Guy advertised it as an 84, but turns out it's a 1983. It is nearly identical to my 1987 sitting next to it, other than the red stripes. The rod boxes are bigger in the 1983 & look to be made of different plastic. The '87 has a seat & cushion over the live well with an attached drain, the '83 has a similar setup but the box is loose with tie-downs & no drain.
Went through the boat pretty well today, everything checks out fine, needs a scupper & hose replaced, the cabin door fell off, the glovebox needs rebuilt (been there before on all three!)
Bow rails are AL, with stainless fittings, is that normal?, the '87 is all stainless.
Bimini is shot, frame may be OK. Fish finder screen is sunburned.
One weird thing, went to pull the goofy anchor (oysters growing on it, 18 inch chain & 20 feet of rode!) & the hawse pipe just goes through the deck & not the shelf beneath into the rope locker!? The line piled up on the shelf! Seems it would flood the cuddy when you hauled anchor (if you had any line on it).
Easy fixes mostly & years ago a hurricane delivered an anchor,chain & rode to me that's been sitting around :-)
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Doug
87 Cuddy with a 94 Black Max 200!
& a 1983 Cuddy, looking for power.
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