Todd320
Well-Known Member
- Jul 21, 2016
- 1,508
- Boat Info
- 2007 Sea Ray 320DA
- Engines
- Twin V-drive 5.7L 350 Horizon
Howdy, I'm one of those boatless newbs posting here occasionally as part of my quest to not be boatless. Anyhoo. Not sure this is the appropriate place to post, but here goes. I think I'm going for a Bush era 320 or 340 (probably 340), but have a freshwater question--is it worth the premium?
I’m in Southern California, so I’m dropping it in salt regardless, but for the price difference in freshwater boats, plus the hassle of me having to deal with making a deal out of state/travel/survey/transport etc., I could pretty much just buy a saltwater boat, immediately swap out manifolds/risers and anything that touched the salt to give myself a maintenance baseline to jump off, and still be money ahead. Is there anything else I’m missing here that a freshwater boat would give me?
I live in FL and knew I was going in salt as well. I made the decision to get a salt water boat, but with v-drives and fresh water cooled engine (horizon, I think is the term Merc uses, but not certain). I also found something which had been stored inside,and I dry store mine as well, so that helps. I think had I gone with stern drives and FWC I would have been fine as well, since I keep it dry stored, but at least I have the option of keeping it in a wet slip now. The risers/manifolds were just replaced in 2016, so that was another benefit.