Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
I am thinking of purchasing a 1988, 35' Bayliner Avaniti. I can't seem to
find to find any information on these boats. Can anyone help with what they know or have heard. Very appreciated |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
John, thanks for your wonderful advise. I am looking for inside advise and
yes I have searched without any real luck. "John Frew" wrote in message ... "Glenn Boyd" wrote in message .com... I am thinking of purchasing a 1988, 35' Bayliner Avaniti. I can't seem to find to find any information on these boats. Can anyone help with what they know or have heard. Very appreciated Can't find any info? Have you tried typing 'Bayliner' into Google? I'll bet you can hardly count the volume of pages! |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
Indeed.
If rec.boats was anything to go by as well. There's a current thread regarding build quality too. "Derek James" wrote in message ... On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 14:58:21 GMT, "Glenn Boyd" wrote: John, thanks for your wonderful advise. I am looking for inside advise and yes I have searched without any real luck. "John Frew" wrote in message ... "Glenn Boyd" wrote in message .com... I am thinking of purchasing a 1988, 35' Bayliner Avaniti. I can't seem to find to find any information on these boats. Can anyone help with what they know or have heard. Very appreciated Can't find any info? Have you tried typing 'Bayliner' into Google? I'll bet you can hardly count the volume of pages! There are those at our marina who refer to them as Binliners. I think that gives you a taste of some people's opinions! -- Derek James |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
In article , Ray Norrish
writes Indeed. If rec.boats was anything to go by as well. There's a current thread regarding build quality too. You get what you pay for. They are one of the cheaper US manufactures, but I have a 2002 run-about and it is by far better than either of my 3 previous English-built boats. "Derek James" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 14:58:21 GMT, "Glenn Boyd" wrote: John, thanks for your wonderful advise. I am looking for inside advise and yes I have searched without any real luck. "John Frew" wrote in message ... "Glenn Boyd" wrote in message .com... I am thinking of purchasing a 1988, 35' Bayliner Avaniti. I can't seem to find to find any information on these boats. Can anyone help with what they know or have heard. Very appreciated Can't find any info? Have you tried typing 'Bayliner' into Google? I'll bet you can hardly count the volume of pages! There are those at our marina who refer to them as Binliners. I think that gives you a taste of some people's opinions! -- Derek James -- Nick |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
"Nick" wrote in message ... In article , Ray Norrish writes Indeed. If rec.boats was anything to go by as well. There's a current thread regarding build quality too. You get what you pay for. They are one of the cheaper US manufactures, but I have a 2002 run-about and it is by far better than either of my 3 previous English-built boats. [snip] Depends what those 3 "English-built boats" were. Maybe they were just "old" or badly maintained? The fact is, irrelevant whether the boat is American or English - that Bayliners are crap.. and so are the people who run around in them (in my experience) Just yesterday, the boat in from of me in the launch queue was a Bayliner, and I had the experience of watching him wake a load of sailing dingys inshore. (As they always do - and no.. I`m not making it up.. I see this day in, day out) must be something like the RS2000 with the spoilers etc.. boy racer on the sea attitude. Ray |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
Just yesterday, the boat in from of me in the launch queue was a Bayliner,
and I had the experience of watching him wake a load of sailing dingys inshore. (As they always do - and no.. I`m not making it up.. I see this day in, day out) must be something like the RS2000 with the spoilers etc.. boy racer on the sea attitude. Ray What is this launch queue you speak of, sounds like you are launching in the wrong place! I spent most of a day waiting for the tide in Port Dinllaen (lleyn penisula, N Wales) last week. It was totally ruined by 10-12 morons continually blasting through the anchorage in assorted power boats and PWCs. Even had one lot water skiing among anchored boats. (most common offender - Bayliner). Amusingly I heard from another boat who had the same experience the following day, but thick fog came down and they all started bleating on the VHF that they were lost. Excellent. Steve |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
There seems to be more Bayliners around than anything else, and a lot of old
ones in the brokerage lists. "Glenn Boyd" wrote in message .com... I am thinking of purchasing a 1988, 35' Bayliner Avaniti. I can't seem to find to find any information on these boats. Can anyone help with what they know or have heard. Very appreciated |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
What is this launch queue you speak of, sounds like you are launching
in the wrong place! Just busy that day.. bit of a queue. I spent most of a day waiting for the tide in Port Dinllaen (lleyn penisula, N Wales) last week. It was totally ruined by 10-12 morons continually blasting through the anchorage in assorted power boats and PWCs. Even had one lot water skiing among anchored boats. (most common offender - Bayliner). Amusingly I heard from another boat who had the same experience the following day, but thick fog came down and they all started bleating on the VHF that they were lost. Excellent. Yea.. Saturday afternoon the fog came down hard and fast. Steve |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
"Nick" wrote in message ... In article , Ray Norrish writes "Nick" wrote in message ... In article , Ray Norrish writes Indeed. If rec.boats was anything to go by as well. There's a current thread regarding build quality too. You get what you pay for. They are one of the cheaper US manufactures, but I have a 2002 run-about and it is by far better than either of my 3 previous English-built boats. [snip] Depends what those 3 "English-built boats" were. Maybe they were just "old" or badly maintained? A Fletcher, a Bristol and a Waverider (Shakespeare). The fact is, irrelevant whether the boat is American or English - that Bayliners are crap.. and so are the people who run around in them (in my experience) Possibly it is because they are the most common make to be seen just like Ford Escorts are on the road. To extend your own logic further, all those Laser dingy owners are a bunch of ******s with no respect for other boat owners. There are so many of them about that I see a lot of bad seamanship in them. But of course I don't tar them all with the same brush... -- Nick As I said - "in my experience". It's like the type of car usually fits with the person who drives it. I`d reckon most dingy owners drive old volvos? |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
Jet Ski and gin palaces owners drive BMW's, all a selfish lot
Reminds me of a conversation a women radio operator on a boat had with the coastguard, complaining that a Mayday alert was boring and could they change channels from 16 as she was trying to contact friends!!!! Says it all I think! Regards Dave snip The fact is, irrelevant whether the boat is American or English - that Bayliners are crap.. and so are the people who run around in them (in my experience) As I said - "in my experience". It's like the type of car usually fits with the person who drives it. I`d reckon most dingy owners drive old volvos? |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
David Samuel writes
Reminds me of a conversation a women radio operator on a boat had with the coastguard, complaining that a Mayday alert was boring and could they change channels from 16 as she was trying to contact friends!!!! Somebody called the coast-guard from off Cowes at the weekend, and insisted they send out the lifeboat for his wife who had cut her finger. They even had an ambulance waiting for her at Yarmouth. To be fair, the caller described the 'cut' as a 'severe laceration', and we had no idea of his boat size, type, and number of crew, but it did seem over the top. Nice to see the lifeboat fly past though. BTW I'm new to all this, and was in Yarmouth doing an RCA powerboat level two course. -- Trevor Dennis Remove s-p-a-m to email |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
Guys
The reason there are a lot of Bayliners about is that they created an affordable, successful package, and as such have sold a lot. As a side effect, there are a lot on the market, and are targeted as entry points to boaters. So, individuals who take up the sport/hobby are not skilled/experienced in the rules of the road thus poor boating skills; of course, being cheapish means that arseholes who want to disregard every law/rule made snap them up also. From my own experience the most significant offender of disregarding the rules of the road are Jet Bikers (skiers). Where I boat they can be regularly breaking every "Dead Slow" sign they can find...all to show off their mucking about skills to their mates on the beach. A lot of them drive BMW's, Merc's and of course Shoguns. Perhaps one way of resolving this is to introduce a licence requirement/qualification for all boaters. They do it for cars, bikes, buses, vans, scooters...so why not boating? As far as quality is concerned, I'm on my second Bayliner, and have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Cheers Kenny "Trevor Dennis" wrote in message ... David Samuel writes Reminds me of a conversation a women radio operator on a boat had with the coastguard, complaining that a Mayday alert was boring and could they change channels from 16 as she was trying to contact friends!!!! Somebody called the coast-guard from off Cowes at the weekend, and insisted they send out the lifeboat for his wife who had cut her finger. They even had an ambulance waiting for her at Yarmouth. To be fair, the caller described the 'cut' as a 'severe laceration', and we had no idea of his boat size, type, and number of crew, but it did seem over the top. Nice to see the lifeboat fly past though. BTW I'm new to all this, and was in Yarmouth doing an RCA powerboat level two course. -- Trevor Dennis Remove s-p-a-m to email |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
Ive owned Three Bayliners and would recommend them to anyone. Had the last
one ( 28.5 sunbridge) 14 years and never had a problem with it other than regular maintainence. "Glenn Boyd" wrote in message .com... I am thinking of purchasing a 1988, 35' Bayliner Avaniti. I can't seem to find to find any information on these boats. Can anyone help with what they know or have heard. Very appreciated |
Bayliner Boats - Are they any good
Excuse the toppost, I didn't get the original post.
I have a Bayliner Ciera Sunbridge, and similar to McCann, have had no problems with it whatsoever, superb boat, I also would recommend them. hth "McCann" wrote in message ... Ive owned Three Bayliners and would recommend them to anyone. Had the last one ( 28.5 sunbridge) 14 years and never had a problem with it other than regular maintainence. "Glenn Boyd" wrote in message .com... I am thinking of purchasing a 1988, 35' Bayliner Avaniti. I can't seem to find to find any information on these boats. Can anyone help with what they know or have heard. Very appreciated |
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