Appreciate all the replies. I thought maybe some of the "tires" had come off the rollers as well. Will look at it tomorrow and sea trial as well. Airline schedule and weather permitting. The paint situation will get done before spring. We're in brackish water and with the colder water shouldn't be too big a build up before next spring or time to get the job done.
Regarding the straight, evenly spaced lines, don't see the rollers doing that up the centerline since I don't think there are any there rollers running there. Running out on some sort of docking system might be an explanation. The bottom on a Parker should be smooth, not lapstraked. Right?
Appreciate getting the post moved to general discussion. Thanks
Follow up to this boat. Pretty rough, but engine looked good. Not sure why oil was "funky"per my surveyor, in the lower unit, but they did change oil and put on a water pump. Don't know about seals? As previous noted the delam in the top and one area of the deck caused some concerns. The trailer brakes were completely gone-Disc rust so bad they had remove the pads. Hadn't been used in years. Axle arm for the tire pretty corroded. All ubolts on trailer rusted. Anything that wasn't galvanized. Interior of cabin has been pretty damp. Material on the walls sheds small white particles when you run your hand against it. Numerous stain in the material. All hardware that comes thru cabin walls and roof, rusted and rust stripes down the material where the water has run. No tirm tabs, no pulpit or windless, and adding brakes, tires, etc, the costs added up and the broker wouldn't give but about a $1000 on the price. Broker says yes, but it is a 14 year old boat. My 1983 Californian LRC, and the 90s Hydra sport and Aqua Sport showed better than this boat and they were years older. So, I am still looking for a Parker 2520, preferable, later than 1992 and with a single outboard, at least 250HP, with trailer, trim tabs, pulpit, windless, and decent trailer. With Suzuki 4 stroke would consider dropping to 225HP. Maybe my requirements are bigger than my budget, $25,000 to $30,000. But I did find a 1997 with twin Merc. 250s, vintage 2001, no trailer and offer was accepted at $15,000--BUT the selling agent realized that it was such a good deal he bought it--I only found out later that the people had accepted my offer but he never told me. I was going to hang one of the engines on the wall for parts or replacement. The extension was such it would take a single using the existing control system and all. So--I'll keep looking.
Really like a pilot house so I can air condition it with roof top A/C, and have searched for other pilot houses boats but finding one with single OB is tough. May even have to look for another Hydrasport 2520WA type boat and see if I can a/c the helm some way with one of those. Appreciate all the advice from this forum and although the above boat broker doesn't value your opinion I do. Thanks
