scrasie
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depends on what year and engine options you would want
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scrasie
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but around $82,500 new
B175Chris
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I'm not sure on engines, I think the guy had a 4.2/5 merc and it was about 4 days old - he wouldn't give away the price but the engine sounded like a dream, like a tiger with a cough!
Seemed a bit like a budget (?) version of a cigarette racer soundwise, I think we were quoted £60,000 for the same spec by a company at SIBS, but we dont want a cuddy yet...
Seemed a bit like a budget (?) version of a cigarette racer soundwise, I think we were quoted £60,000 for the same spec by a company at SIBS, but we dont want a cuddy yet...
scrasie
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If there is anyone out there who is seriously interested in enquiring about a boat please feel free to pm me.
scrasie
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Yeah we had a poker run here a little while ago now i think the were about 2000 Muscle boats out there. They all sound awsome. We were out on a 240sundeck with thru hull exhuast. Good fun but got blown away everytime lol.
scrasie
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B175Chris Baja also do a 242 islander it is the same hull as the 245 but is a bowrider instead of cuddy. You can have the thru hull exhaust and the same engine and will run at around the same speed here is a pic tell me what you think
Renegade_Master
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Big V4 5litre plus petrol engines / salt water do not mix, rather they rot from the inside
B175Chris
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looks quite nice actually, thanks for the suggestion /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Interested to hear more from Sun_Coast, surely if it is a marine engine it is made to fare well in both fresh and salt water?
Interested to hear more from Sun_Coast, surely if it is a marine engine it is made to fare well in both fresh and salt water?
Whitelighter
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I think that is exactly Clive's point.
Alot of engines aren't dedicated marine engines, they are truck or car engines that have be 'marinised'.
A different thing all together.
Alot of engines aren't dedicated marine engines, they are truck or car engines that have be 'marinised'.
A different thing all together.
B175Chris
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Interesting, so is it a mainly AMerican thing, or common in UK as well?
Considering my Bayiner is typically an American lake boat, it has a Mercruiser engine, how do i tell if it is dedicated or has been marinised?
Considering my Bayiner is typically an American lake boat, it has a Mercruiser engine, how do i tell if it is dedicated or has been marinised?
Whitelighter
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No, it is common in europe as well. Not so much now, but in the past all sorts of things were used.
To give you some examples (and these are not negative neccessarily) the new Yanmar units are Marinised BMW car engines, and the Volvo D3 is the same engine you find in the XC90 and V70 road models marinised.
To give you some examples (and these are not negative neccessarily) the new Yanmar units are Marinised BMW car engines, and the Volvo D3 is the same engine you find in the XC90 and V70 road models marinised.
scrasie
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Well i have been here seven years now and i have never seen a Baja engine rot or any engine from the Brunswick Corporation. Mercruiser are generally the rule here, I know that volvo are alot more popular back home but i cant fault the mercs. the 242 islander comes standard with a MerCruiser MX 6.2L/320 HP/Bravo I and optional MerCruiser® 496 Magnum/375 HP/Bravo I or
MerCruiser® 496 Magnum HO/Bravo X/425 HP.
The retail price for standard model is $62,000
MerCruiser® 496 Magnum HO/Bravo X/425 HP.
The retail price for standard model is $62,000
Alrob
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so to get back to a previous question what happens with warranty
captct
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Most N.American inboards /direct shaft driven and certainly the older ones are all marinized vehicle engines.Chevrolet,General Motors and Chrysler all had marine divisions at one time.
302,305,327,318,360,454,427 et al
All of these had marininized components ...different cam-shafts etc
mercruiser,crusader are dedicated marine engines although some will argue that crusaders are really GM target master truck blocks.
I run twin 318 V8's small blocks they are LM 318 which is the Marinized Chrysler version.
It will be 36 years old in a few weeks.They were rebuilt in 91 I have around 1700 hrs on the rebuilds and the compression is up there in all the cylinders and it runs like a top.Eats gas like nothing else on the water.But they are really dependable.There on lots of them still working on the west coast of Canada
302,305,327,318,360,454,427 et al
All of these had marininized components ...different cam-shafts etc
mercruiser,crusader are dedicated marine engines although some will argue that crusaders are really GM target master truck blocks.
I run twin 318 V8's small blocks they are LM 318 which is the Marinized Chrysler version.
It will be 36 years old in a few weeks.They were rebuilt in 91 I have around 1700 hrs on the rebuilds and the compression is up there in all the cylinders and it runs like a top.Eats gas like nothing else on the water.But they are really dependable.There on lots of them still working on the west coast of Canada
happyboater69
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"One problem the UK delaer and importer - Marina Marbella will not honour the warranty on grey imports "
What do you mean?
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Well you sell me the boat you ship it here say after 6 months i find some things don't work and there is some hull delamination.
Who do I go to to settle the warranty? Will you pay for a UK firm to recifiy all faults?
I'm saying the UK importer won't honour warranty on GREY imports
SO come on Mr Sea Ray and tell us what happens about warranty?
"One problem the UK delaer and importer - Marina Marbella will not honour the warranty on grey imports "
What do you mean?
[/ QUOTE ]
Well you sell me the boat you ship it here say after 6 months i find some things don't work and there is some hull delamination.
Who do I go to to settle the warranty? Will you pay for a UK firm to recifiy all faults?
I'm saying the UK importer won't honour warranty on GREY imports
SO come on Mr Sea Ray and tell us what happens about warranty?
BrendanS
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It would worry me he even has to ask the question.
scrasie
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Hey sorry about the wait. I had to drive home from work and have dinner. About that warranty! The choice is you either pay twice as much money in Europe and get a warrenty or you can buy a boat from here for half the price and not get one. If you are buying a used boat then you probably wont be getting a warrenty anyway. The reason i questioned you was because i didnt see what marina marbella had to do with it. I believe that you purchase a warrenty seperatly in the uk but i am not entierly sure. I hope this has cleared things up for you Jack.
Sundays_Child
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So what would happen if someone bought a Sea Ray, shortly after was posted to a different country to work, and wanted to take the boat with them whilse still under warranty? The dealer in the 2nd country wouldn't touch the boat if it had problems?
Surely Sea Ray head office would just say "take it to an approved service centre and we'll sort it out with them"?
What is the norm with raggies under warranty that do international trips?
Surely Sea Ray head office would just say "take it to an approved service centre and we'll sort it out with them"?
What is the norm with raggies under warranty that do international trips?
scrasie
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You would have to get prior authority from Sea Ray before leaving from customer service at Sea Ray.
Renegade_Master
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Thats it exactly In our Marina there are quite a lot early Searay's with big V4 twin petrol mercruisers or the like. The local engineer has a great trade in replacing corroded exhaust manifiolds. Life expectancy 4-5 years each engine has 4. He is just preparing for the next rush.
I have a customer, we were teaching on his twin V4 mercruiser Searay 330, on day three the top of a plug or two decided to give up, just snapped off. Investigation revealed rusted plugs two of which just would not come out. Engineer strips engine down removes head has it cleaned & "skimmed" replaces rotten riser and exhaust manifold, (which he thought was leaking) puts it all back.
Starts engine and finds still has huge water leak. Now seems the head is cracked.
and so it goes on. Bear in mind this is only one head and one manifold so far.
I would not buy a second hand aging Amercian boat with petrols. I have heard that they were designed for fresh water lakes and cheap fuel in the states, not to sit in a jacket of salt water.
Now I cant answer for the new models may be they have sorted out the rotting manifold problem. Oldgit put a facinating article on a thread recently about this very subject.
I have a customer, we were teaching on his twin V4 mercruiser Searay 330, on day three the top of a plug or two decided to give up, just snapped off. Investigation revealed rusted plugs two of which just would not come out. Engineer strips engine down removes head has it cleaned & "skimmed" replaces rotten riser and exhaust manifold, (which he thought was leaking) puts it all back.
Starts engine and finds still has huge water leak. Now seems the head is cracked.
and so it goes on. Bear in mind this is only one head and one manifold so far.
I would not buy a second hand aging Amercian boat with petrols. I have heard that they were designed for fresh water lakes and cheap fuel in the states, not to sit in a jacket of salt water.
Now I cant answer for the new models may be they have sorted out the rotting manifold problem. Oldgit put a facinating article on a thread recently about this very subject.
