what do you guys think about this? 42
 

1998 42.. want all and any opions

http://www.boattrader.com/listing/19...TNING-94809256

Well, I am a new face around here as well, but have been in the market for a month now. Been interested and researched them for years. Just never could afford it, till now. Seen every boat available, this one included. The only thing that concerns me is the whipple chargers on 502's. Were the chargers added aftermarket or from factory? How many hours? If aftermarket, you gotta wonder if the internals of the engine were upgraded at the same time. Too big for my needs! Good price though.

not sure.. the guy lives less then 30 minutes from me, so hopefully i can check it out this weekend! but i was just curious on what others thought of this set up ?

300 hours

Id try and go a little newer

I would not buy a side by side 42. No resale and way slower.

While it looks clean in my opinion the price is high for todays market.It shouldn't be but it is was it is. As some one else said that would be a tough boat to sell if you decide to get something else within a year or two.

I agree with Strip...look for a newer one.

You can get a side by side with the bigger cockpit layout...but this isnt one of them.

That boat has the big engine box. You could convert it to a stagger but thats going to cost a lot. If you like the big cockpit layout there are some side-by-side boats with the small engine box. The Whippled 502's look like they could have reliability issues. If you water test it make sure the gauges are happy at all different sustained speeds.

could this be a triple that was converted to a twin? I just picked '98 with side by side & love the huge cockpit, why would they make a side by side w/o the extended cockpit?

I went and looked at in person when it was on Craig's list about a month ago. Owner he'd take $50k for it. I was thinking it might be worth it for around $30k. It needs a ton of work. Lots of broken, missing items and in my non professional opinion it's been in salt.

wow

IF
you are looking for a supercharged 42 Lightning

and you want a trailer

and you can buy it for 50 k

it does not seem to be that bad of a deal

of course you would need a good mech. inspection and survey.

42 + side by side = ZERO RESALE

The supercharged bravos on anything but a lake or river would be a deal killer for me . Boats that break drives are only fun for a little while .

still seems like a lot of boat for 50K or less , 98 & up 42's have the big steps

so is 50k a good price... depending on the boat being in good shape???


and!! how fast??

? any guesses on speeds... he said low 90s high 80s

either take the wipples off and sell them or upgrade the drives