Possible New Project - 27' Crestliner, input needed...have you worked with this hull?

[roughshot]

I am looking at picking up a new project boat. Here is a photo. I will have more after I go and look at the rig tonight.


I'm looking to see if anyone has worked with this hull before and if ther are any major issues with it.

Thanks,

 

[djpeters]

Re: Possible New Project - 27' Crestliner, input needed...have you worked with this h

I am looking at picking up a new project boat. Here is a photo. I will have more after I go and look at the rig tonight.
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I'm looking to see if anyone has worked with this hull before and if ther are any major issues with it.

Thanks,

Wow, didn't take you long to get 5-foot-itis......LOL

 

[roughshot]

Re: Possible New Project - 27' Crestliner, input needed...have you worked with this h

Wow, didn't take you long to get 5-foot-itis......LOL

Not so much the 5'itis but more wanting a cabin for mother and the kids. The battleship has been working good so far this summer. The kids and mother love it. We're on the boat 3 - 4 nights a week.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Possible New Project - 27' Crestliner, input needed...have you worked with this h

OMG what an awesome hull! Go GET IT!!!

 

[boatnut74]

Re: Possible New Project - 27' Crestliner, input needed...have you worked with this h

That rig is sweet! OB to, look like a bigger brother to my Phantom. I think it needs about 5' more trailer though.

 

[roughshot]

Re: Possible New Project - 27' Crestliner, input needed...have you worked with this h

That rig is sweet! OB to, look like a bigger brother to my Phantom. I think it needs about 5' more trailer though.[/QUOT

He tells me the trailer has a 5' swing arm extension.
I will leaving in about an hour to go check it out.
I will post some pics of it later.
Don't think I'm coming home with it tonight but one never knows.

 

[roughshot]

Re: Possible New Project - 27' Crestliner, input needed...have you worked with this h

nope, didn't come home with it. I was a nice boat but it just didn't call out to me.
He was unable to show the motors running, wireing was all over the place, hull had a crack in the bow seam. It just didn't feel right. It may be a god project for someone else but not for me. I will continue to look.

 

[joebobphil]

Re: Possible New Project - 27' Crestliner, input needed...have you worked with this h

I saw this one online today and found your thread looking for more information. Did he try to start the motors or was he opposed to the idea? How bad was the seam? I prefer to hear an unbiased opinion vs. the owners. I am looking for a winter project since we finished my friends 22' 78 V5 islander to side console conversion. Now it's my turn.

 

[roughshot]

Re: Possible New Project - 27' Crestliner, input needed...have you worked with this h

I saw this one online today and found your thread looking for more information. Did he try to start the motors or was he opposed to the idea? How bad was the seam? I prefer to hear an unbiased opinion vs. the owners. I am looking for a winter project since we finished my friends 22' 78 V5 islander to side console conversion. Now it's my turn.

I didn't bother with the motors as I didn't get that "love'in feeling" from the boat at first site, it just wasn't going to work for what I wanted to do.
So here is my assessment;
The crack is in the bow, about 6' down from the bow eye and continues about 30" down. It doesn't look like a bad one but will require a weld on the outside and inside. Easy enough.
The wiring looks completed but nothing is finished and I would recommend redoing it so that you know what is what.
The motors are 87? (he wasn't sure) Johnson 150's. He said they came from Maryland, so they most likely have salt water use. The ID badges were behind the motors in the position they were turned in and the Hydraulic steering wasn't turning, so I could not confirm
If I had found it last year when I was looking, I would have bought it but I have a fishing boat now and I'm looking for something big enough now to sleep on with a wife and two kids. It all just looked like a train wreck to me. For the price he's asking, you could easily part it out and make that money back. If you are thinking of making an offer, I'd start around $2K and no more than $2.5.