1989 24' Skater, Twin Diamond Marine 280's

**JerseyChris** · 08-11-2015, 10:39 AM

[QUOTE=Baja170;2779558] If I could have gotten the Insurance I need, that boat would already be in my garage or on a lift in our boat house it is 50x40 and already has a lift.

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Give Stacey a call, She is very easy to work with..

http://wakezoneinsurance.com/

**Todd D** · 08-11-2015, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by SotallyTober57

The small area of concern is being repaired by Lee Austin of L.A. Marine, in Ft. Lauderdale. I stopped by today to see him and he told me it should be ready for the water mid next week. For those of you that do not know Lee, he actually builds his own "deep-v cat" race boat that he throttles in. Below is a URL address to an interesting write up on Lee and his custom race boats. Enjoy!

http://www.offshoreonly.com/articles/key-west/ready-for-more

Lee also built the majority of AMT's!

**speedfreak2030** · 08-12-2015, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by Baja170

I found 93 Octane BP Ethanol Free Premium gas that is roughly 85 cents a gallon more than regular premium about 25 minutes from my house. Gotta check on Insurance today, got to much to lose to not have liability and I know this will be a challenge but I think I know who to call.

Hey Will James, were you able to get insurance quotes? Same up here in Canada, takes a performance marine underwriter. Big $$$ I pay $2100 yr for 2 mill

**Baja170** · 08-12-2015, 09:55 AM

I bought another boat that is a lot slower and a single but still working on getting a reasonable quote. So far best I have is near 3K with 300K liability. Stacy at wakezone is on vacation this week but waiting on Markel's quote and I submitted a quote app to Wakezone this morning. They would not insure the Skater. We will see if they will the boat I bought.

**JerseyChris** · 08-12-2015, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by Baja170

I bought another boat that is a lot slower and a single but still working on getting a reasonable quote. So far best I have is near 3K with 300K liability. Stacy at wakezone is on vacation this week but waiting on Markel's quote and I submitted a quote app to Wakezone this morning. They would not insure the Skater. We will see if they will the boat I bought.

Wakezone would not insure the Skater?? Maybe where it is being used?

**Baja170** · 08-12-2015, 12:25 PM

It is the over 100 part they don't like I am pretty sure. I just got turned down by Markel on the new boat I got "because it has over the transom exhaust". We are sending them photos of it showing it has through transom exhaust that comes out under the waterline when it is off plane and see if they will reconsider. I have not heard back from Wakezone on it yet. How long does it usually take them to get back to you when you fill out all their paperwork for a quote?

The fact that you live in South Florida does not help you either Tony I am sure. I will be running on lakes and maybe a river or two but 90% or more lakes. I have 5 good size lakes within an hour drive of me and about 5 more within 2 hours drive. We have 50 and 60 degree days in NC and SC in the winter a lot of years and I will be hitting the lake.

**tony97gt** · 08-15-2015, 09:53 AM

The boat is back from the glass shop and is ready for a new home. The area was repaired and reinforced with Kevlar. Also went by Diamond Marine and got the hours info. If my memory serves me right when we bought the 280's they had 130ish hours and we ran them for probably 10-15 hours before the rebuilds. Now they have approx 160 total hours so we put roughly 20 hours on them since they've been rebuilt.

**Baja170** · 08-15-2015, 12:42 PM

Verifies what Marty at Diamond told me. These engines are pristine and the real deal. Somebody is going to get a bad ass boat. Wish it was me.

**mikeylarge** · 08-18-2015, 01:17 PM

You may want to try allstate for insurance. They insure my progression for a very low rate, also my friends 22 activator with 300xs.

**lwilde.0422** · 08-24-2015, 03:20 AM

Beautiful boat! I hope it goes to a good home

**skater2525** · 08-24-2015, 11:26 AM

If you did sell the hull first, what would the price be for the motors? I have a 24 that has 2.5 260's that have never been apart and still run strong (no sleeves, excellent compression on each motor). I was thinking about having Diamond clean them up over the winter, but would like to upgrade to 280's instead. Would you consider selling just the powerheads and gearcases only? Or would it be the complete motors? The reason I ask is that the 260 tuners are obviously different than the 280's, but I have a spare set of clean 280 offshore mids. My motors are 1996 Mariner 2.5 260 EFI's. I sold the original powerheads and put new drop on powerheads back in 2005 or so. 260's are getting rarer then 280's especially in Mariner Grey lol.

**tony97gt** · 08-24-2015, 12:01 PM

It would all depend on someone buying the hull and whether they wanted the entire package minus just powerheads or if they wanted no motors at all. Once I have a buyer for that I can give you a better answer. But if they wanted no motors at all I would part them out.