![]() The hull is solid, and the powertrain is solid and reliable with maintenance. I knew there was a rot problem in this model and this year, thanks mostly to this forum.Īfter a disastrous first boat buying experience (a 19 foot Seaswirl with a 2.3 and an OMC 400 outdrive that failed on me), a friend of mine pointed me to the Volvo Penta drive trains as a solid option.įor what I like to do, cruising and fishing (and crabbing and shrimping) this mid-80s Bayliner Capri 1950 is an awesome boat. ![]() I bought this particular boat specifically because the previous owner had already redone the floors and stringers. I have a highly similar boat to the OP, a 1985 Bayliner Capri 1950, with an AQ125B motor and Volvo Penta 270 outdrive. I hope it's OK to chime in on this old thread. If you tink about it carbon fiber is laid in sheets of woven fibers. The woven roven I think is the strongest, but also the most expensive. Hand laid fiberglass uses woven roven or fiberglass mat. Once sprayed it is rolled out to remove air pockets. It is a quicker way to lay the glass but a lot of professionals say it creates a weaker structure. So you spray the mixture on what ever form you are using. As it sprays the chopped up strands of fiberglass it also sprays mixed resin with it. I'm sure my stringers aren't perfect, but the floor is solidĪ chopper gun takes a roll of fiberglass yarn and chops and sprays it, kid of like a paint gun. The Arriva is the only boat I've ever owned, so I don't have anything to compare it too. I've heard that other brands had better fiberglass coating on their wood. Hey 2850, can you elaborate on the "chopper gun" technique? Is this the method they used to glass in the wood? Some of my wood is exposed in the engine compartment and the fiberglass coating is pretty thin, almost like paint. If that is true then why is the model name of my bayliner conquest 3150 ocean express? Oh and some will say you can't take a Bayliner out to the open ocean. I'd put it up against a sea ray any time. My Bayliner is one of the best handling boats I have ever had. So why is one rotten? It wasn't taken care of plain and simple.īashing is just that and usually by some one who has never owned a Bayliner. Keep in mind these boat we made in the same factory and have consecutive serial #'s. One is rotten to the core the other structurally sound. I have 2 Bayliner 32' s both the same year same hull same engines. Just ask pascal about cored hulls on sea ray cruisers. All manufacturers had /have their lemons. Does that make them a bad boat? I can't see through the glass on my 32'Īll the bashing is that just bashing. Well while sitting in the bilge of my 26' sea ray well I could see right through the fiberglass. I once heard someone say jeeze you can see right through the fiberglass on a Bayliner. My sunrunner had an omc I always had problems with it. The real matter of fact is how was the boat taken care of. Well those companies are out of business while Bayliner continues. The chine walk and porpousing was horendous Maybe good structurally but one of the worst handling boats I've ever owned or been in. Yes I have owned many different brands of boats but in the end they were all just boats all had problem,s at one time or another of some kind.ĭoes any one hear any one bash fiber form boats? There were a ton of those and all rotten. Most likely the bayliner bashing was a successful campaign set forth by some other boat manufacturer. I don't think the real truth can be known. When it comes to bang-for-buck$, I don't think any other brand comes close when you account for everything. I have searched and searched over the past several years looking for the "dream" boat. One of the reasons that Bayliner has backed off making cruisers is they ended up being their own competition in todays market. what do you see a majority of? Bayliners. If you walk the docks at all, looking at older power boats only. They maybe got stingy with amenities, and power, but after 30 years, those amenities have been replaced and in many cases the boat re-powered. That wasn't necessarily the motivation, but it was the result. ![]() The bottom line is that for the most part, Bayliners were built as a sturdy boat. I got a tour and a lot of history from him and heard a lot of the good, the bad and the ugly. He started at the bottom and was there for 30+ years. He built a lot of the dyes that were used to make the parts for our boats and Meridians. A good friend of mine was the chief engineer in Marysville until they closed the plant. ![]()
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