Concernedboater
New Member
- Nov 30, 2018
- 1
- Boat Info
- sundanver
- Engines
- mercruiser
New member here and new poster, I own a 32 Blackfin and live on the gulf coast.
I have taken my brother out fishing a few times in the past on my boat and he loves to fish.
Long story short he has been looking for a boat for a long time and finally decided on a 1989 30 sundancer with I/O and 350 mercruisers he plans on keeping in the water on the Gulf Coast. Ive already told him about potential issues but he is very hard headed.
He plans on taking the boat 30+ miles out into the Gulf of Mexico and catching tuna,Wahoo, deep dropping for snowy grouper etc. Besides his boat not being setup for fishing im more worried the boat wont handle the kind of conditions that can pop up out in the Gulf. I know we all pick our days but it sometimes doesnt work out like that.
Will he be ok on fuel with 170 gallon tank and twin 350's to make it out 40 miles? I told him to get a good radio but like i said he is hard headed. JUst dont want to see him get in a bad situation because he is stubborn. How do these Sea Rays handle 2 to 3 foot head sea at 4 seconds? I dont know much about them but i was wondering if anyone here has an opinion thats fished or been offshore on an older sundancer.
Thanks for any replies and or help.
I have taken my brother out fishing a few times in the past on my boat and he loves to fish.
Long story short he has been looking for a boat for a long time and finally decided on a 1989 30 sundancer with I/O and 350 mercruisers he plans on keeping in the water on the Gulf Coast. Ive already told him about potential issues but he is very hard headed.
He plans on taking the boat 30+ miles out into the Gulf of Mexico and catching tuna,Wahoo, deep dropping for snowy grouper etc. Besides his boat not being setup for fishing im more worried the boat wont handle the kind of conditions that can pop up out in the Gulf. I know we all pick our days but it sometimes doesnt work out like that.
Will he be ok on fuel with 170 gallon tank and twin 350's to make it out 40 miles? I told him to get a good radio but like i said he is hard headed. JUst dont want to see him get in a bad situation because he is stubborn. How do these Sea Rays handle 2 to 3 foot head sea at 4 seconds? I dont know much about them but i was wondering if anyone here has an opinion thats fished or been offshore on an older sundancer.
Thanks for any replies and or help.