$8,800
Chicago, Illinois
Category
-
Length
23.3
Posted Over 1 Month
Just dropped the price! Priced it to sell before I have to winterize it and keep it and raise the price in Spring. This boat received a new engine in 2013. It is a medium duty short-block which has a forged rotating assembly. The thing just runs. It has never failed me. I've used this boat in numerous lakes and rivers around the Midwest and it has performed so perfectly for me. Mechanically it is pretty much perfect. I have always kept this boat covered when stored as long as I've had it. The hull and interior are probably an 8.75/10 or better. It still looks very nice. The hull shines and is NOT chalky. I buff it at the beginning of every year, and then keep up with it the rest of the year. The interior was re-done at least once in it's life. All the seats are in good shape over all. Show signs of normal use, but not weathered, or cracked. They look very nice. The boat starts right up and sounds great. I get a lot of compliments on it. I've always ran 20W-50 Valvoline VR1 synthetic or mobil 1 synthetic through it. Trimmed right This is about a 67 MPH boat. Just last week I had 3 people, a cooler, and a full tank of fuel, on Lake Michigan chop we were able to achieve 64 MPH if that tells you anything. It cruises around 44 MPH at 3500 RPM. (obviously depending upon load and water conditions) We wakeboard, ski, and tube off this boat. It pulls you up in no time. This boat is a lot of fun. Features:Captain's Call ExhaustTrim TabsDual Batteries with switchDrop down bolster captains chairsGPS/Chartplotter/Fishfinder/Depthfinder/Water tempNice Marine RadioHead unit/Radio/CD player with front auxiliary input Battery charge equalizerInterior and cabin lightingIntegrated Swim Deck with Ladder (which I love, very useful, as well as fun when relaxing on the lake) The engine upgrades include:HV oil pump (ALWAYS good oil pressure) .Roller cam with roller timing chain Roller LiftersAluminum Heads - head studs and MLS gasketsRoller RockersIMCO Powerflow exhaust manifoldsAir gap intakeHP500 Holley CarburetorPerformance timing module for the Thunderbolt IV ignition **When engine was out the gimbal and bellows were replaced.** ** I have also replaced the cap, rotor, plugs, wires, ignition pick up in the distributor, Fuel Pump, obviously all the gaskets. ** The Trailer: It is in good shape. The surge brakes work. It has bearing buddies and I usually just grease them at the beginning of the year unless I check them and they need more. I have put thousands of miles on the trailer and I have never had an issue. The lights work. The Prop: It has a Stainless 3 blade prop on the boat. It is an all around good prop. It will also come with a 24P Bravo 1 4 blade prop. It probably needs some minor work done to it, but it could be used as is. About Me: I've had numerous boats, some that I've wound up sitting at the dock more than on the lake. Because of that, I tried to replace everything I could on this boat and fix everything right so it would be good for years of reliable boating. So far, so good. It is ready for a new home to be enjoyed more often. We are just very busy right now and decided to get out of boating for a few years. It's expensive to live in Chicago, and have a boat in Chicago, especially if you don't get to use it a lot. Summary and disclosures : I don't want to represent this as something it's not. It is still 21 years old. There's probably a few dings or scratches here and there. Also, it's got those stupid old switches that are sticky. The Voltmeter gauge doesn't work The speedo gauge needs the tube hooked on the out drive (it would probably take 5 minutes, but I have the GPS speedo so I didn't do it) The shifter/throttle controls has a little plastic piece on the bottom that holds the 'trailer' switch in place. That is a little loose. Everything still works but sometimes you have to move that plate around....not really an issue because you only use the trailer switch to lift the outdrive above operating height before you pull it out of the water. That's all I can think of. Other than that, what you see is what you get.
