84 Sea Ray 18' bow rider

ckone0814

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84 Sea Ray bow rider w/ 3.0 Merc i/o with trailer. canvas top, side curtains, and custom winter cover like new. Nice condition overall runs great and recently gone over completely by Merc dealer. not sure of the hours.

seller wants $3600.... sound fair? anything i should know, ask about, or look for?
 

marine4003

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Re: 84 Sea Ray 18' bow rider

Pictures ??? we like pictures , otherwise its hard to judge a boat by description.......
 

oldtiger

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Re: 84 Sea Ray 18' bow rider

I don't believe Sea Ray made a 18' bow rider with the 3.0. It more than likely is the 17' Seville with 120 HP 3.0. NADA list the Seville for average condition, at $1630. I just purchased a 1996 175 Sea ray bow rider in perfect condition for $4700. I think he is a little high, I would offer maby $2800, take it or leave it.
 

ckone0814

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Re: 84 Sea Ray 18' bow rider

I don't believe Sea Ray made a 18' bow rider with the 3.0. It more than likely is the 17' Seville with 120 HP 3.0. NADA list the Seville for average condition, at $1630. I just purchased a 1996 175 Sea ray bow rider in perfect condition for $4700. I think he is a little high, I would offer maby $2800, take it or leave it.

wow, seems like you got a great deal.
 

ckone0814

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Re: 84 Sea Ray 18' bow rider

I don't believe Sea Ray made a 18' bow rider with the 3.0. It more than likely is the 17' Seville with 120 HP 3.0. NADA list the Seville for average condition, at $1630. I just purchased a 1996 175 Sea ray bow rider in perfect condition for $4700. I think he is a little high, I would offer maby $2800, take it or leave it.

seller identifies power as "4 cyl".
 

abj87

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Re: 84 Sea Ray 18' bow rider

Thats a 470 not a 3.0L.
 

marine4003

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Re: 84 Sea Ray 18' bow rider

Boat ended bidding at $2600.00. Not bad, the 80's SeaRays were and are, Great Boats. good deal for someone.....
 

ckone0814

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Re: 84 Sea Ray 18' bow rider

Boat ended bidding at $2600.00. Not bad, the 80's SeaRays were and are, Great Boats. good deal for someone.....

Actually, highest bid was $2125 but it was under his reserve so it didn't sell. His Buy It Now was $3600. I couldn't get to see it so I wasn't going to bid - I've been emailing him and am interested in working a deal privately for a fair price. From what I've gathered, $3600 is too high so I'm looking at the $2800 range as suggested previously.
 

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Re: 84 Sea Ray 18' bow rider

I can tell from the building in one of the pictures that the boat is (or was) at Mariner's Choice Marine in York. A dealer. Interesting that he's listing boats on eBay. Or maybe the owner just had it there for storage or repair?
 

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Re: 84 Sea Ray 18' bow rider

a lot of dealers put their hard to move trade ins, on ebay.
 

ckone0814

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Re: 84 Sea Ray 18' bow rider

I can tell from the building in one of the pictures that the boat is (or was) at Mariner's Choice Marine in York. A dealer. Interesting that he's listing boats on eBay. Or maybe the owner just had it there for storage or repair?


Pics show Delaware reg so I'm thinking that that's where the guy bought the boat and the pics (or at least a few of them) are old?
 
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