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I HAVE OWNED THREE PQ'S. A 28 SINGLE 28, A 34 TWIN AND A 38 TWIN. ALL HAD BROVO 1's , NONE WITH TOURQUE STEER ISSUES.
Take a quick look through the go fast classifieds, bet you don't find even 1 % of them with bravo 3's

That boat has a lot of odd issues. Are you sure someone hasn't just sprayed the hull black? The Powerquest name may have been removed to paint. In the picture from the rear of the boat the stripe on the side looks taped off. The bolster seats are different than anything I have ever seen from PQ. This boat may have had pedistal seats and switched out to bolsters with PQ bases and different chairs.

The biggest issues are going to be trying to sell it when you are done with it. I don't think the black hull, engine and drive combination is going to appeal to many buyers.

There are a lot of nice boats out there at that price. Good Luck!

I am undecided on this boat after looking at it.

The black is stock.
The stripe is a replacement, some of the photos show it when they were in the process of replacing it. They are not done yet.
The bolsters stock or not were recovered.
I would replace the carpet it has traffic patterns on it.
I would repair a seam area on the sunpad.
I would replace the steering wheel.
Below decks is immaculate, twin 1000w amps in closet, Satellite ready stereo.

The drive is a definate factor in the price of the boat, and a defianate factor when I decide to move on up.

I have two other Powerquest's that I plan on looking at.

There is one at Shogren Marine-a bit pricey, and I want to look at Fast Forward's. The wife likes his use(Fast Forward's) of purple-her favorite color.

It is never what the man likes or thinks that is the determining factor in a decision. The wife don't care how fast a boat goes, rather if it has the right color combinations. So she has the first word.

I've seen Bravo III's on PQ's before including 2 - 1998 270'2 and 1 - 2000 260. I personally drove one of the 1998 270's that had a Bravo III and other than having a better hole shot and slightly less top end than a Bravo I boat, there was no difference in performance.

The boat was not bad, but I will wait to see how they finish cleaning it up. They just got this boat in, and were taking care of the striping and some cosmetic touches.

I am 99% certain that boat belonged to John Spoelhof, who was 50% owner of PQ with Kevin Hirdes after Todd Kamps sold out.

I worked at PQ from 94 to 2000 and I know John had a boat that looked just like that.

I can't recall any other orders we built with that combo of black hull, pink wave graphics and a bravo 3 outdrive.

I drove that boat for our company picnic one year giving rides to the employees.

A 260 is a solid and very predictable boat.

A 260 with a bravo 3 is even more solid and predictable.

It will come on plane with virtually no bowrise and it will never slip or blowout. Also it will plane at very very low speeds if you plan to pull tubes or kids skiing.

I know the colors are a little funky, but the black hull is pretty cool and it is definitely unique.

I don't know who bought it from John but if that is John's old boat, I can tell you that it was impeccably maintained (he has a crew of guys that work for him full time and take care of his property and things) and probably had very low hours on it when sold.

There is also an all red 290 Enticer out there somewhere that John had for a number of years. Another nice boat at the time.

I was told that it was a one owner boat. The overall look of trailer, interior and gelcoat show the boat was probably stored indoors as the dealer states.

I have not ruled out the boat as a choice, but as stated above I would like to see it when they are done with the decals as well as any other maintenance they are going to do.

There are other boats out there, so I am still shopping for that holy grail...

Looks like I am going to purchase Fast Forwards PQ.

Well A good friend bought the boat from GSC and at the end of the season took it to Mitcher T for some updating.
Mitch knows how to get them looking good.