After my motor went south, I've been obsessing over finding a re-power for my Steplift by checking eBay every day, shopping on the web, looking at classifieds, etc., etc. Well, I found a '97 Oceanrunner 175hp with less than 250 hours, perfect compression, etc. It even comes with a bracket, so I've gone bracket, MJ! The thing is, this is all attached to this.
She's a restored 1966 SeaCraft 19 bowrider. She has a few dings and scrapes, but she should clean up easily and everything else is solid. She sits on this '05 aluminum trailer
and has a little more fishing room with the open bow than the V-20.
Honestly I don't like the boat's lines as much, there's less beam and freeboard, and losing the storage of the cuddy will hurt. But it really boiled down to money. After the Step' is sold, I'll have a lot le$$ out of pocket for this whole rig than I would have had I re-powered the Wellcraft.
So, another board member is trading one "classic" for another and going to a SeaCraft. If'n you'll have me :-* , I'd still like to stick around as this is a great little community that gets better every day. It'll be sad to see my Steplift go. I feel like I hardly go to know her, but it was great while it lasted.