Hello Everyone.
I'm a newbie here, but I just wanted to say hello, and ask a few questions.
My wife was bugging me to find a "kid friendly" boat, so I went looking around and found a 1983 Bayliner Command Bridge.
The boat is great, we took it out for a sea test, and it ran awesome. The interior is like new, and it is beautiful outside. It has a 5.7l 350 220HP, with Volvo penta outdrive. It's just shy of 800 hours, and the person I bought it from told me that he was the 2nd owner, and it was meticulously maintained.
I noticed when I went out for the sea trial it had good pickup, and planed out quick, but, only if you had the trim tabs down. Otherwise it took while for it to get the nose down. Is this normal for this type of boat? Is that a sign of a tired engine? I'm not sure what size prop it has, but if you guys have any recommendation I can go check that out.
I'm just curious. I paid 3500.00, so I don't mind dropping a couple thousand on a crate engine and throwing it in there myself. But I thought I'd ask some other Bayliner owners if this is normal before I did that.
Thanks for any support you guys can offer!
I'm a newbie here, but I just wanted to say hello, and ask a few questions.
My wife was bugging me to find a "kid friendly" boat, so I went looking around and found a 1983 Bayliner Command Bridge.
The boat is great, we took it out for a sea test, and it ran awesome. The interior is like new, and it is beautiful outside. It has a 5.7l 350 220HP, with Volvo penta outdrive. It's just shy of 800 hours, and the person I bought it from told me that he was the 2nd owner, and it was meticulously maintained.
I noticed when I went out for the sea trial it had good pickup, and planed out quick, but, only if you had the trim tabs down. Otherwise it took while for it to get the nose down. Is this normal for this type of boat? Is that a sign of a tired engine? I'm not sure what size prop it has, but if you guys have any recommendation I can go check that out.
I'm just curious. I paid 3500.00, so I don't mind dropping a couple thousand on a crate engine and throwing it in there myself. But I thought I'd ask some other Bayliner owners if this is normal before I did that.
Thanks for any support you guys can offer!
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