Sea Ray 38 Sundancer from Perth Australia

[juggernaut1]

Greetings from Perth Australia.

Recently purchased a 2006 38 Sundancer a couple of weeks ago from a seller in Mandurah. Didn't think I would get to use it much this time of year but the weather here has been fine and mild with virtually no wind - so a good time to cut my teeth on the new purchase considering I've moved up from a 5 metre Quintrex. :smt001

Soon to have the manifolds replaced and a few small items picked up on the marine survey report. Loving it so far. :grin:

At the moment this site is my bible, but hopefully will be able to contribute with my own experiences in the future.

Cheers

 

[carterchapman]

G-Day Mate! Welcome aboard. It didn't happen until there are pictures posted!!:thumbsup:

 

[dpmulvey]

Welcome.

 

[All's Well]

Welcome - The 38 is a great boat

 

[JimG]

Congratulations and welcome to CSR!

 

[IanBat]

Welcome from Sydney.....well actually LA airport at this present moment


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[Brutus C Paw]

Welcome:

Just something to check. I put my 2007 38 in the water last weekend and found a leak by the strainer. I went to tighten the clamps and found that the hose was dry rotted. I have had two different mechanics tell me this usually doesn't happen until the boat is 20 years old, not 7. But, moral of the story I am replacing 5 hoses all with dry rot. I don't know if my boat had a bad roll of hose or the whole lot from this time period was bad for all.

 

[juggernaut1]

Thanks everyone for the welcomes and good to see some other Aussies on the forum as well.

Quickly added one of the for sale pics to my original post.

Brutus: Most of the hoses have already been changed bar one from what I can see.

Heat exchangers were also replaced back in January, and shaft seals were replaced a week before I bought it.

One of the local mercruiser agents have been servicing the boat for the previous owner so he was able to give me a run down of what was done when prior to my purchase.

One question to all - the compression all came up at 210 for all cylinders on both motors - is this typical - motors have 440 hours?

I've had some initial trouble with the bow thruster - but since discovered the wrong shear pin had been previously used. After a bit of research - my curiosity got the better of me when the I discovered the pin was bent in the middle rather than shearing. I suspect the pin was starting to fall out and hence bending in the middle. I changed the correct pin in yesterday and all seems well so far. Time will tell.

 

[sibnai1]

wow congratulations she sure is a beauty!! You must have completed your "A levels" lol

 

[HUMPH]

Great boat! Sounds like perfect compression to me. No reason a boat with that few hours wouldn't have good numbers like that.

 

[juggernaut1]

Humph: Thanks for the confirmation re compression. :smt001

sibnai: I've done more courses/exams over the years that I want to remember. :smt024

 

[BritLady]

Congrats and welcome to CSR!