After review I realized my boat came with stern jump seats. Which were apparently removed and not replaced at some point. I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing. I don't think I gained any space, just lost seating, and got a bigger splash well.
Yeah, I wish I had those seats back. I like them a lot more than the blue ones that replaced them. I tilted the motor up and pushed it back and forth and didn't feel or see any flex, it seems pretty solid.
@Moserkr thanks for the warm welcome. She's a 1973, with HIN 1043666. The outboard is a '73 85 HP Evinrude Starflite. I would assume original. She's in pretty good shape I would say. I'll start a new thread with some pictures. In the meantime, an old offerup post is still up that has some...
I just realized, I never followed up on this thread. I wound up getting the boat.
Why does it seem like most of these Holidays are IO? Also they don't seem to get a lot of chatter on the forum. Are they to common to comment on, or more rare?
Does anyone know what year this boat is? It is an 18 ft Starcraft, I assume a Holiday. It seems all the boats I keep looking at have a different dash configuration though. I could probably just ask the owner or go look at it myself, but I wont be able to do that until the weekend.Thanks.
I've...
I am looking into buying a boat and I have my eye on a 1980 Sea Swirl Cuddy Cabin 19' Polaris. The owner says everything is good except it has a leaking seal in the upper gearbox(of the outdrive) that leaks into the water intake. He says the seal kit is $50 but a pain to get to. Does anyone...
