Recent content by Mustang65fbk

I admittedly have no idea how the 285 Freedom is wired or what kind of lights they have onboard. I did a quick Google search to see if I could find any pictures of the lights underneath the hardtop when they're lit up but didn't see any. If your boat has the 3 individually colored lights then...

Let's start off with the basics... what year is your boat and do you have a picture as to what you're looking for/at? Based off of previous posts, I'm guessing it's a 2019? I don't see the 2019 being available online but there is a 2015 parts catalogue and I believe I found the correct lights...

Grady White still to this day makes the 215 Freedom, and although it's about a foot shorter and 300 lbs less in terms of dry weight than the 225 Freedom, it'll give you a pretty close idea as to what you're going to be at. Click on the link, go to the Grady White website and you can compare the...

What year and model of boat do you have? It's difficult to tell via pictures alone... but it almost looks as though there was damage done to that area and/or someone did a previous repair to it, replaced the bow eye or something similar? At least to me, it appears as though the gel coat in that...

I agree, if it was just motors or a repower, then the $5k asking price sounds like it would be a very good deal. Looks like the boat has been listed on the current Craigslist ad for the last 25 days, though. Which I imagine there might be a reason for why it's been listed for almost a month and...

Per Google, it looks like the serial number of 6CGX1000413 is a 2010 and newer model...

Have the lower unit dropped and the engine inspected for the very common dry exhaust corrosion issue that these outboards can have. Low $30k's seems a bit high to me considering that the boat doesn't come with a trailer. Comparatively, and I understand it's not exactly an apples to apples...

Fair enough... I guess if you're wanting as much displacement and torque as possible then go with the Mercury v10, or if you simply want to go as fast as possible. That being said, I imagine the v6 Suzuki/Yamaha 350 will do a bit better on fuel economy as opposed to the v8/v10 350's. The...

Hence the reason why I suggested the option of emailing as well. As mentioned before, unless they just increased the numbers for no reason, I don't imagine that the 2008 model year 330 Express just magically gained 840 lbs, while also increasing their max horsepower rating on it as well. I know...

Per the brochures... the 330 Express had a maximum horsepower rating of 600 hp up until 2007 and then in 2008, it switched over to a maximum horsepower rating of 700 hp. The dry weights also changed up between those years as well, going from 10k lbs dry up to the year 2007, then it went to a...

Eh, just throw twin Yamaha F450's on her and she'll be fine! :D You're saying the Honda's are $20k cheaper? That's surprising, Honda's usually always seem to be considerably more from what I've seen in the past. Typically they're up there near what the Yamaha's are, and the Mercury's from...

Older thread, and I'm sure that the OP has likely already figured out his solution but a few things to note here... first of which would be that the OP's 2007 model year only had a maximum horsepower rating of 600 hp. I Imagine with newer outboards and their lighter weights, that one could...

Are you under contract with the boat? If not, you might consider putting an offer down on the boat, making sure that it's refundable if you do walk away, and then schedule a surveyor/inspector to come out and look at the boat. I've purchased 3 boats before, every time I have a surveyor was...

The whole thing looks pretty dirty/grimy except for the bolt/nut/washer look new, of which I imagine something has been worked on back there? Also, with it being right below a rubber fuel line that connects to the fuel bulb, does it smell at all like gasoline? Could there have been a gas leak at...

A bow thruster on a 228 Seafarer? Interesting... To the OP, I think it's going to be a struggle to find all of the things you're looking for, as the year that they switched from a maximum of 250 to 300 horsepower appears to be in 2011. There are a few of those boats out there for sale from 2011...