer ones are using quality
hardware, but they are really not designed or built to bang through 3
footers for any length of time.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 16:29:26 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

It was moderately rough ... maybe 2-3 foot chop on top of swells. He got
the boat up on plane and has we hit a wave and came down with a thud, the
whole boat quaked like Jell-O. The owner didn't seem to notice, but every
time we hit a chop or swell and the bow crashed back down, I felt the boat
go through this Jell-O-like quaking and shivering.

If the boat has been run hard in conditions like that for over ten
years it is likely beginning to show some signs of wear and tear.
SeaRays have some nice features, and the newer ones are using quality
hardware, but they are really not designed or built to bang through 3
footers for any length of time.


But don't you think that a 30+ foot boat with twin 7.4L Mercruisers, capable
of over 30 kts. ought to be?

Eisboch

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 20:03:37 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

But don't you think that a 30+ foot boat with twin 7.4L Mercruisers, capable
of over 30 kts. ought to be?

Hard to say. There are lots of boats being sold with good speed
potential that are not really designed for heavy conditions. Going 30
kts through 3+ footers is tough going for anything but a sportfish or
offshore racing hull. Same boat in 1 footers, which is probably
closer to how most people use them, is a different story. Once a boat
goes airborn off a wave it's going to thump things around when it
lands.