island_dude
New Member
Hi All,
I'm seriously considering picking up a 1980 16' double eagle. Its got a 60hp late 80s merc on it (good compression, checked out by a mechanic). The hull is in decent condition - a few scratches and dings but nothing major. The floor has been replaced with new stringers. The transom looks good. Its got a newish very clean 6.5 kicker, a good double-axle trailer, a new soft top, a couple of scotty downriggers, depth sounder, vhf, bilge pump, etc.
The previous owner is a good guy and very trustworthy so I feel like there won't be any "surprises". The price will be approx $3500 which I think is a pretty good deal.
I have two questions -
1) what do you think of the price?
2) the boat has had its built-in gas tank removed. in its place is a large under floor bait-box, storage area. There are now portable tanks for the motors - I'm wondering what the removal of the tank has done to the boats centre of gravity? Is this something that I could compensate for by placing a lead weight in in the storage box where the tank used to be?
Thanks for you advice - much appreciated.
I'm seriously considering picking up a 1980 16' double eagle. Its got a 60hp late 80s merc on it (good compression, checked out by a mechanic). The hull is in decent condition - a few scratches and dings but nothing major. The floor has been replaced with new stringers. The transom looks good. Its got a newish very clean 6.5 kicker, a good double-axle trailer, a new soft top, a couple of scotty downriggers, depth sounder, vhf, bilge pump, etc.
The previous owner is a good guy and very trustworthy so I feel like there won't be any "surprises". The price will be approx $3500 which I think is a pretty good deal.
I have two questions -
1) what do you think of the price?
2) the boat has had its built-in gas tank removed. in its place is a large under floor bait-box, storage area. There are now portable tanks for the motors - I'm wondering what the removal of the tank has done to the boats centre of gravity? Is this something that I could compensate for by placing a lead weight in in the storage box where the tank used to be?
Thanks for you advice - much appreciated.