He's back....

Thanks for posting your project! What you're running into was my biggest fear when I took on my "little" project that's still in progress. I made sure the hull was sound before purchasing the boat, since the last thing I wanted to do was pull the engines out of something as tall as this pig:
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Take a look at https://www.youtube.com/c/boatworkstoday He has a lot of videos dealing with hull repair that are very informative and easy to learn from.
 
"What you're running into was my biggest fear..."

Yea, I would not take a boat with rotted transom and stingers if it were free. I wouldn't do this boat if I hadn't owned it for 29 years. It's a project based upon sentimental reason as it makes no economic sense. In any event I've read about it for years, time to dig in and be one of the few to replace a transom/stringers/sole :)

That's a nice looking boat. I may take on something like that in the future, but probably in the 270 realm.
 
BarryCF said:
That's a nice looking boat. I may take on something like that in the future, but probably in the 270 realm.
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Thanks! However, I was of a like mind as you when we first started looking for boats a few years ago. All of my research pointed to no more than 27 foot, as the beam probably wouldn't break out of the 8-foot-six maximum for ease of towing. So, here I am with an 11 foot beam. Yeah, I probably should have held out for a 27 footer...
 
The 270 Sundancer beam is 10 foot. The 260 is the narrow one. I really like the 260, but the extra width sure makes a big difference if you want to spend a few days aboard.
 
Nater Potater said:
Thanks! However, I was of a like mind as you when we first started looking for boats a few years ago. All of my research pointed to no more than 27 foot, as the beam probably wouldn't break out of the 8-foot-six maximum for ease of towing. So, here I am with an 11 foot beam. Yeah, I probably should have held out for a 27 footer...
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Nah, you made the right choice going with the 300. Even if it's a bit older, you don't want to work in a bilge that is tight as a bull's ass even with V-6"s.
 
techmitch said:
No gen. in the 270 but I'll bet a 290 with 5.0'S and a gen. would be the worst. Maybe @Strecker25 can chime in as I know he had a 290 with the 5.0's but not sure about a gen.
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funny timing, I was just cursing the Gen in our 410 but this is a good reminder of how much worse the 290 was. Aside from having to change the filter on the new I don’t even have to touch it, we have a Reverso.

this was our 1998 290DA with twin 5.7’s and a 4.5kw Kohler. The oil changes were a lot of fun on that thing. I had to remove the hex once too, nightmare.

the plugs and risers/manifolds on the mains were a pia too
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Strecker25 said:
funny timing, I was just cursing the Gen in our 410 but this is a good reminder of how much worse the 290 was. Aside from having to change the filter on the new I don’t even have to touch it, we have a Reverso.

this was our 1998 290DA with twin 5.7’s and a 4.5kw Kohler. The oil changes were a lot of fun on that thing. I had to remove the hex once too, nightmare.

the plugs and risers/manifolds on the mains were a pia too
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Wow, with the 5.7's I'll bet she ran quite well?
 
techmitch said:
Wow, with the 5.7's I'll bet she ran quite well?
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She was a great boat, with the 19” 3 blade SS vengeance props she’d go 40+ mph.

we put 4 blade 20” aluminums on and it would run around 26-27mph dead flat running angle at barely 3200 rpm.

my only complaint (aside from that bilge access) was the alpha drives. It was a lot of boat for those drives and the 99 year got bravo 2’s, then I think the following year bravo 3’s.
 
If I ever find and purchase a 270 Sundancer it will be a single big block. Twin engines just mean there is no room to work on them. And twice the work of a single...

Those disadvantages more than outweigh the advantages IMO.
 
BarryCF said:
If I ever find and purchase a 270 Sundancer it will be a single big block. Twin engines just mean there is no room to work on them. And twice the work of a single...

Those disadvantages more than outweigh the advantages IMO.
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Ditto. I’m a Great Lakes boater and my replacement for twins is called BoatUS, a good anchor and a six pack waiting for them to arrive. I’ve just never been worried about falling off the edge of the earth if my single 5.7 fails - which has only happened once in the 27 years I’ve owned it. Seriously, on anything less than a 10’ beam I can only imagine maintenance has to be a bear to work on twins. I’ve been sniffing around a few 270s just to have the cabin seating, but if I do, it’s a big block and a Bravo, not doubles.
 
Cheap Guy said:
Ditto. I’m a Great Lakes boater and my replacement for twins is called BoatUS, a good anchor and a six pack waiting for them to arrive. I’ve just never been worried about falling off the edge of the earth if my single 5.7 fails - which has only happened once in the 27 years I’ve owned it. Seriously, on anything less than a 10’ beam I can only imagine maintenance has to be a bear to work on twins. I’ve been sniffing around a few 270s just to have the cabin seating, but if I do, it’s a big block and a Bravo, not doubles.
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we were leaning single in the early days as well but we tend to cross the lake over to canada rather frequently and were told by the local towboatUS folks that they'll only go so far and I didn't love the idea of being in the middle of the lake (we travel alone, typically) with no power.

I lost one of the two engines twice in our ~5 years of ownership, two silly electrical failures, which would have stranded us.

If it's mostly boating within eyeshot of shore I'd go single in a heartbeat
 
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