Newbie with a 1977 Sea Ray 260 Express Cruiser

[Miss Elli]

hello to everyone in the Sea Ray Classics forum, i'm new and i want to say hello and introduce myself a little. my name is steffen and i live in vienna/austria. I own a 1977 Sea Ray 260 Express Cruiser named "Miss Elli" and i'm really impressed about this forum here. I do boating with my old lady in italy, near venice and it is a pleasure for me, to get in contact with some more people, who spend their hard earned money in grazy beautiful things like classic Sea Ray's.

thanks and
best regards
steffen

 

[KC_Sundancer]

Welcome !

Nice to see these classics overseas - something most people here in the states don't think about.

 

[Miss Elli]

Thank you for welcome!
Oh we have a few classics here in europe. in the marina, where my one is placed, we have a few 260's, 268's, 300's, 340's and a few 390's. So what is a few in europe? i think 5-10 percent of the builded numbers by the big US boat builders was importet in europe... so much less than in the states

greetings

 

[JC_Weekender]

Welcome Mate! Looks like a nice Express their! Is it me or is that swim deck extra large?

 

[Miss Elli]

hi JC,
thank you! you're right, the swim deck is extra large. it is nearly about 36-37 inches. original was something about 16-18 inches, when i remember right. i look for a pic, where you can see it better, if you are interessted in.

 

[stkxchg]

gooday mate, welcome

 

[Matt89GT]

From what I see it is alot like my 20 footer only you have alot more boat I like the hell out of that layout, I would like to see more of it. I don't stay out all night or anything on mine I just cruise the day and sometimes late into the night doin 12oz curls and then I drag er on back to the barn and wait for the next nice day

 

[JEMCO]

Welcome Steffen, my "baby" is a 1981 SRV 245 Sun Dancer in need of TLC. I'm in the process of giving her a full overhaul including overhauling the merc 5.7 engine. Glad to see more and more people enyoying the clssics - enjoy your boat and that big swim platform.
Regards
Jim

 

[kybishop]

Yes, welcome aboard.