Recent content by Jbrower157

I spoke to a surveyor and the boat owner. He doesn’t want a survey because he claims the boats solid and it’s a waste of time. All I need to hear. The search continues. Thanks for the help. It’ll be useful for the next one.

Thanks for the info guys. I have a good idea of what to look into now. I’m thinking about getting a moisture meter to check the cabin floor. Are they helpful when the boats in the water? I don’t know the depth that they read

I don’t know necessarily that it comes to 5,000 right away. I never heard the engine rev out or anything. I’m more concerned that the engine needs to be brought to 5,000 just to get to plane. Unless he was just being hard on it. I’m also curious if holding 5,000 for a few minutes is bad for the...

Sorry if my terminology’s lacking. I have a lot to learn. When he was bringing it up to speed with the front of the boat up and the rear down it was holding at 5,000rpm. Once it leveled off he brought it down to around 3,000rpm at cruising speed. The boat seemed to be moving pretty well to me...

Been thinking about getting a boat for awhile. My only real experience has been on my grandfathers boat over the years. He recently called me saying a friend of his is selling an 87 sundancer 268 that’s worth looking at. So I looked at it and went for a quick spin around the bay yesterday...