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Tally-Ho!!...what a great boat!!...you and your kids will REELY enjoy that for years to come ;) ... good ya got kids to come out and help fix 'er up ... no doubt work to be done, but they will learn from it and appreciate it more w/ some sweat equity in it ;) ...

What HP the Yammer??

Ya'll have fun...I know you will 8) ...

Oh yeah...couldn't find the plates you mentioned in the galley...

Re: Any Sportsman / Coastal owners here?
 

Nice boat!

I am guessing on the plates, but they look like something you would hook a table to.

And I wouldnt worry about the wiring, it looks fine :o.

Re: Any Sportsman / Coastal owners here?
 

Yeah...see 'em now...if it's still aboard, I think you'll find R'man to be right...there's probably a cuttin' board or somethin' that's gonna fit that ;) ... good eye, R'man!! 8) ...

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it's a table mine is gone to but i know a guy at the coast with a 250 and his still has the dining table

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I've spent some time on a 248 with a bracket and twin 225 EVINRUDES, I didn't really like the way it was balanced. Youy had to run it up to almost 30 to get it to level out because of the added transom weight. The trim tabs would level it, but it would still sea saw quite a bit. After running that one I think a set of lighter weight engines like MERCS, or some V-4's would level it out better. But that's the impression I got from his. A better bracket probably would have helped his boat out though.

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Hammer, missed your ??? about price. The boat was listed on ebay and didn't meet reserve with a high bid of $1675. It was also on Craigslist at $5k. I contacted the seller and he said he wanted $3k. After seeing it and running the motor I really couldn't argue too much about his asking price. My only concern was with the trailer. Bearings and tires in particular. The seller suggested having it hauled on a ramp truck and offered to knock the cost off the selling price. Sorry I didn't get any pics of it on the truck, it was quite a sight!

Here are some pics of the trailer:

http://www.kci2.com/new/050.jpg

http://www.kci2.com/new/051.jpg

http://www.kci2.com/new/052.jpg

http://www.kci2.com/new/053.jpg

http://www.kci2.com/new/054.jpg

http://www.kci2.com/new/056.jpg

http://www.kci2.com/new/057.jpg

I'm not sure if I should tackle all the hardware right now or just do up the brakes, bearings and tires so I can get the boat in the water ASAP.

Skools, thanks for the common sense solution to the oil injection question. I slapped my forehead when I read that one!

Reelapeeelin, the motor is an '86 "V6 Special". Here is an ad for it...

http://www.kci2.com/new/093.jpg

Yamaha didn't put a HP badge on it but the ad says it's "220HP Plus". As far as I can figure from the Seloc manual it's 2596cc and 220HP.

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Wow, TH!!...that's pretty neat...where did the Ad on the Yam come from??...I never woulda guessed an outboard was computerized that long ago 8) ...great pix ;) ...

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reel...
where else... ebay. Somebody was trying to peddle the ad for a sawbuck.

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Tally, just online, busy at work and spent the day having my dive platform built. She's nice. Thats something I wouldnt mind upgrading to one day. More cuddy room for the kids......and dive gear. ;D
Thanks for the fix. Us junkies gotta have pix. ;D ;D ;D