23 cc questions

[MasterBaiter]

Personally I am a fan of the inboards - add a swim platform or a ladder and you have a good candidate for family diving.

As far as the other two are concerned, the word "family" would make up my mind. Do you have the time to invest in the project? Because if you have to pay someone to rebuild the floor and refinish it you might be better off buying the turn key choice. Then there is the expense of re-powering the project.


Good luck

[Rlbol]

Personally I am a fan of the inboards - add a swim platform or a ladder and you have a good candidate for family diving.

As far as the other two are concerned, the word "family" would make up my mind. Do you have the time to invest in the project? Because if you have to pay someone to rebuild the floor and refinish it you might be better off buying the turn key choice. Then there is the expense of re-powering the project.


Good luck

Tucker, I have a Nautique ski boat and have driven inboard ski boats for many years. I dont mind them, but I am not sure how they would do in salt water. I think the maintenance would be much higher. The one I was referring to had a closed cooling system. It seems like a nice boat and the transom is already closed in. I just dont know how the tunnel hull would do down the road If I were to install a bracket and a pair of out boards.

[MasterBaiter]

I wouldn't know about the maintainence difference - I've only ever run my boats in salt water.
The only thing I do is run a brush over the raw water intake once in a while. Usually when I check the zincs if that gives you an idea as to how often....

[Rlbol]

Well so far I have gotten to look at the 84 it is in very very rough shape and far to expensive. I also looked at the inboard and liked it. The closed transom is very nice. Boat is very solid. I am going to look at another 85 in the morning. Looks like it was converted from an I/O to an bracketed outboard. Hopefully it is in better shape!