Wellcraft 210

[Gallagher]

Does anyone have any experience with this boat? I saw this listing and am waiting for info on the motor. Thanks

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/boa/3948750353.html

[Destroyer]

Assuming there's nothing wrong with the engine, that's a lot of boat for the money. Very nice find.

[EngstromNK]

Motor looks like a Suzuki 140 4 stroke. I have 1600 hours on mine from 2002 and haven't had any problems that I haven't been able to fix. I can give mine a full tuneup in about an hour and a half because of how it is all laid out.

[Gallagher]

It does seem to be a nice find.

Weird part is that the owner wants to use onlinelawnsales.com to run the purchase/sale. The website looks legit and it sure seems like a great business model but requires I buy the boat and then examine it ... They claim I have one week to examine the item and return if it doesn't comport with the description. Weird but I think I'll take the gamble.

[Gallagher]

Oh, and the other weird thing is that the pictures of the Suzuki are apparently old. He says he replaced it with a Mercruiser 3.0 and that the Mer has less than 70 hours on it. Number one, the pictures don't show a Merc and number two I'm wondering if that 135 hp motor is underpower for this boat ... Then again, I only take the kids cruising, tubing and fishing not skiing so do I can get by without huge hp and think of the gas mileage ... :)

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Gallagher

Oh, and the other weird thing is that the pictures of the Suzuki are apparently old. He says he replaced it with a Mercruiser 3.0 and that the Mer has less than 70 hours on it. Number one, the pictures don't show a Merc and number two I'm wondering if that 135 hp motor is underpower for this boat ... Then again, I only take the kids cruising, tubing and fishing not skiing so do I can get by without huge hp and think of the gas mileage ... :)

NOT POSSIBLE!!!! A Mercruiser is an I/O engine/outdrive unit. Unless he cut thru the transom there's no way he put a Mercruiser on it. And if he put a Merc 3.0 outboard on it then it should fly!!!!!

As to the underpowered, I believe there is someone on this site that runs a 115 Merc. It doesn't go all that fast, but it gets up on plane and he goes 27mph normally. I'm thinking that a 135 should get you into the low 30's without any trouble. And 200HP+ should get you into the 50mph club without any real problems.

[bradford]

Guy sounds full of S___ to me I'd walk right now.

[Gallagher]

Yeah, my bull**** meter was running high anyway. Here's his response to my calling him on it.

I'm glad that you are still interested. Yes i accept your price of $6000. THE MOTOR IS A MERCRUISER 3.0. IT SHOWS 62 HOURS OF RUN TIME AND JUST HAD A FRESH SERVICE TO INCLUDE PLUGS, OIL AND FILTER CHANGE AND LOWER UNIT LUBE. THE ALPHA OUTDRIVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
>>> Like I said before I will be happy to walk you through the process, OLS is short for Online Lawn Sales and their website is onlinelawnsales .com , maybe now this sounds familiar to you. As they describe themselves, " Online Lawn Sales is a safe payment system for the Internet that protects both buyer and seller ".

I though the same thing regarding going through the transom to put in a mercruiser in exchange for a Suzuki four. None of it really makes sense but you know, I wanted it ... ha ha

[Blue_Runner]

Originally Posted by bradford

Guy sounds full of S___ to me I'd walk right now.

+1

[Curapa]

Just the price alone tells me it's a scam.