[Boatcrazy]

Check out this really nice example of a Mariah Z302. Lots of work put into this boat to get it to this point.

1999 Mariah Z302 Shabah ONLY 126 hrs!, New Interior!: eBay Motors (item 390202466135 end time Jun-05-10 14:00:00 PDT)

[Dredd]

160 hrs and totally redone... might never have seen salt water but sounds like it's seen a bottom to me. Very tastefully redone though... I like it a lot. I could do without the number on the one side but that might be related to something I don't know about.

[mikeyt]

Looks like someone was into Nascar with that number on the side. Some idiot (read prior owner) stuck #3's all over my boat. Took me a couple of hours to remove them all without damaging anything.

[ShabahZ250]

I agree with Dredd about it possibly seeing a bottom... There's a lot of signs that could point that way. New interior, new electronics, new aftermarket paint job, low engine hours, etc. Seems pretty odd. Plus look very closely at the last photo (of the new microwave in the cabin), look around the top trim, where the moldings meet, that looks to me like a sign of water intrusion. That's not normal. I'd definitely have a surveyor look it over if I were going to be purchasing it.

It is a sharp boat though!

[mikeyt]

Maybe it was a Louisiana boat that Katrina beat up on?

[Boatcrazy]

Well if it did visit with the bottom for any amount of time the only thing that may ever be a problem in the future would be the wiring and that is if it was in saltwater. It looks like he has replaced and or gone through most of the rest of the items that make up a boat.

I have a really good understanding of what it costs to get a boat to that point where this boat is at due to my misfortune with my Z302 but when all is said and done I am going to have a boat that is exactly what I want and w/o a note attached to it.

[mikeyt]

Boatcrazy: No question that you are in a different situation with your Z302 cuz it's you doing the work to bring her back up to snuff so you know exactly what occurred. If the repairs are properly looked after, i dont see why the boat cant return to, or get better than, its pre-accident condition and it will be a great buy for someone out there.

ShabahZ250 is right though, i would want a survey done on any boat of that size if i was buying.

[Dredd]

I don't think it met its reserve. I found in on CL for $35K.

1999 Mariah Z302 only 126 hours !!!