270 Laser or 280 Silencer
05-23-2014, 04:16 PM
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I am 99% sure that the 1999 280 with the 502 is my old boat. Always wondered what happened to it - I bought it new in 1999 from Pier 33, and sold it when my ex was pregnant with our first young'n. I freakin' loved that boat - good luck with the purchase, however you go.
05-23-2014, 05:34 PM
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Do you live in the GR area? Unless you can get the guy to come down from 39k I think the 280 for 33k is probably the best deal. You could probably get it for 30k and comes with everything you will ever need for overnighting and fun. The camper top basically doubles the size of usable room on that boat.
The Bimini with camper enclosure is about a $4000 hit if you ever needed to have one put on a 28 footer.
If your wife is requesting the shore power then the '99 is the way to go, shore power, fridge, microwave and 110 power, sink and water, throw in the bimimi and camper enclosure for good measure and your styling big time!
The 502 mpi is a really good low maintenance motor as well.
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05-23-2014, 06:17 PM
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I am driving out to look at both boats tomorrow. I am leaning towards the 99 280. We will see how she looks. Thanks for everyone's input, it has been very helpful.
05-23-2014, 10:00 PM
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Assuming that is my old boat, I had that bimini and related canvas made - it was higher quality than the vinyl stuff PQ was using at the time. Let me know how the old girl looks, the pics make me sad I ever sold it... 
05-23-2014, 11:11 PM
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You young guys would drool over stainless steel tube headers and anodized blue engine parts.....lol.
For overall package, to use for weekending, my vote is the black 502 which looks clean.
For overall package, to use for weekending, my vote is the black 502 which looks clean.
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