Hunt for 26 Prowler UPDATE!
 

After weeks (maybe months) of searching I found the OSO website, looked around and posted a thread looking for a 26 prowler. Within a week struck a deal on a 1998 Prowler with the factory 502, 333 hrs on the boat and engine. I am leaving today to drive from Dothan, AL to Knoxville, TN to meet my friend who will be taking the long haul with me. We leave 4 a.m. Friday to drive to NC to pick up a new trailer then north to Pasadena, MD. After a successful sea trial I hope to be on my way back to Knoxville, TN by mid afternoon Friday. We are shooting to get the boat picked up and back to knoxville in one LONG day. I will update how things went. Thanks to eveyone who posted boats and gave good information. will post update when I hopefully return with the boat.

Kyle Wooley

Best of luck and please let me know if I can be of any assistance.

Congrats, and good luck! I just did a drive like that. I delivered my boat to Muskegon,Mi, did a sea trial with the new owner, turned around, and drove home. 31 hours! If u have any other leads on a prowler, let me know. Thanks,Mike

there's a repoed 2002 31 in richmond va at commonwealth boat brokers for sale. Asking price is 59,000

That's way too much money. They aren't bringing that. Even if it had xr's instead of 1's, it doesn't even have a trailer
http://www.boattrader.com/listing/20...31-SS-95435896

that's asking price. It will probaly go somewhere in the mid 40's

I don't even think it's worth that. The gauges are full of water(must have been sitting a while uncovered), 525 hrs on one, 6 something on the other and the trailer will set u back 5-10k. I'm thinking 35-38k. We'll see what Chris thinks

I think you're f'ing nuts. A 38 back to a 26.

To be honest with u, I wish I never sold my 21' Baja Hammer.

[QUOTE=45sonic;2926805]I think you're f'ing nuts. And if u knew me, u wouldn't "think" I was nuts. U would know I am

I wish I could get into a 31 with big power

My '98 with the 525sc's I used to own is in the classifieds. Great boat

Bigger HP

There was one a while ago w/900's. I guess it got hard to drive around 100. Hulls aren't good for high speed

What did no ransom run with trip 900's?

And yes, carrboy is nuts!

I heard two speeds from NO RANSOM 104 and 107 either way that is fast enough for me. I would like to ride in FIRST DERIVATIVE with the diesels.

I think Bruce told me First Derivative ran low 80's, they were trying to get it to 90. Don't know if the project was ever completed.

I had the 31 approaching 90. 525sc'c w/8#'s of boost and 31 labs

I just offered 35k for it. It's all it's worth. Steering wheel looks like it's been wrenched on a lot, or the guy was a mechanic and didn't wash his hands much. The interior looks like 2 different yellows. Needs a trailer and a prop. The only good thing I see is the self contained cooling system. If I end up with it I'll be busy all winter

The biggest gun store in central VA is right next door, and I am heading that way for a sale today. I'll try to lay eyes on the 31SS.

2002 31SS at Repo lot in VA:

Took a look at it from 6 feet away this afternoon through the fence. The paint is in pretty good shape, but needs a buffing. The port/transom corner is a bit dorked up. Overall, the boat does not look bad from the SB side and transom sides which is all I could see. The bottom looks perfect. The drives are not missing paint on the skegs. It is missing the Port side prop. I didn't see glaring signs of salt abuse on the transom. From what I could see of the dash, from 20 feet away; it looks liked the gauges were just fogged up, a bit. The sunpad vinyl looked tired with a lot of footprints on it, but the rest of the vinyl might clean up well; but I could only see the top of the bolsters. The dash panels looked good from 20 feet away. The walkrail is clean. The rubrail looked dirty, but not gouged up. It is sitting outside uncovered, but the nose is pitched way up which is important on a Sonic.

It's pretty striking in person.

I am 99.9% certain that the boat belonged to an OSO member at one time.

OSO member Thp500s lives just a couple miles away. He might be able to catch them during business hours one day.

Thanks so much for checking it out. I still haven't heard back from them. It sounds like the 35k offer is about right though. I've been looking for trailers in case my offer gets accepted

Oops, my bad. This is the boat with the dirty wheel, and it's a 26... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...WAX%3AIT#v4-37

Be aware, any 2003ish Sonic needs to be checked thoroughly; hull specifically. This is when Richard Hewitt brought the vacuum bagging/Infusion process to the hulls; and the first few did not come out right. Most I know of were corrected, but a 31SS popped up in Richmond this year that another guy owns.

I'll just stay right away from the '03 then. Besides, every time I bid on it, someone outbids me. Of course, it's a private bidder with a hidden identity :bsflag:

Brian you took the words right out of my mouth. Bill and I were discussing that boat this weekend, and we both said that the paint scheme looks like a Richard Hewitt boat.