Came across the 32 Skater in the classifieds for 38k, I am looking for some help from the Skater guys about the older Skaters. Whats the good, bad, anything I should look for? How they run with tripps, Just some input from the guys that know these boats best. Ive been in the market for a spectre or Motion but wouldnt mind doing this project. Kinda wondering if an old Skater is like an Old Apache, Worth the time and money to build. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Tom

Looks like a good boat for the $$ would be better with 2.5's versus the 2.4's.The center motor will eat gear cases on a tripple setup unless a pod is installed.I would buy the boat,sell the motors and re power with 2 300X or 300XS.And yes an old Skater is better than a lot of newer other brand Cats.

Did Skaters built in 1988 have ethanol problems with the gas tanks?

yes

I have a 1988 32 Classic and it is a Vinyl-ester / Kevlar lay-up and checked with the man ( Peter ) on that issue . Simply put any boat layed up with Vinyleter resin are not affected by todays fuel , epoxy and polyester resin have the problems . When they "fix the tanks" on affected boats they use Vinylester resin . My Skater is almost done

I figured the tanks would need to be replaced. What kind of cost is involved in that?

I was also thinking pull the 2.4's and repower with 300's. Any issues with transom's on these boats?

probably 7-9 k for the tanks .. the 2.4's aren't worth anything really 4k a motor, and the 32 really needs 3 2.5's or 300's to run decent

What type of speeds will this boat run with the trip 2.4s vs 2 300x?

They were not using Epoxy those years SO YOU DONT NEED TO REPLACE TANKS . Spend the 10k towards new real motors , 300 x or 300 xs

FYI, epoxy isnt the only resin or glass ethanol eats away at. If I bought any boat with fiberglass tanks I would have them done.