I've been following this eBay sale of a similar boat, one year older then mine with a smaller engine and more hours. Reserve price has been met. The price is about where I expected it to be, we'll see when the bidding ends...
I had a mobile mechanic replace the gimbal bearing and the other items listed in my post, actual cost was about $1200.00. Seemed like a fair price.
Boat is and has always been on a trailer.
I tried shaking the drive up and down and don't feel any play, side to side it moves smoothly as...
I'm putting my boat up for sale in two weeks.
It's a 2001 Sea Ray 230 Signature BR with 7.4MPI, 160hrs, B3. Exceptionally clean and well maintained. Unfortunately I've come to realize that this is not the ideal boat for my boating area so it's not going to be an easy local sell.
What...
Greetings,
I ran my 2001 Sea Ray 230BR, 7.4MPI B3, 180hrs for the first time this year to check it out after winter storage. This spring I changed the thermostat, 160d egree because at the end of last year temperature was a bit erratic.
Once the boat warmed up temp was rock solid at 170...
While hauling my boat yesterday at a busy ramp the cable snapped, I thought the rust on the cable was just surface my mistake.
Had to quickly tie off the cable to the eye on the boat, sink the trailer and gently get the boat up so I could hook up the safety chain.
Can I simply replace...