TwoBallScrewBall_Alt
Cadet
- Joined
- Jul 9, 2019
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- 19
Going to look at a used 1988 Rinker 206 Captiva bow rider.
Boat was a trailered freshwater boat, never bottom painted. Motor is the 305 Cobra. Boat looks in pretty good shape, some vinyl wear obviously and it needs to be buffed out.
It's been a long time since I looked at a used boat. I know to check the floor for issues, and get my eyeballs and camera everywhere I possibly can. Thankfully I'm a fat bastard which helps when checking floors I know I'll need to do a full preventative maintenance on it, like water pump, engine tune up, check lights, etc, if I did buy it.
Does anyone with any experience with this particular boat have any suggestions on anything specific to look for as far as major issues?
Price seems in line with a 30 year old boat that runs and floats, includes trailer, and that's all I'm really looking for. We have a 2005 Parker 2520SL that's our main boat, this will just be for dragging up to the lakes and stuff like that. The parker is too much of a pain in the ass to trailer with it's 9.5' beam, plus all up it's close to 10k pounds with fuel, trailer and all the other crap in it so it stays in the water.
Thanks!
Boat was a trailered freshwater boat, never bottom painted. Motor is the 305 Cobra. Boat looks in pretty good shape, some vinyl wear obviously and it needs to be buffed out.
It's been a long time since I looked at a used boat. I know to check the floor for issues, and get my eyeballs and camera everywhere I possibly can. Thankfully I'm a fat bastard which helps when checking floors I know I'll need to do a full preventative maintenance on it, like water pump, engine tune up, check lights, etc, if I did buy it.
Does anyone with any experience with this particular boat have any suggestions on anything specific to look for as far as major issues?
Price seems in line with a 30 year old boat that runs and floats, includes trailer, and that's all I'm really looking for. We have a 2005 Parker 2520SL that's our main boat, this will just be for dragging up to the lakes and stuff like that. The parker is too much of a pain in the ass to trailer with it's 9.5' beam, plus all up it's close to 10k pounds with fuel, trailer and all the other crap in it so it stays in the water.
Thanks!