Quote:
Originally Posted by paulywood
Hi everyone. Just found this forum. I am looking for a new boat and will be checking out a 1998 210 coastal with a 350 Volvo. Is there anything that I should be looking for with this boat? It will be used for Great Lakes salmon fishing and comes with an Eagle trailer. I just want to make sure I am informed before I make the 7 hour drive. Thanks for the help.
|
I've made many disappointing drives to look at used boats. Look for signs of flexing showing up in the gel-coat...cracks. Look for cracks in the bottom that parallel the stringers and bulkheads. Tap the hull...especially the bottom, and listen for a dull sound indicating delamination. Look below the decks everywhere you can and look for a tight bond between the stringer/bulkhead system to the hull. Step on the cavitation plate and bounce looking for transom flexing. Step on every inch of the cockpit sole and the decks looking for soft spots. Where you can get to the stringers, tap on them listening for hollow which would indicate rot. Go there with the idea that the trip was expensive, but not nearly as expensive as buying a bad boat.