sublauxation
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My dad has a winter place in FL and is looking for a decent boat he can use in the Cape Coral/Fort Myers area. It wont get used much so he doesn't want to spend a lot. I lurk a lot on here but this fiberglass thing is still pretty foreign to me and even more to my dad.
I came across this 1979 Hydra Sport for sale and it looks to fit our needs perfectly.
The owner claims it's a Kevlar hull but from my research it looks like it's actually an added layer of Kevlar over the glass on the inside. It was an expensive option for the day but since nobody talks about that on new boats is it something to actually be worried about? He says he "redid" the boat and I don't have all the details yet but he told me he had the console off and gas tank out and that the stringers underneath were all in great shape.
Another concern, it has a newer 125 merc with 50 hours on it, he said the dealer had it sitting in storage unused for 12 years.
Aside from the obvious red flags of "that makes no sense" what are your thoughts on a new, unused outboard sitting for that long. He's put the 50 hours on in 3 seasons. By the time I could get down to look at it the lakes will be frozen so aside from a compression test and hopefully listening to it run is there anything else to look at? Are there any problems with using a non salt water specific outboard in salt. It will be trailered so flushing it after each use wouldn't be a problem.
Any thoughts on what this thing would actually be worth?
Thanks for any and all info!
I came across this 1979 Hydra Sport for sale and it looks to fit our needs perfectly.
The owner claims it's a Kevlar hull but from my research it looks like it's actually an added layer of Kevlar over the glass on the inside. It was an expensive option for the day but since nobody talks about that on new boats is it something to actually be worried about? He says he "redid" the boat and I don't have all the details yet but he told me he had the console off and gas tank out and that the stringers underneath were all in great shape.
Another concern, it has a newer 125 merc with 50 hours on it, he said the dealer had it sitting in storage unused for 12 years.
Aside from the obvious red flags of "that makes no sense" what are your thoughts on a new, unused outboard sitting for that long. He's put the 50 hours on in 3 seasons. By the time I could get down to look at it the lakes will be frozen so aside from a compression test and hopefully listening to it run is there anything else to look at? Are there any problems with using a non salt water specific outboard in salt. It will be trailered so flushing it after each use wouldn't be a problem.
Any thoughts on what this thing would actually be worth?
Thanks for any and all info!