27' cuddy
 

I think this is a 278 but am not positive. Looks clean.

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Even without knowing what year it is, it seems like a lot of boat for the money!

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There was a member on here that was looking for a bigger boat and this was in the size range they were talking about. I just could not recall where I read the thread he was in. As for the price, I have no idea. NADA price is subjective in my opinion (even though lenders may use it).

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Is this a 1996 I could not find the year of this so I will double check the info. Also what Mercruiser 454 CID, Carb 300 hp or MPI 310hp or MPI HO MAG 385 hp ?

How many original hours. If not sure, I can always scan it even a carb motor with thunderbolt V ignition. Have no idea if you know any of this info so I asked anyways. Maybe you know the boat Thanks

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You will have to contact the seller on the listing. Came up in a local search so I decided to share it on here. All I know is what is on the listing.

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OK thanks for the help good find hopefully.
Green nowadays hurts the sale for most.

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No problem Johnny!

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I'd be all over this boat if it was closer to me..

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Where you at?

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How can you say that without knowing the year or any other important info along with never laying eyes, hands and ears on it. Maybe its me but I really would wonder true condition as he is will trade for guns or whatever. Almost makes it sound like, I need to get rid of this pile of crap or he had it for sale a very long time. Maybe I'm thinking way too much into it.

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It is a pretty good looking boat! It's either a 96 or 97 Z275. I'm guessing a 96 based on the decal package on the trailer. Boat graphics have obviously been removed, but in 97 Mariah went with a new design (the more common "swoosh" design). What's on the trailer looks like the previous graphics package. Someone should email the seller and get the HIN/model year!

The Z278 came out in 1999, but it was a very similar design to this Z275.

I beg to differ on the green. My boat's got dark green canvas and everyone is still surprised when they find out it's a 99 and not something much newer. Mariah's are classy boats that don't show signs of their age that much because they stuck with colors that wouldn't be out of date in a few years. Nowadays, the main accent colors for just about every manufacturer are blue, tan, and black. The colors that would "date" and "hurt the sale" are the light green/turquoise, gray, and pink combos that were so incredibly popular during the mid 90's, such as Sea Rays, Four Winns, Baja, and lots of the performance boats from that era. I always look as they pass by just to see if I can see Sonny Crockett & Tubbs onboard. :)

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Post # 4 as I thought it was a 1996 also and heck I never worked at the plant :)
How much wood is in a 1996 Z275. Is the floor glass over wood ? what about the seats and engine hatch - wood base or composite ? I know the transom and stringers are wood.

Believe it or not for the last 2 years orange is the new fad color before that was yellow. A lot of sportboats used Purple back in the day. Red has always been a good seller as we call it retail red. Red and black do well also like on crownlines and a lot of wakeboard boats - Mastercraft especially.

My point to the story was too many retail boat buyers never have a pre purchase inspection done beforehand so after the fact they find out the problems with their newly purchased boat instead of beforehand. Examples old fuel in the gas tank lifting off debrie, rotted wood areas, improper winterization or none at all, one or more cylinders out of spec with compression and so on and so on.