A little disturbed
 

Help me out here fellas, surely there's a shrink among you.
I am suddenly fascinated by the prospect if an i/o Sceptre with a 5.7l Gsi and a duo-prop (290) I think. Great boat for these parts, me thinks. 21 is far off from safe offshore excursions and Seafari range is limited by motor efficiency

I have no place to park it but may be willing to part with the Seafari or yard (dog) space, if I must...

Thoughts, opinions, prescriptions:eek:somebody help me! - I have a flat tire!:eek:

I say buy it, you will have plenty of space to park it at your new place when the wife kicks you out. :)

You only live once...

strick

Where are you? I'm in Mass, north of Boston. I have an '85 scepter in sound shape that needs a new engine, but the Volvo 290 drive should be fine. One hundred forty gal. fuel tank needs to be replaced and it is on stands.

A divorce necessitates getting rid of it and I'm hoping someone on here might be interested enough to come get and make a reasonable donation the CSC.com. PM me and we can set up a phone call.

What you need is angler management. Make sure the manifolds and risers are fresh. What killed the previous motor that it needed a rebuild? Do your due diligence and if there are no surprises, go for it.

The more the merrier

BH,

The engine was running fine when I last ran it, it's been a while. The manifolds were in need of replacement, 1500 + at last count. The engine would need to be torn down and at least checked out, if not rebuilt. At 260 HP, I thought rather than pour money into it, 1300 total hours and in need of new manifolds, I would bite the bullet and put in a new engine in the neighborhood of 315-325 HP. I was topping out at about 36, but cruise was only 21-23. A bit slower than the 26-28 I wanted. Could have been the prop. Cupped aluminum 15 x 17. Never really got into it, my bad. It's got a full stainless and canvas enclosure/ bimini.
Also, windlass, electron's, VHF, FF/DS (Standard Horizon and Furuno).

Gillie - I'm no shrink, but instead of putting money in another boat, why not just put a 5.7L duo-prop in the 21?! Then you'd have the best of both worlds for those trips to Catalina . . . better ride and accommodations than the Sceptre, and the reliability of a new engine! Denny

x2 on the new engine in the 21!
For the money you save on getting & re-rigging/fixing a 23 you can put something like this in the 21:
380HP FWC L96 Small block pushing a 290 Duoprop.
http://www.volvopenta.com/volvopenta...V8-380-CE.aspx
Let the 21 really perform!

I will say I am not a shrink but a 23 Sceptre is a great boat for a long ride anywhere - I would take it over a CC anytime. I'm not crazy about an I/O as I never had one since they were trouble years ago but the boat set up is very nice - mine was an outboard. The water is always cold out there and the windshield is very nice - its another world from a 20 to 23