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offshorexcursion 04-15-2012 12:35 PM


Originally Posted by POWERPLAY J (Post 3663490)
Caravelle Interceptor.

Good one! :lolhit:

Twin O/B Sonic 04-15-2012 12:55 PM

How about the Bayliner Cobra ;)

Michael1 04-15-2012 01:28 PM


Originally Posted by Airpacker (Post 3663628)
This could very well be the winner.

1988 Peterborough Indy 220 I bought new. 460 King Cobra package

I owned it 2 seasons. Total running time of 119 hrs from new.
It blew 13 drives. I think it spent more time at OMC than with me.
The seat bases pulled out of the floor 3 times and the seat swivel brackets broke 5 or 6 times each.
Cabin doors and frame flew out of the boat and sank in Lake Ontario. Oh ya, and so did the engine hatch.
Cockpit floor lifted from the stringers.
Dash flexed up and down so bad it cracked the windshield on the passengers side.
Swim platform flew off on the highway one day.
Steering rack broke free from the dash.
Radio caught fire. Actual flames came out of the tape slot.
Every screwed part of the boat came lose, repeatedly.
I think I replaced every screw in the boat with the next size up and then epoxy, toothpicks and the next size up.


I traded it for my 1990 Power Play and the dealer called me a week later to ask about the repair to the port stringer. I said no repairs that I knew of. He then told me the motor mount ripped out of the stringer with a 18" long piece of stringer still bolted to it.

Great looking boat but it literally fell apart as it went.


And just for ****sandgiggles, I was turning left one day with it behind the truck on my way back from one of its multiple warranty visits when one of the trailer axles sheered off sending a wheel, tire, brake drum and axle chunk careening into the door of a parked cop car.

It must have been just a one year thing. Here is a guy selling an '87, and he says "These hulls are known to be solid and stable".:rolleyes::boat:

1987 Peterborough Indy 220 for Sale

Looks like a great project boat. I wonder if the engine and drive aren't in it, because they fell out.:evilb:

By the way, Airpacker, there is a job opening over at Peterborough for boat tester.

Michael

POWERPLAY J 04-15-2012 01:46 PM

Imp?

dereknkathy 04-15-2012 02:20 PM


Originally Posted by POWERPLAY J (Post 3664035)
Imp?

i wondered the same thing. the day i sold my 87 30 eleganza, the buyer had it at 72 GPS with stock 330's with 1k hours on them. the stern would skid sideways in a tight turn at high speed, but other than that, fast, solid good riding boat. i never firewalled it like that, myself.

POWERPLAY J 04-15-2012 02:23 PM

Renken?

POWERPLAY J 04-15-2012 02:25 PM

My old neighbor has what could be the chittiest constructed baot of all time but the name escapes me...

Good thread. Haha

patyacht 04-15-2012 02:48 PM


Originally Posted by POWERPLAY J (Post 3664051)
Good thread. Haha

No. :worthless_without_p

39 Unlimited 04-15-2012 02:56 PM

Bayliner Cobra. Like Fountain but the 24' model they built was a complete joke.

Waveform 04-15-2012 02:57 PM

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