Jbrower157
New Member
- Jun 10, 2018
- 6
- Boat Info
- Sea ray sundancer 268
- Engines
- Boatless
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. Overall I like it. It definitely needs some work. The teak’s pretty weathered but solid. Seats are in pretty good shape although the rear bench is missing. And the fold downs will probably break off their hinges if you sit on them. The fiberglass looks good also. The only issue the guy was willing to offer up is a bad water heater. No big deal. My only concern is the engine. It’s a 5.7 mercruiser. The second engine with 538 hours. No idea when it was replaced, although the owner said it’s a serpentine belt and the originals weren’t, which he seems to think is a way of dating it. Either way, sounded good at idle. Started immediately. But when he was bringing it up to plane I noticed he was holding at about at 5,000rpm. I asked if that rpm was normal and he brought it down to about 4,500 and said that’s where you wanna be. Once it was on plane he brought it down to 3,000-3500. My grandfather commented to me that he thought 5,000 was a bit much and also wasn’t impressed with the output at 5,000. I’m also a little concerned that he’s only asking $5,000. I see them going for a lot higher on Long Island. Does anyone have any input on the engine? Or anything to look into on this boat specifically?