Call the marina. The number is on the side of the building and ask about an engine survey. They may know somebody. Excellent boat. Personally, I wouldn't hang anything but a Yamaha on my boats. The majority of the commercial guys can't be wrong. Boat is built in Ft. Pierce. Great reputation.

willy we have a condo in FERNANDINA BEACH witch is just 30 min from jacksonville.here are a few names and #s in FERNANDINA they may be able to help or suggest someone. REDMOND BOATS AND YACHTS LLC 1420 N 14TH ST fernandina 904-277-8511 also AMELIAISLAND YACHT BASIN 251 CREEKSIDE DR FERNANDINA 904-277-4615 ALSO OCEAN OUTBOARD MARINE 1619 N 14TH ST FERNANDINA 904-321-1422 HOPE THIS WILL HELP YOU. GOOD LUCK AND LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP!!

I wouldn't go that far about the only motor being a Yamaha, but you aren't the only one who thinks that way. But I digress, these motors have a VST and injectors just like a Merc EFI motor or any other EFI motor. The parts are even interchangeable on some models. The boat looks nice and the motors do too. I wish I could run up there for a looksee for you Willy. With the holidays I am booked until Dec. 26,27,28. If you could wait, I would gladly make the trip to check out the motors. Pending a good outcome on compression, I would run Ring free and decarbonize like Ferm suggested. With such low hours I would at least consider pulling the injectors and having them cleaned/tested. It doesn't cost much to do it yourself and they are fairly easy to work on. The VST is easy to service also. To me, clean injectors and a good service job on those motors would last you a couple thousand hours. If there is a downside they aren't the latest 2-stroke offerings so they are going to use a bit more fuel.
The boat is a winner. I had a 22' Pursuit Cuddy with 12 degrees of deadrise and it was a good offshore boat. The cost of less deadrise was a bit more pounding but it more than made up for it with stability at anchor and on a drift. Tracks better than a Whaler too. The layout is good, construction is good. Euro transom is a little bit of a detractor because it eats up boat space but they used that space on this model. No green water over the transom is the bonus that comes with the Euro rear.. Nice find. :beer: If I can assist at all, please call.

Looks good willy, Wish you lots of luck!!

Willy, I haven't been able to locate a mechanic in that area with a known reputation, i'm still looking though

This one is just a few dollars more.

http://wilmington.craigslist.org/boa/3460324778.html

Or same price and in your neighborhood.

http://wilmington.craigslist.org/boa/3408444848.html

That first one is double the price.

The second one is actually one I found two weeks ago and have been talking to Spare about. Love it.

That is a lot of gas though, I doubt that beast gets 1 mpg.
Would be tough with the Obamination in office.

Few dollars more, double the price....tomato tomato....

Those old school 250 Yammies really like to drink fuel....but that is a really nice boat.

Willy? You were so happy when you got Senor Bert. Do you really want to go back to a center console after being in that league? Will you be happy in a cc? Just sayin' ...

(And I still say Bert should have been fixed. She was a yarl boat fer sure....arrrrh).

I agree the 28 should have been fixed, but chances are teh insurance company didn't want to be responsible if it wasn't fixed to par and would rather total it out and sell it for salvage instead as there is less liability that way.