Anyone know this 34 in lago vista Tx?
 

http://lagovistamarine.com/inventory.html

I am close to taking the trip down to Texas from NY for this 34 outrageous, does anyone know the boat or have first hand expirence of it?

I have spoken with the owner and marina guy and they assured me this is very clean and no surprises. Boat was used for ~6 years on Galviston Bay then moved to take Travis for the past 15 years. Boat has sat a lot used only 3-5x a year, I plan on having a leak down test done while I am down there as well as water test, anything else I should look for? Thanks

Jeremy

I felt pretty confident about everything the owner told me, but I found this post from 2006

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...w-sutphen.html

The owner said he owned it for ~15 years and the boat has only been for sale past 2 yrs. he did not recall it being for sale in 06. I also know he put in new gauges and I'm wondering if the hr meters got a "reset" with the new gauges

email me

I sent you one. Thanks

Did you ever get ahold of Jared or his buddy James from my FB ad that ran it last year ?


Or just hire a surveyor.....

http://www.marinesurvey.org/index.ph...d=303&view=map

That was your Facebook post, thank you for letting me high jack it. Yes I spoke to both of them they both spoke very highly of the boat. The boat was supposed to surveyed yesterday but owner is still out of town and they were not able to get access to it. They can get to it sat am. This weekend my brother and I are both free to drive but would leave on Friday and hopefully arrive sat. Free weekends are getting few and far between for the two of us. I may be acting a little OCD on this.

WHY don't you just call the factory??? maybe they might have some insight

I live 30 minutes from there. Pm me if I can help. Dave

I see it's at Lago Marine ...

I have a mechanic checking it out for me tomorrow and giving it all a nice once over. If all goes well I will be leaving on weds. If you drive by and have free time would you mind putting a set of eyes on it? The more people checking it out I love multiple opinion .

Good luck Jeremy. Great bunch of Sutphen guys on here to help ya. Welcome aboard bro.

The truck is packed and full of diesel and is sitting in the driveway. No road trip for me.

Unfortunately the mechanical survey came back poor. Both engines have lower compression and variability (98, 111, 118, 140, 122, 130, 117, 118 etc.) and higher leak down (13-17%), after speaking to two engine builders they both felt like both motors are going to need complete rebuilds if the blocks were still good. The owner was not willing to negotiate on price at all despite this. “The motors run, therefore they are fine” I am just happy I insisted on having the boat checked out before driving down to Texas from New York despite being told there would be “no disappointments” and everything was in tip top shape and the owner was “meticulous about maintenance” and “there is no reason to have it surveyed but do what you want”. There was also a good size gouge in the gel and a few other scratches that I got pictures of but when I specifically asked if there were any bad spots or blemishes in the gel I was told “Only a few minor scratches”. I would not qualify something needing gel repair as a “minor scratch”

So I am bummed out about the boat but very glad I got the boat checked prior to making the trip, I guess my standards may be higher than others. The good news is that I still really want a 34 Sutphen I really like the boats. I loved the way they rode THANK YOU Anthony. I will have to check the blue and white one at city island now.


Any other 34’s out there for sale but not listed?

Ugh, sorry to hear. The blue and white one looks nice, maybe you will have better luck with that one. Mine could be bought for the right price. Email if you are interested chsales @ gmail.com

That's sucks. Sure is a good looking ride