Skool's 250 Sea Ray Project???

[parishht]

Originally Posted by bcmarinamanager

Why in the "h-e-double-hockey-sticks" would you ever do anything other than sink a searay????? Be careful, it's likely to just crumble to pieces when you start taking it apart.

I have got to stick up for Skool's on this one (he might even send some rules e-mails)

The way he redoes a boat is amazing,
even if it does crumble, he will put it back together
and you will never even know it fell apart.

Just check some of his past projects.

[THEFERMANATOR]

I don't think anybody here would question SKOOLS ability to put a boat together and make it PURDY(and better than new). I believe what BC was trying to pervey was that a SEARAY isn't normally considered worth saving. I have no room to talk as I repowered an identical boat a year and a half ago.

[parishht]

Sea Ray, Bayliner aren't they synonyms. (second 50 cent word today, I better slow down).

I just wanted some Skool's Rules e-mails.

[nipper]

I do not know much about sea rays, but I always thought they were a high quality boat. I guess that is not necessarily the case, huh.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by nipper

I do not know much about sea rays, but I always thought they were a high quality boat. I guess that is not necessarily the case, huh.

There actual hull construction isn't that bad, one of the better built mass production boats. There interiors on the other hand leave much to be desired, but that is how they were able to sell a decent boat for BAYLINER money.

[nipper]

My brother in law had a sea ray seville. I think the seville was their lesser line, and has been discontinued. That was not a good boat. Floor went soft quite quickly, and interior fit and finish was not very good.

[nipper]

Curious as to other boat lines out there are mostly junk. I know Bayliner has to be right near the top. Rinkers are not very good either. Any others that should be avoided at all cost?

[bcmarinamanager]

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

There actual hull construction isn't that bad, one of the better built mass production boats. There interiors on the other hand leave much to be desired, but that is how they were able to sell a decent boat for BAYLINER money.

The interiors are cheaply constructed. I have personally seen the bottom layers of fiberglass from a brand new 50 footer that was damaged when it fell of a travel lift at another marina here in town, and I can tell you it is only about 50% thicker than the bottom of a V! Now for a 50 footer to have a bottom barely thicker than a 20 footer says something poor about that construction. By the way the 50' was dropped into the water from about 6' when a strap on the travel lift snapped. It totalled the boat. I don't know, maybe they built them stronger back when. The new ones are crap, and usually the only way you can get rid of them is to trade them in for another one at the dealer. My biggest problem is that they are just soooooooo generic. No style.