Another new guy considering buying a 280

**Tonka Boater** · 10-19-2012, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by c310pilot

Any thoughts on pricing?

That is a very clean boat and price seems ok...not great but it's decent. You can get a lot more boat for $55k though. Do a search on Yachtworld.com and you will find a ton of clean Sea Ray's under $50k.

I just searched using the following criteria and came up with 178 listings...

Mfg/Model: See Ray
Worldwide Regions: Multiple
Country: United States
Length: >28'
Year: >1999
Price: USD 10,000-55,000

**c310pilot** · 10-29-2012, 10:41 AM

OK, this getting very close to being a done deal. $43k is the purchase price as long as the survey goes well. Where can I find a manual? Not a supplement, I got that, but a manual that tells me how all the systems work etc.
Thanks.

**Tonka Boater** · 10-29-2012, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by c310pilot

OK, this getting very close to being a done deal. $43k is the purchase price as long as the survey goes well. Where can I find a manual? Not a supplement, I got that, but a manual that tells me how all the systems work etc.
Thanks.

You can download the manual from here: http://www.searay.com/Page.aspx/page...r-Manuals.aspx

If the actual manual is not listed for 2003 you can download any manual from 2002 to 2009....they are all the same.

**c310pilot** · 10-30-2012, 07:37 AM

Those are just the supplemental manuals. They do not have an actual manual listed.

**JimT** · 10-30-2012, 08:03 AM

The supplemental manual is specific to the 280DA. The spiral bound manual is more generic to Sea Ray cruisers and deals with safety, general boat operations, etc. I have not looked at that manual in several years. I have copies of the supplemental manual stashed in many places as its the go to for trouble shooting, systems operations, etc.

**jason78** · 10-30-2012, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by c310pilot

Those are just the supplemental manuals. They do not have an actual manual listed.

The supplemental manual is the manual for the boat. It supplements the "generic" cruiser manual included with most of the owner packs by including model specific information for each particular model boat.