32 spectre with 300xs
 

I've been toying with the idea of swapping my current boat for a 32 spectre with outboards. I leave my boat in the water at the end of the garden most the time and it suddenly occurred to me that I've never seen a Spectre or Skater or similar with the engines up out the water, they sit so low is it even possible? Unfortunately a lift is not possible on my canal wall.

Thanks

I wouldnt leave any fiberglass boat in the water w/o bottom paint. it will get stained, grow barnicles and potentially seap into fiberglass and damage hull.

If your boat is currently in water, why cant you get a lift and lift it where it sits? They have many types of lift that dont require a structure or 4 poles to hoist.

Private estate with covenants forbidding such a dock in the residential canals. As a matter of practicality there is also no access for the necessary shore pilings. I'm fine with bottom paint. I'm not fine leaving the engines in the water... anyone?

If you're seriously thinking of putting bottom paint on a 32 Spectre than its not the boat for you IMO. Bottom paint scrubs 5-8 mph of top end (off a vee hull) and you will never resell it. Get a CC. If you do go with the cat then I have seen folks put bottom paint on outboard lowers but again, that was on CC's. Hydraulic jack plates will probably give you enough lift to get all but the nose cones out. Good luck.

What about the thing where you drive the boat into what looks like a floating PVC box, and a air gate closes and pumps all the water out from inside a big tarp. If you look online I am sure you can find it.

I'd rather be doing 80 on the water than have a boat that can do 100 sat in the boat park!!! If I put 1000 hrs on it like my Whaler I doubt I'll be able to sell it anyway! Thanks will check out hydraulic jack plates..

Check out Porta-lift. They should have a bracket that would let you raise the motors completely out of the water. I had twins on one on my Velocity and it worked perfectly.