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It has a big steel plate on the transom.
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08-10-2012, 06:15 PM
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I find myself pondering this...... the "plate" scares me tho.... anyone close by who knows boats and how to find rot care to check it out for me?
Last edited by smokeonthewater; 08-10-2012 at 06:25 PM.
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08-10-2012, 08:56 PM
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08-10-2012, 09:18 PM
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he says the roller trailer needs (at least) the rear crossmember and that there is some very light damage in the cap just above the rub rail near the windshield and that ptt on one engine needs work and he'll take no less than 3k.... if it's solid that's a good deal but if it's rotten, not so much.
he said he had the heads off of one engine for some machine work (he calls it an "almost" rebuilt engine) and of course there's no telling how much salt damage (my bet as to why the heads were pulled) there is on those engines. say's that the full curtains are in great shape except for the rotten zippers and that the boat is structurally very solid....... sounded like a good guy but the boat could still be a bad deal unless all the stars align just right. lol
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08-10-2012, 10:06 PM
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Wanna know how it feels to ride in a 250 Sportman?
Go sit on top of a buoy while a shotgun start of mackeral missles comes by.
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08-11-2012, 11:09 PM
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sooooo for a land locked guy who has never seen a mackeral, and really doesn't know what ur talking about, ur saying they're not good boats and I should steer clear?
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08-12-2012, 08:56 AM
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The biggest problems I see are that if the motor needs a tilt unit you can count on breaking a bunch of bolt trying to get it off so if you are not good at drilling, tapping/Helicoil yourself then forget it. I own two of the same era Yamahas and they are pretty much welded together.
The tranom likely needs to be done but look at the ends of the stringer too. Wellcraft cut holes at the bottom of them right at the transom and didn't always seal them well and the stringers were raw wood againt the transom plywood so if the transom core gets soggy it rots the stringers too. I think Jason means that the 250 Sportman has a fairly narrow beam for it's length and the elavated helm seats you high up so any rolling is amplified. It doesn't bother me that much but I would only rate it average as far as ride. It is also light for it's size which doesn't help the ride but does mean it can get by with less power and is better for towing. I paid $500 less for mine in running condition when the econonomy was better.
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