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Selling our center console 2005 Boston Whaler 270 Outrage with a new boat on the way. This is a wonderful fishing platform and a quick runner, but will need a repower in the future as the Verados approach 2,200 hours (had her since 1,100). Motors run strong and have been well maintained, and testimony to how strong outboards can be when run and maintained regularly. Boat has been lift kept. New Lowrance HDS12 and new VHF installed last season. Marine head onboard in the center console for happy wife happy life:)

Located in the states near Tacoma, WA.

$52k or best offer.

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2005 Boston Whaler 270 Outrage Center Console - boats - by owner - marine sale - craigslist

Serious offshore fishing machine with legendary Boston Whaler unsinkable quality. This 270 Outrage center has been well cared for and is turn-key ready for your next adventure. A beautiful boat for...
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the force said:
My thought, perhaps conservative, was $40k to repower and being >$100k in a 25 year old glass hull didn’t get me too excited… glad to hear a different perspective
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True not sure how good that era of 140 is. I like the trailer, canvas, head combination but I think it might be a bit of a coffin head. The 255 Tomcat is worth a repower for sure, the 24 for some especially if a cabin is the goal. If someone loves cats.. Might be able to repower with Suzuki mechanicals for 30k. I’ve seen them on clear out for less than 13k but only a 20 inch shaft listed right now. Tohatsu similar price, I think.
 
kaelc said:
Wicked deal imho 2001 Tomcat 26, 2x Suzuki 140's, 65k OBO https://www.facebook.com/share/19KFamMyT9/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Guy is about to pay moorage again. Relatively cheap to repower.
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I had an '09 Tomcat which was the new design and they had made a ton of improvements over the old hull. I think there would be some room to move on that price considering the zukes are middle age. Still, being cats those boats have a ton of room in them.
 
Tomfoolery said:
I had an '09 Tomcat which was the new design and they had made a ton of improvements over the old hull. I think there would be some room to move on that price considering the zukes are middle age. Still, being cats those boats have a ton of room in them.
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Imagine that boat with a forward sloping windshield. Or did the newer versions make that change?
 
Aquaholic said:
Imagine that boat with a forward sloping windshield. Or did the newer versions make that change?
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It was still Euro style slope on the windshield but much less than the old version. It was a great boat in almost every way. I would have kept it forever if the tunnel was 8 inches higher as the tunnel slap got irritating when I was trolling into chop. But man that thing cruised nicely in rough water and was comfortable to do a week or two trip in as the queen berth was really nice and the boat had a lot of room and was well laid out for a 255!IMG_1488.JPG
 
Tomfoolery said:
It was still Euro style slope on the windshield but much less than the old version. It was a great boat in almost every way. I would have kept it forever if the tunnel was 8 inches higher as the tunnel slap got irritating when I was trolling into chop. But man that thing cruised nicely in rough water and was comfortable to do a week or two trip in as the queen berth was really nice and the boat had a lot of room and was well laid out for a 255!View attachment 118019
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That is definitely an improvement. Nice looking boat for sure.
 
Tomfoolery said:
It was still Euro style slope on the windshield but much less than the old version. It was a great boat in almost every way. I would have kept it forever if the tunnel was 8 inches higher as the tunnel slap got irritating when I was trolling into chop. But man that thing cruised nicely in rough water and was comfortable to do a week or two trip in as the queen berth was really nice and the boat had a lot of room and was well laid out for a 255!View attachment 118019
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I’m very curious to hear your thoughts on this vs your current Specmar for multi day sleep on the hook fishing trips. Quite different boats I realize, though it is something I continue to gather thoughts on.
 
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the force said:
I’m very curious to hear your thoughts on this vs your current Specmar for multi day sleep on the hook fishing trips. Quite different boats I realize, though it is something I continue to gather thoughts on.
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The Tomcat was almost the perfect pocket cruiser. Great in the rough water, relatively a lot of room inside, didn't require huge power to push it along and a great platform for fishing. It had a two burner Wallas stove, built in fridge, hot water tank(which I never used once), wet head (never used that either) - essentially the comforts you need to make it not seem like you were roughing it too much. It had a nice interior finish, was cozy and warm. It had systems that were necessarily more complex, some hard to get to and more maintenance to keep it in shape than I wanted. We met other Tomcat owners who spent summers on board cruising the length of the coast.

With the Specmar I wanted to be able to still do multi day trips, but wanted bombproof, simpler systems and less maintenance like polishing gelcoat. So I essentially tried to replicate the Tomcat in a metal boat. I designed the interior to have most of the same stuff, but the boat is several feet smaller so it was a challenge. I still have a galley, but with single burner Wallas (which is the heater as well), sink, and I opted to put in a 12v Engel fridge on slides that I could also use in my car. It has a head with holding tank but no shower. I put in a lot of effort to try and make it "cozy" and less metal-like (wood table, and galley), nice hull liner, foam, full interior paint, lots of acoustic dampening tiles in unseen places etc. I think I was fairly successful, but it is still a metal boat which I don't mind but my wife liked the feel of the Tomcat better.

That being said, it is still a metal boat and is smaller. I have only been on 1 nighters so far and it is comfortable, but not as comfortable as the Tomcat. In that size range a foot or two really makes a huge difference in what you are able to do. I think about 4 or 5 days is all I would want to do in it at a time... maybe a week but I might not still be married at the end of it. Keeping fish cold would be a potential issue. I probably have room in the port deck box to make some kind of a fridge, but a cooler works fine for now.

I think the Specmar will make a perfect 3 or 4 day fishing trip boat that you can anchor out near the fishing grounds and be comfortable during that time. I would maybe throw my paddle boards on to have some exercise in the evening so I didn't go stir crazy. It has a 140 gallon fuel tank so the range is adequate (about 280 mile range at cruise) to be able to do that in most areas. I keep thinking I want to trailer it up to Coal Harbour and then run out to Winter Harbour to do some fishing as I have never been out in that area.

As I mentioned in my previous post my biggest beef with the Tomcat was that the tunnel was a bit too low. The aft portion of the tunnel actually sat on the water when the boat was at rest. This resulted in tunnel slap anytime there were waves. So when you settle down for a nice nights sleep and the wind comes up, you get irritating tunnel slap. Calm water in sheltered anchorages is fine, but you don't always have that option.

I do love the fact that with the Specmar I can hit a log at speed and do no to minimal damage or run her up on the beach. And a light coat of wax everywhere (yay, no gelcoat) and the fish blood just slides right off with the washdown.
 
Tomfoolery said:
The Tomcat was almost the perfect pocket cruiser. Great in the rough water, relatively a lot of room inside, didn't require huge power to push it along and a great platform for fishing. It had a two burner Wallas stove, built in fridge, hot water tank(which I never used once), wet head (never used that either) - essentially the comforts you need to make it not seem like you were roughing it too much. It had a nice interior finish, was cozy and warm. It had systems that were necessarily more complex, some hard to get to and more maintenance to keep it in shape than I wanted. We met other Tomcat owners who spent summers on board cruising the length of the coast.

With the Specmar I wanted to be able to still do multi day trips, but wanted bombproof, simpler systems and less maintenance like polishing gelcoat. So I essentially tried to replicate the Tomcat in a metal boat. I designed the interior to have most of the same stuff, but the boat is several feet smaller so it was a challenge. I still have a galley, but with single burner Wallas (which is the heater as well), sink, and I opted to put in a 12v Engel fridge on slides that I could also use in my car. It has a head with holding tank but no shower. I put in a lot of effort to try and make it "cozy" and less metal-like (wood table, and galley), nice hull liner, foam, full interior paint, lots of acoustic dampening tiles in unseen places etc. I think I was fairly successful, but it is still a metal boat which I don't mind but my wife liked the feel of the Tomcat better.

That being said, it is still a metal boat and is smaller. I have only been on 1 nighters so far and it is comfortable, but not as comfortable as the Tomcat. In that size range a foot or two really makes a huge difference in what you are able to do. I think about 4 or 5 days is all I would want to do in it at a time... maybe a week but I might not still be married at the end of it. Keeping fish cold would be a potential issue. I probably have room in the port deck box to make some kind of a fridge, but a cooler works fine for now.

I think the Specmar will make a perfect 3 or 4 day fishing trip boat that you can anchor out near the fishing grounds and be comfortable during that time. I would maybe throw my paddle boards on to have some exercise in the evening so I didn't go stir crazy. It has a 140 gallon fuel tank so the range is adequate (about 280 mile range at cruise) to be able to do that in most areas. I keep thinking I want to trailer it up to Coal Harbour and then run out to Winter Harbour to do some fishing as I have never been out in that area.

As I mentioned in my previous post my biggest beef with the Tomcat was that the tunnel was a bit too low. The aft portion of the tunnel actually sat on the water when the boat was at rest. This resulted in tunnel slap anytime there were waves. So when you settle down for a nice nights sleep and the wind comes up, you get irritating tunnel slap. Calm water in sheltered anchorages is fine, but you don't always have that option.

I do love the fact that with the Specmar I can hit a log at speed and do no to minimal damage or run her up on the beach. And a light coat of wax everywhere (yay, no gelcoat) and the fish blood just slides right off with the washdown.
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Thanks for taking the time to write this up, really great summary. I would love a metal boat for the benifits of beaching and durability and agree that the cats seem to get a bit more usable space. One day.
 
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