SeattleMatt
Petty Officer 1st Class
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I am looking at purchasing a 1978 Bayliner Skagit 2275. I have searched and not found much information on this boat as I believe they were fairly limited production.
What is an estimation of planing speed for this boat? In a test run I don't think it was able to plane, I would assume about 15Knts was achieved. Could it be that it is too heavy? Or is it possibly a design issue?
What are the chances of there being freeze damage to the engine or components after sitting in the weather?
It looks to be the precursor to the Bayliner Ciera 2250 perhaps,
It is a fairly clean boat for its age includes a rear berth, alcohol stove, icebox, head, and table. I like the design a lot and it's much cheaper than the Ciera models that I plan to graduate to some day.
The owner was proud to say that it had not been out of the water in over a year and this concerned me a little as we had a very cold winter here in Seattle.
I'm going to offer around $2k for the boat, I think this will leave me about $1k for haul out and maintainence that has not been done. No trailer.
It has the original? Volvo I/O with Closed cooling and 350 block
I am fairly mechanical and replace the engine in my last boat so I think I can bring some of the mechanics back to life providing there's no major outdrive issues.
Thanks for your input![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
What is an estimation of planing speed for this boat? In a test run I don't think it was able to plane, I would assume about 15Knts was achieved. Could it be that it is too heavy? Or is it possibly a design issue?
What are the chances of there being freeze damage to the engine or components after sitting in the weather?
It looks to be the precursor to the Bayliner Ciera 2250 perhaps,
It is a fairly clean boat for its age includes a rear berth, alcohol stove, icebox, head, and table. I like the design a lot and it's much cheaper than the Ciera models that I plan to graduate to some day.
The owner was proud to say that it had not been out of the water in over a year and this concerned me a little as we had a very cold winter here in Seattle.
I'm going to offer around $2k for the boat, I think this will leave me about $1k for haul out and maintainence that has not been done. No trailer.
It has the original? Volvo I/O with Closed cooling and 350 block
I am fairly mechanical and replace the engine in my last boat so I think I can bring some of the mechanics back to life providing there's no major outdrive issues.
Thanks for your input