I have been talking to the guy for a couple weeks (seems like a great guy who really took care of the boat and it shows in the pics) now and we finally settled on a price. I think I am getting a hell of a deal (especially since I am paying less than the asking price) based on the feedback I have got on here only bad thing is my brother is getting married and I have the bachelor party and wedding the next couple weeks so it's going to be a while before I can get my hands on it.

Prowrench: if that is your boat in your avatar I must say that is one goodlooking boat.

Where is the best place to get a cover? The one he had was tore up in a storm, so I will need to get a new one, possibly 2 if I want to go with a cockpit and full. Any suggestions on that?

Congrats on the new rig!!

Thanks, I like it too. I'm sure Boatnt will chime in, he had the covers made for my boat (used to be his) and they are top notch quality and fit.

JWay,
Welcome to the club!!!! I've had two PQs, a '93 29 Enticer and my present one a '00 380 Avenger. Solid boats, not the fastest or smoothest, but dependable..both been to Lake Superior/ Isle Royale and back in some ugly water with no problem... the boats held up better than I did. Plus there's a bit more room in these boats to keep the boss happy. There are a few minor annoyances: the hatch rams suck! if it hasn't already been replaced you will want to install a relay and one of these: http://www.hardin-marine.com/c-1212-...actuators.aspx
Access to some items such as A/C units and vacuflush tanks will require a sawzall...ouch!
These thing aside though the 380 has over 600 hours on the HP 500 EFI's with only regular maintenance and quality oil..I use only Amsoil products in the engines and drives.
Enjoy!

Riggs brothers, in St. Charles IL. Does a great job making customer covers and tops. Ask for Jim Riggs tell him Mark with the 34 Powerquest sent you, he also worked on Excalibur few years back redid the swim platform and the rear seat, looked better the original.

Finnaly got out to OK to pick up the boat last Friday and that is where the nightmare started. My bank was supposed to overnight check to his bank on Thur. night so funds would be posted on Friday so I could leave with the boat. Friday comes we take the boat out and it runs great, get her back on the trailer and he calls his bank to verify funds so I can be on my way. Check was not received yet so I call my bank to verify that it was sent and they tell me that the check will not be picked up until that night at 5:30, so his bank will not get it until Saturday which is still fine. He calls his bank to let them know and they tell him that that is fine but there will not be anyone there to verify that the check was received until Monday. He tells me he will be fine if I just get a tracking number from my bank so he can track the check and then I can be on my way, call my bank back to get tracking number and they tell me they do not have one. So I spend the weekend in OK waiting until Monday for the check to show up, in the meantime I managed to lock myself out of my truck once and my hotel room twice. Monday shows up and we are on the phone with our banks trying to find out where the hell the check is at. Finally get conformation at about 3:00 that the check has been received, so I head on over to where he was storing the boat and get it hooked up, pull out to check all of the light and everything and nothing, none of the lights are working, I figure maybe my plug was bad because they were working 2 days ago, so we go up to autozone and I grab a new plug, still nothing, Go back in a have the guy come out with his tester, he checks my plug and it is getting juice. We dick with it for about an hour tracing wire looking for a short and

And...... Your going to leave us all hanging like that.

Congrats on the new boat, you will like it.

It looks like it cut out the last part. Finally got on the road only to hit a giant pothole which blew both tires and bent the front rim and axle. Not the Bo at is sitting at a truck repair shop (semis) in Illinois waiting for a new axle, rims, and tires. They told me today it should be finished tomorrow for me to make the 3.5 hour trip back to pick it up.

Wow! You will forget all of that stuff and laugh about it after your first ride!

Congrats again!!

That sucks, I always worry about picking up a trailer/boat that is new to me. But usually I worry about the bearings. On the bright side at least you don't have to worry about putting bearings in that front axle. That should be a relief.