Juggernaut
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2005
- Messages
- 39
Hello all!<br /><br />I am new to the forums and new to boating. I am purchasing a boat from a friend of a friend of the family and would like to know what additional things I will need to purchase to get it in the water. The boat I am buying is a 1998 Bayliner 2050 SS with a 5.0 liter Mercruiser. The current owner bought it new from the dealer and has only had it in the water maybe 10 times in the last six years. I have read the varied opinions concerning the quality of the Bayliner brand of boats but I am getting such a (what I think to be) good deal on this boat I can't pass it up. I have looked in the BoatTrader magazines as well as online and I cannot find a boat as big for the money (and I need a big boat since I am a big guy LOL!)<br /><br />Well, I would like to hear your opinions and also your advice as to what I need to keep in mind going forward. I am paying to have the boat de-winterized so that I can take it out for a test drive before 'officially' purchasing the boat.<br /><br />Thanks in advance,<br /><br />Eric