Like I said....My 382 was a great deal, so I bought it THAT day (thanks Magicfloat!!). The 312 sat beside the 382 for several months. Even though I cut the price to get rid of the 312 I would do it again tomorrow!!!

Yep, I'm one of the friends... Ha, I've seen the boat and it's in decent shape. There's a bit of dock rash and some bumps-and-bruises, but nothing that wouldn't be an easy fix. The sunpad will need to be recovered and the boat needs a good cleaning. The hours scare me a bit so I figure you should plan on a rebuild shortly. The springs will need to be done again at a minimum. The air and gen were both added by this owner. Like a previous post said, I think the 38 is more like an Excursion on the water... but this is a ton of boat for the money. I'm leaning toward keeping that "sport boat" look and feel. The owner said it's a 70 MPH boat. Good luck!

You are right, the motors do need to be pulled and rebuilt but if you plan on that from the beginning it's not a big deal and still a good buy on that boat as far as I can tell.

Dave....there is a guy on boatfreaks.org that has a 1997 382 looking to trade down to something like the 312. Look him up!!!!

http://forums.boatfreaks.org/showthread.php?t=11981

anyone want to trade a 35 7 for a 382?

Thanks hps I'll take a look.