2003 342 V Drive for sale

aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,192 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited December 2024 in General Boating Discussions

Came across this 342 also. Not many Rinker V drives around.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1VYLekLqEC/?mibextid=wwXIfr
2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,204 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are you boat shopping??
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • captkevincaptkevin Member Posts: 315 ✭✭
    Make a nice xmas present
    2004 232
    2021 Yamaha Fx svho
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,192 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @YYZRC I’m always boat shopping but nothing planned for the near future. ⚓️
    2008 330EC
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  • PickleRickPickleRick Member Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭✭✭
    8.1 with v drives?? Does a fueling boat follow you around everywhere you go?   Luckily around here regular unleaded is sub 2.40 a gallon.  Got diesel last night for 2.85 a gallon.  That's the cheapest in over 3 years. 

    I've never operated a v drive but have chartered a good few.  Found they were impossible to dock without a crew unless you had bow and stern thrusters.  



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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,204 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2024
    @aero3113 please post if you come across a 400 with a hardtop and joystick, not beige hull. Will pay a finders fee! Lol
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,192 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Will do! 
    No finders fee needed. Can go to food and drinks when you take me out on it. ⚓️
    2008 330EC
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  • Dream_InnDream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,707 mod
    YYZRC said:
    @aero3113 please post if you come across a 400 with a hardtop and joystick, not beige hull. Will pay a finders fee! Lol
    You don’t need a joystick as long as you have a bow thruster, which the 400 does.  My friend’s diesel one is still for sale.  It’s a 390, but basically same as 400 except swim platform. (But yes, that is a difference)

    Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,204 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2024
    Dream_Inn said:
    YYZRC said:
    @aero3113 please post if you come across a 400 with a hardtop and joystick, not beige hull. Will pay a finders fee! Lol
    You don’t need a joystick as long as you have a bow thruster, which the 400 does.  My friend’s diesel one is still for sale.  It’s a 390, but basically same as 400 except swim platform. (But yes, that is a difference)
    I am looking for digital throttles at a minimum. Does the 390 have the same aft stateroom with 2 beds?

    Edit: seems like the 400 doesn’t have the u shaped settee that the 390 has?
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    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • Rich_Rich_ Member Posts: 226 ✭✭✭
    If we are spending other people’s money:
    https://longisland.craigslist.org/boa/d/massapequa-park-2009-tiara-sovran-3500/7810699599.html
    Rinker sold but still have other boats        Eastern LI, NY
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,204 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @Dream_Inn can you get me some interior pictures of your friends 390? Also does it have the composite drives?
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,192 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @Rich_ I agree, I love that boat.
    2008 330EC
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  • Dream_InnDream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,707 mod
    YYZRC said:
    @Dream_Inn can you get me some interior pictures of your friends 390? Also does it have the composite drives?
    Yes, I can get you some pictures.  It does have the U shaped seating in the galley.  It has the same aft room with two twin beds, along with sink and cabinet area.  I’m trying to remember the drives.  They are beefy for the diesels.

    Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,204 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @Dream_Inn I found the thread where you said it has diesel specific drives (not composite). 

    I’m very interested except I need to figure out how I would get it up here. Shipping quotes are insane $$ and the Canadian dollar is awful right now. 
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 2,900 ✭✭✭✭
    aero3113 said:
    @Rich_ I agree, I love that boat.
    The line that put me off was “freshly painted in navy”….  Can’t do a dark colored hull.

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Secretary, Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • Delphini39Delphini39 Member Posts: 5 ✭
    2006 Rinker 390. Engines are Volvo D6 with  Volvo penta D-6 DPH drives
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  • Dream_InnDream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,707 mod
    The link to it is


    Ian said:
    aero3113 said:
    @Rich_ I agree, I love that boat.
    The line that put me off was “freshly painted in navy”….  Can’t do a dark colored hull.


    Actually, the "key" word to that is painted.  It is no longer in the gel coat, it is painted like the formulas do.  No tough time waxing and compounding every 6 months to get that white chocky stuff off.
    I've known and boated with the owners for over a dozen years.  Professionally taken care of boat.

    Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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  • Liberty44140Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,404 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dream_Inn said:
    YYZRC said:
    @aero3113 please post if you come across a 400 with a hardtop and joystick, not beige hull. Will pay a finders fee! Lol
    You don’t need a joystick as long as you have a bow thruster, which the 400 does.  My friend’s diesel one is still for sale.  It’s a 390, but basically same as 400 except swim platform. (But yes, that is a difference)
    Agree with this. When shopping for my boat, 90% of them have pods and a joystick. I did not want to deal with pods and finally found a V drive boat with a bow thruster. Thats all I need to put her anywhere I want, I can walk the boat sideways with this setup to dock. I'm not saying never buy a pod boat, they have some great benefits, but if you have a choice go V drive vs pod. 
    07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)

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  • Liberty44140Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,404 ✭✭✭✭✭
    aero3113 said:

    Came across this 342 also. Not many Rinker V drives around.

    https://www.facebook.com/share/1VYLekLqEC/?mibextid=wwXIfr
    Awesome setup! would love a ride on a V drive 342 just to feel the difference. Bet she is pretty comfortable in chop!
    07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)

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  • Liberty44140Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,404 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dream_Inn said:
    YYZRC said:
    @Dream_Inn can you get me some interior pictures of your friends 390? Also does it have the composite drives?
    Yes, I can get you some pictures.  It does have the U shaped seating in the galley.  It has the same aft room with two twin beds, along with sink and cabinet area.  I’m trying to remember the drives.  They are beefy for the diesels.
    No composite drives on volvo diesel. They are a bigger metal drive. Volvo marine diesel and volvo marine gas are completely different engineering, production, business, etc. They share almost nothing except the name. 
    07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)

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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,204 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @Liberty44140 I believe a sub 40' sterndrive boat is appealing to a wider swath of prospective buyers if equipped with a joystick even though I agree that sterndrives + bow thruster is probably equivalent (having never piloted a joystick boat). 

    If I move to a boat like the 390/400 without joystick I would probably add a stern thruster as well. Relatively inexpensive (in boat terms) and great peace of mind in suboptimal docking conditions.

    Famous one liner - "boats are easy to buy and hard to sell". 
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,192 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ian said:
    aero3113 said:
    @Rich_ I agree, I love that boat.
    The line that put me off was “freshly painted in navy”….  Can’t do a dark colored hull.

    It’s better than a dark gel coat.
    2008 330EC
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  • Liberty44140Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,404 ✭✭✭✭✭
    YYZRC said:
    @Liberty44140 I believe a sub 40' sterndrive boat is appealing to a wider swath of prospective buyers if equipped with a joystick even though I agree that sterndrives + bow thruster is probably equivalent (having never piloted a joystick boat). 

    If I move to a boat like the 390/400 without joystick I would probably add a stern thruster as well. Relatively inexpensive (in boat terms) and great peace of mind in suboptimal docking conditions.

    Famous one liner - "boats are easy to buy and hard to sell". 
    Agree, I’ve got several friends newer to boating who bought sub 40’, twin IO boats with joystick. They went from single IO to this setup so they are happy as clams! I too have never driven a joystick boat but those that get them, both pod and IO, report a bit of a learning curve but once they get it they love it. 
    07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)

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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭✭
    As someone who did indeed buy a sub 40’ twin IO with joystick. I can say it is the best thing I ever got on a boat. There is a learning curve and a nuance to how the stick reacts. Kind of like basic steering, where people tend to oversteer when they first get into boating. Same with the joystick. You just get used to it. To me it's like driving an automatic versus a manual transmission car.
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  • J3ffJ3ff Member Posts: 4,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Love that boat. Hmmm
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,192 ✭✭✭✭✭
    2008 330EC
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    2008 330EC
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  • Dream_InnDream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,707 mod
    This one is in my marina.  It’s a nice well taken care of boat, although I’d go with the diesel 390 in my marina first.

    https://knot10.com/boat/2007-rinker-400-express-cruiser/

    Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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