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Buying a new boat

Submitted by hungems on March 11, 2011

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Hey KevinI am looking to buy a 30 foot 2007 Regal it has Volvo osi engines with composite out drives. I have heard some bad things about the drives but it is priced right do you reccomend that I buy it?

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by Kevin Falvey submitted 2 years 9 weeks

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Buying a new boat

Hungems

My standard answer for anyone buying a used boat is to have the boat and motors surveyed by a professional before committing. Every ised boat and power package is an individual, regardless of brand names ad builders. Certified Marine Surveyors can be found at these links:

http://www.cmsurveyors.com/

http://www.namsglobal.org/

http://www.marinesurvey.org/

G'Luck

Kevin

by our time submitted 2 years 9 weeks

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Buying a new boat

Everything bad you have heard about the OSI composite drives is true. They are pure crap if you want to have a happy boating life stay as far away from them as you can. Run Forrest Run!!!!!!!