Im new to the forum and relativley new to boating. I've been interested in purchasing an 33' 87 Tempest located near me. Although I haven't found too much info online about the boat. Maybe its labeled wrong in the Boat Trader I saw, or something. Can anyone give me some info about these boats or any sites to check with info.

Btw, it has 2 454s and TRS drives. Supposed to be pretty clean. other than that, i dont know much. Im going to hopefully see the boat today and talk to the owner. any help is greatly appreciated. THANKS!!!

Wehre are you located , maybe another member near you could go check it out with you. The tempsts were good hulls.

I have a friend who knows a good deal about boats who is going to come with us to check it out. But he hasn't heard of Tempest either. He has a 01 Baja Outlaw and has done plenty of work to it. So mechanically we're good, but I just couldnt find any info on the Tempest online. Thanks for the response Ryan.

I'm pretty sure its a superboat and I'm pretty sure that superboat still make this boat. Do a search in the superboat section and you should get the answers you seek

http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/9/5/89882895.htm

Here are some 30ft tempest pictures
http://www.superboatonline.com/hot.html


Nice find

Does it look like these boats? If it is a Superboat tempest these old girls are still tearing it up and winning races.

No, the ad for the 32 tempest is a Tempest, not an SB.
We had a 44 back in 1988 for a season. That was not a great boat. But the 32 and 38 hp's they built seemed really nice. I remember a 32 w/ obs doing a miami to ME run in like 86???

thread...
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...hlight=tempest

See if you can find a picture of the WAZZUP race boat...Not the fountain. Its a 32 Viper.
Tempest bought the Viper molds back in the early 80's

Nice boats. Well built- Tempest was a custom yacht builder and the quality of construction was as good as any. Kiekhaefer had one for a while- a 38'. They're not flyweights and the freeboard is kind of shallow but if you can get a deal on it, it could be a nice boat for someone. As with all used boats, get it surveyed. It doesn't matter how much a friend or neighbor "knows" if you buy it and find out the glass encasing the stringers, bulkheads and transom are holding in the crumbles that used to be marine plywood, the bargain you got will no longer be much of a deal.

There is one for sale at DoubleR here in Ontario http://www.doublerperformance.com/ga...dex.php?cat=32