Have you guys seen the Palm Beach 311 for sale in the classifieds? Nice looking boat, talked to the owner, went for a ride, had it surveyed and ... bought it. It's home now in Michigan and I've had it out a couple times - runs great. The seller needs to change his ad to "SOLD".

A couple questions:

The only gauge that doesn't work is fuel. I'm assuming it's the sending unit and is a dealer part - anybody have a part number?

Apparently they don't come from the factory with external tie bars. (A couple different boats I looked at didn't have one.) Where's a good source for a tie bar and what's the distance between the outdrives?

I have been looking for almost a year for the right deal and I think I found it. Thanks for all the advise you guys offered during my search.

Drive spacing is 34 1/2", I think I got mine from Eddie Marine. You'll find that the guys in C/S @ Formula are great, they can answer almost any question regardless of the age of thier boats. I didn't see the boat in classified, must be gone. is it an 89? If all original you can probably expect to replace the trim/tab indictor cables, drive rez (go with the square bottles!) and maybe the trim pumps over time. great boat, enjoy!

Wasn't there other posts on this thread?

I think the guys who run this site posted a message that all posts from Monday were going to be lost. She really does appear to be an all original '88. I'm sure things will break as I start using her but for now the only non-functioning part is the fuel gauge. Here's a picture in front of the sellers house ...

Here's one of the helm ...

... and of the cockpit.

On the road to Michigan (From New Jersey) ...

.. at a truck stop ...

... and home at Beacon Cove Marina in Harrison Township. I'll take some more pictures when she's cleaned up and it quits raining !!!

she sure look clean ....