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01-11-2014, 12:08 AM
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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  somebody help me! - I have a flat tire!
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01-11-2014, 12:44 AM
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I say buy it, you will have plenty of space to park it at your new place when the wife kicks you out.
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01-11-2014, 10:00 AM
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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.
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01-11-2014, 10:27 AM
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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.
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01-11-2014, 10:36 AM
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The more the merrier
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01-11-2014, 11:19 AM
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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).
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01-11-2014, 12:05 PM
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01-11-2014, 12:56 PM
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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!
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01-15-2014, 01:41 AM
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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
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