PoYBoI
New Member
Hi All,
I'm fairly new to thinking about owning a boat but I grew up in the South on 18 footers & tooling around in the lakes down there. I moved to the New England area and a few of my co workers are BIG boaters and have been kind enough to bring me out quite a bit during my time here.
Saying that I mentioned to a co worker that I was thinking about purchasing a boat since I'm now a New Englander. That sparked a conversation where my boss said his ex wife has a 1990 Sea Ray 310 Express Cruiser that she never uses since she moved to the West coast & it's been sitting for about 12-16 months. She had it winterized & it's not out of the water & sitting in a field in East MA. She has said that it ran fine when they took it out of the water & she will take $10,000 for it which seems like a great deal based off of what online tells me. However, most of the boats online are pristine condition and this one (as you can tell from the photos) has a bit of damage on the inside and the console needs some work. If i remember correctly the engine odometers say 850 hours on the left & 910 on the right.
I managed to go take a look at it this weekend and I really like it (even though it's a much bigger boat than I'm used to) & managed to get a few photos.
Question for you all is what steps should I take to get this boat checked out? I've never dealt with winterized boats & the only engines I've started out of the water are outboard engines with a hose attached. Getting it in the water doesn't seem like an option since it's winter time & would cost a pretty penny to do so.
I'm not really looking to flip this for a profit but more looking at it as a way to spend my summers out on the water.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Link to the photos of the boat:
http://imgur.com/a/3kL9m
Thanks!
I'm fairly new to thinking about owning a boat but I grew up in the South on 18 footers & tooling around in the lakes down there. I moved to the New England area and a few of my co workers are BIG boaters and have been kind enough to bring me out quite a bit during my time here.
Saying that I mentioned to a co worker that I was thinking about purchasing a boat since I'm now a New Englander. That sparked a conversation where my boss said his ex wife has a 1990 Sea Ray 310 Express Cruiser that she never uses since she moved to the West coast & it's been sitting for about 12-16 months. She had it winterized & it's not out of the water & sitting in a field in East MA. She has said that it ran fine when they took it out of the water & she will take $10,000 for it which seems like a great deal based off of what online tells me. However, most of the boats online are pristine condition and this one (as you can tell from the photos) has a bit of damage on the inside and the console needs some work. If i remember correctly the engine odometers say 850 hours on the left & 910 on the right.
I managed to go take a look at it this weekend and I really like it (even though it's a much bigger boat than I'm used to) & managed to get a few photos.
Question for you all is what steps should I take to get this boat checked out? I've never dealt with winterized boats & the only engines I've started out of the water are outboard engines with a hose attached. Getting it in the water doesn't seem like an option since it's winter time & would cost a pretty penny to do so.
I'm not really looking to flip this for a profit but more looking at it as a way to spend my summers out on the water.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Link to the photos of the boat:
http://imgur.com/a/3kL9m
Thanks!
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