You really need to examine all the facts here.
It's not what you have in it now, but what you'll have in it when you're done. If you sit down with a piece of paper and a pen and you're really honest, you may see that what you'll have when you're done with it is a 50, 70 or 70 thousand dollar investment into the boat. Or more. And being what it is, you'd never be able to get anything near that out of it.
You already found one motor issue. Chances are the other one is not far behind. And that means that virtually everything attached to them is close to the end of its lifespan. The drives probabaly need to be gone thru, as most likely do the transmissions. My guess is that wiring is 25 years old. Every nut, bolt, pump, alternator and so on are probabaly getting up in age.
With TRS drives, you're just not going to see much over 70. Even if you bought the power to make it happen, the rest of what you have won't take it. It's big and wide and heavy and was never intended to go very fast. You'll spend more getting it to go fast than you would buying something else. It's a performance cruiser. If you like cruising iin the high 40's and low 50's and an occasional blast into the 60's, but all the while enjoying the ride provided by all that heft and the space that caused all that heft, then this is a good boat for you. If you want to run fast, be willing to trade ride, space or alot of cash. Alot. Plus, with $4 fuel on the water, that monster is going to eat you up.
Just don't make the mistake that so many do- failing to plan and underestimating the final cost. You don't want to be another $30K into this thing only to find out you're $30K short. Now you're stuck- in too deep to quit but it makes no sense to continue.
It's not what you have in it now, but what you'll have in it when you're done. If you sit down with a piece of paper and a pen and you're really honest, you may see that what you'll have when you're done with it is a 50, 70 or 70 thousand dollar investment into the boat. Or more. And being what it is, you'd never be able to get anything near that out of it.
You already found one motor issue. Chances are the other one is not far behind. And that means that virtually everything attached to them is close to the end of its lifespan. The drives probabaly need to be gone thru, as most likely do the transmissions. My guess is that wiring is 25 years old. Every nut, bolt, pump, alternator and so on are probabaly getting up in age.
With TRS drives, you're just not going to see much over 70. Even if you bought the power to make it happen, the rest of what you have won't take it. It's big and wide and heavy and was never intended to go very fast. You'll spend more getting it to go fast than you would buying something else. It's a performance cruiser. If you like cruising iin the high 40's and low 50's and an occasional blast into the 60's, but all the while enjoying the ride provided by all that heft and the space that caused all that heft, then this is a good boat for you. If you want to run fast, be willing to trade ride, space or alot of cash. Alot. Plus, with $4 fuel on the water, that monster is going to eat you up.
Just don't make the mistake that so many do- failing to plan and underestimating the final cost. You don't want to be another $30K into this thing only to find out you're $30K short. Now you're stuck- in too deep to quit but it makes no sense to continue.
) take the money before they change their mind!
