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Not picking one anybody but I have to chime in . I worked in the 80's for Dennis @ Jet-set marine who made the Avanti . Back in the early 80's there wasnt much out there in a way of these boats unlike today , that said I know first hand as having a hand building these boats and owning 2 - 27 ft they are one of the worst lay-up I have ever seen , wavy , delamanation issues , old munster looking deck . I know for a fact we tried to warn Dennis but he wanted to hear nothing and guess what theyre long gone . They really got bad fron 1986 on as some of his best guy's moved on .
Go ahead beat me up but the last 1996 27 ft Avanti I owned the inner cockpit liner rubbed through the bottom and always leaked as well as a 4 ft crack on the keel from the transom forward . I bought as a beater and unloaded it after a month when I discoverd the engine stringers stopped @ the fuel tank bulkhead and they were just tabbed together . For those who dont know how to build boats , the engine stringer cannot be 4 ft long and tabbed together @ fuel tank bulkhead on new const , they need to go forward
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Go ahead beat me up but the last 1996 27 ft Avanti I owned the inner cockpit liner rubbed through the bottom and always leaked as well as a 4 ft crack on the keel from the transom forward . I bought as a beater and unloaded it after a month when I discoverd the engine stringers stopped @ the fuel tank bulkhead and they were just tabbed together . For those who dont know how to build boats , the engine stringer cannot be 4 ft long and tabbed together @ fuel tank bulkhead on new const , they need to go forward
Larry
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That being said, it's like pretty much any others, some are ok, some are lemons. Donzi, Fountain, Baja, etc. all have some that are just fallng apart.
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He had the outdrive replaced last fall, so I'm thinking there's a year and a half left on the warranty, I will ask him tho, is there issues with these drives, I would really like to put a bravo one this boat in time, any chance the bolt holes will line up
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Yup it will, but don't get rid of the SEI until the warranty is out their replacement policy is great With that power it should be fine (assuming it's the 350/260) unless you are real hard on it...
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