1977 30' Weekender

[velooce]

I have owned this boat for over 23 years and still find it does everthing well for our purposes.

 

[TimC]

Not trying to freak you out but I was born in 1977!!!

 

[ghuskin]

velooce,

If it still does everything well, why are you selling?

 

[velooce]

velooce,

If it still does everything well, why are you selling?

I am not selling, Just sharing my opinion on what I feel is a great layout and funtion on a Classic Sea-Ray.

 

[wish2fish]

nice looking boat! Got any close up pictures?

 

[velooce]

nice looking boat! Got any close up pictures?

I do but I have to learn how to shrink the resolution to be able to download to this site.

 

[ghuskin]

velooce,

thanks for clearing that up! I apologize. I didn't see what thread your post was in.

I do agree with you on the layout. the 1977-1980 300WE is one of my favorite boats, and hope to own one in the future.

Are there any drawbacks/negative to the boat? Does your boat have straight inboards or I/O's?

Thank you for posting pics.

Gregg

 

[TXVR6]

Looks great! :grin:

What engine do you have?

I too would like to see more pictures.

 

[JAndrewG]

I've always liked the '70's 300 Weekenders. Very nice boat, and looks like you've done a good job of caring for it. The gel looks shiny. Cool.

I was shopping for one when I ended up buying a left over '86 300WE in '87. Your boat is 11' 6" wide, compared to 11' on the newer hull. I also thought that the earlier boat would probably handle better since it didn't have prop pockets, but I've never confirmed that.

By the way, I've seen your boat over the years. I can't tell you where exactly, but I know I've seen it many times. I used to go to the opening day of boating season ceremony at the Montlake cut every year; that's probably one of the places, also I think I've seen it in the Islands, maybe Friday Harbor?

Thanks for the post,

John

 

[Cap't Steve]

Hey. I'm new to the forum & wanted to say hi. I just bought one of these myself after looking at them for about 2 years. I use it primarily for fishing but have to say I feel it is the best all aro8und boat out there due to the quality & that big 12' beam along with the deep vee hull. We get a lot of 2' & worse weather here in the Vacapes area & these express hulls ride so much better then a lot of other boats out there.

 

[jffacets]

I have a 1978 srv300 twin inboards and I just gutted the entire boat to do an update. It is getting all new laminate, rugs, appliances, electronics, seats throughout. I love the boat and I have had newer ones ( 5 total ) and really love this one the best. It is a great design. I just found seats on Ebay from a 42' for the helm. great classic all updated it looks great!!

 

[ghuskin]

jffacets,

Please show pics of the restoration!

 

[geriksen]

This was back when boats looked like boats. Nice lines....

 

[velooce]

velooce,

thanks for clearing that up! I apologize. I didn't see what thread your post was in.

I do agree with you on the layout. the 1977-1980 300WE is one of my favorite boats, and hope to own one in the future.

Are there any drawbacks/negative to the boat? Does your boat have straight inboards or I/O's?

Thank you for posting pics.

Gregg

Every boat is a compromise but for me the only drawback is the difficulties of working room on the engines because of limited space the small blocks seem to have adequte space, but the performance and floor plan more than makes up for it.
It has straight inboards, orginaly came with raw water cooled 454 Mercs with Velvet drives and 750 hrs ago I repowered with new fresh water cooled 454 Mercs with new ZF Hurths and dripless shafts.

 

[tom22744]

I have owned this boat for over 23 years and still find it does everthing well for our purposes.

Just baught my 1977 30' weekender on e bay last winter. I just cleaned it up and used it all summer.Now I have all the teak out of the cockpit for sanding and refinnishing.

 

[velooce]

Just baught my 1977 30' weekender on e bay last winter. I just cleaned it up and used it all summer.Now I have all the teak out of the cockpit for sanding and refinnishing.

I guess you must have enjoyed it over the summer if you are doing the teak.

 

[tom22744]

This 30' weekender is the fifth boat I have owned, It is also the oldest and by far the best boat I have ever owned.

 

[sbw1]

I am not selling, Just sharing my opinion on what I feel is a great layout and funtion on a Classic Sea-Ray.

It's a great layout on any boat. My first one was a new 1979 with the same layout. Every new boat I've bought since then has been a variation on the theme. You get a little more space here and there based on the length of the boat, but they are all about the same and very functional. One of the best features of the open or express model is how easy they are to single hand. Detailing is much easier than a bridge boat too. The big cockpit makes entertaining a breeze. Send more pix.

 

[sbw1]

Just baught my 1977 30' weekender on e bay last winter. I just cleaned it up and used it all summer.Now I have all the teak out of the cockpit for sanding and refinnishing.

I believe some of the old 30 w/ers had solid teak trim while plywood was used on some 1979 SR boats. Is your's solid and does it have heavy teak pannels on the insides of the cockpit? Also interested in knowing how you've found the structure to be? Transom solid with no rot? How about those limber holes? Once the structure is sound, dripless shafts are the way to go.

 

[tom22744]

The 1977 30' has solid teak strips on the inside of the cockpit.When I bought the boat last winter , it came with a current out of water survey. The boat recieved above average marks all around. the boat came with several upgrades including all new gauges,a flo-scan system and new electronics.Maybe next winter i'll go with the dripless shaft packing. For now I need to save up some gas money for summer.