Wellcraft Suncruiser

Excellent Family Boat or Perfect Boat for a Couple doing long distance cruising of the Inter Coastal Waterway or the Great Loop. Located in Connecticut but stored super cheap so you can come get it whenever you are ready.If you google "Wellcraft Suncruiser 310" you will find a few of these for sale on the web in various conditions around the country, 1970s and 1980s models. The cheapest ones are selling for just under $10,000. The better maintained ones with newer engines and lots of electronics like this boat has are selling for $17,000 to $18,000. I have this one for sale privately for $14,000 OBO. To get a similar boat to this with all the equipment and features brand new would cost about $150,000. I reserve the right to cancel the auction early if the boat sells on the private market before the auction closes. However, I really need the money to pay bills right now, so I am in a position to sell the boat for whatever price it goes for here on classifieds board, even if it is only pennies on the dollar compared the boats fair market value, if only I had the luxury of taking more time to sell it the old fashioned way. PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE AUCTION CLOSES. NO EXCEPTIONS. I HAVE AN OVERDUE MORTGAGE PAYMENT AND SOME OTHER LOANS COMING DUE AND I HAVE TO SELL THE BOAT TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER TO CARE OF THOSE EXPENSES. OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T BE SELLING THE BOAT. PLEASE RESPECT THIS.

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE AUCTION TEXT PRIOR TO BIDDING SO YOU CAN BE A FULLY INFORMED BIDDER. PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 24 HOURS!! OUR FAMILY IS SELLING THIS BOAT "NOT" BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF IT, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE WE LIVE IN COLORADO NOW AND WE REALLY NEED THE MONEY TO COVER OUR URGENT EXPENSES. PLEASE RESPECT THIS AND ONLY BID WHAT YOU HAVE ON HAND READY TO SPEND. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR SPOUSE OR BOAT PARTNER PRIOR TO BIDDING. YOUR BID IS A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THIS FINE CLASSIC BOAT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOAT OR PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS IF YOU ARE THE HIGH BIDDER YOU CAN CALL ME DIRECTLY. -WILLIAM phone

This is a classic Wellcraft Suncruiser 31. These boats are one of the best designs for family cruising ever created. This is a Hot Rod of a boat! A huge interior, a party size cockpit, graceful classic lines and a beautiful sun deck and sun canopy powered with twin Chevy 350 Engines modified with fresh water cooling for marine applications. When you want to go, this boat will go. Like other timeless classics powered by the same engine and from the same era, for instance a 1979 Chevy Camaro or 1979 Stingray Corvette, this boat hails from an era when things were built well and specifically made for having fun. The Wellcraft 31 was designed to serve the function of weekend party palace for the whole family and room for the teenagers to invite their friends as well.

Boat comes with a clear title.

The deck is perfect for sunbathing and diving off of. Its big enough that 8 to 12 people can swim and chat and sunbathe on this boat for outings with plenty of elbow room for everyone. Blast out to your favorite get away spot, cast anchor and the fun begins. Plenty of room for drink coolers. A kitchen and lounge big enough to satisfy the ladies. A teak swim platform off the back with a nice boarding ladder. Two skylights. Two huge Bomar waterproof hatches and large windows in the cabin door make the interior very pleasant to spend time in if the rain tries to spoil the fun.

Its a great boat for water skiing or for trawler fishing with teak fishing rod rack on the ceiling inside and four tall pole holders along the edge of the cockpit. It would also be a very comfortable small ship for a couple to cruise long distances along the Intercoastal Waterway or do the Great Loop along the East Coast and the Saint Lawrence Seaway and down the Mississippi to New Orleans and the Florida Keys beyond.

CONSIDER THE COSTS OF BOAT OWNERSHIP CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING THE DECISION TO MAKE THIS PURCHASE. THIS INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION OF THE BOAT IF YOU WANT TO MOVE IT FROM CONNECTICUT. THE BOAT DOES NOT COME WITH A TRAILER. THE GOOD NEWS IS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN A RUSH, BECAUSE IF YOU PAY IN ADVANCE THE STORAGE IS ONLY $59 PER MONTH WHERE THE BOAT IS NOW AND IT CAN STAY THERE AS LONG AS YOU LIKE WHILE YOU MAKE ARRANGEMENTS. JACK STANDS AND BLOCKS ARE INCLUDED WITH THE VESSEL.

WE LISTED THIS BOAT ON classifieds board A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO AND THE HIGH BIDDER WAS FROM CALIFORNIA AND DIDN'T PAY ONCE HE RESEARCHED THE PRICE OF SHIPPING A BOAT FROM THE EAST COAST TO CALIFORNIA. PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE PLACING YOUR BID RATHER THAN AFTER, AND IF YOU ARE MOVING IT FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER WITH A PROFESSIONAL BOAT MOVER, PLEASE CHECK ON THOSE COSTS PRIOR TO PLACING A BID. THANK YOU. DOING OTHERWISE IS A SERIOUS INCONVENIENCE TO US AND TO OTHER LEGITIMATE BIDDERS WHO ACTUALLY INTEND TO FOLLOW THROUGH.

IT WOULD BE A PERFECT BOAT ON ANY OF THE BIG LAKES IN THE MIDWEST OR CAPE COD OR THE GREAT LAKES. BUT FIGURE OUT IF YOU CAN BORROW A THREE AXLE (OR AT LEAST BIG TWO AXLE TRAILER) IF YOU WANT TO MOVE IT A LONG DISTANCE. TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL BOAT MOVER TO GO A THOUSAND MILES COULD COST SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS SO CONSIDER THAT BEFORE BIDDING. IF YOU CAN BORROW A TRAILER AND TOW IT YOURSELF WITH A BIG 2500/250 SERIES OR BIGGER TRUCK THAT WOULD BE CHEAPER, BUT PLEASE CONSIDER THESE FACTORS BEFORE PLACING A BID. THE CHEAPEST WAY TO MOVE THE BOAT WOULD BE BY WATER, AND IT COULD BE TRANSPORTED TO THE CONNECTICUT COAST AND LAUNCHED FOR JUST A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS BY PROFESSIONALS.

Heres a list of equipment and features below: Again, everything was working two years ago when the boat was last in the water, and the engines are currently winterized, but it is sold As Is. Expect there may be a few things that need some troubleshooting to get them going property again, for instance, the water intakes for the engines were disconnected to pump anti-freeze into the system. So that needs to be re-connected prior to use etc. Also plan on checking the water cooling system and make sure the impellors are free of dried algae build up and turning freely, and empty and re-fill the fresh water tanks.

Raytheon Pathfinder SL70 Radar (Over $4000 system new)

Garmin GPSMap 182C Color GPS

Twin PMC Sea Maxx 5.7 270 HP Marine Engines

2 Huge Welded Aluminum Fuel Tanks in good condition ($1700 each new)

Engine Hour Meter Showing 636 Hours on the Engines

Uniden Depth Finder on the Console

West Marine Submersible VHF600 DSC Radio with Distress Signal

Seaward Products Hot Water Heater

Stand Up Shower

Simpson Lawrence Electric Anchor Windlass and large Plow Anchor in Metal Pulpit

Long Anchor Chain and Rode for Deep Water Anchoring

Pyle PLCD 9 MR Stereo System with Overdrive Speakers

30 Amp Shore Power Cable

Extra Large Bomar Waterproof Hatches on Deck

Canvas Cockpit Cover

12Volt and 120Volt Electric System with Water Resistent Marine Breaker Panel

Mosquito Screens for the Hatches

Three Fire Extinguishers (all fully charged)

Ceiling Fishing Rod Rack

Wine Rack

Mini Bar

Refrigerator with Freezer Box

Lots of Cabinets for Storage

Homestead Model 406 Dual Alcohol and Electric Kitchen Stove

2 Skylights over the Kitchen plus Large Door Windows

Large Ritchie Powerdamp Globe Compass

Two Locking Overhead Pilots Hampers

Electric Windshield Wipers

Set of White Cast Plastic Dock Steps

Set of AFI Chrome Marine Horns

4 Large Dock Fenders with Lines in Blue Canvas Covers and in Stainless Deck Racks

Shakespeare VHF Antenna

Garmin/Shakespeare Offshore GPS Antenna

Nice Piston Style Electric Steering System

Centex Industries Exhaust Mufflers

Extra Large Risers and Manifolds with 3 and inch Trident Flex Dual Vented Exhaust

4 Cockpit Trawling Rod Holders

Teak Swim Platform with Boarding Ladder to Cockpit

Welded 1 inch Aluminum Pilot House Sun Roof Frame with Canvas Cover

Fireboy Halon 1301 Automatic Engine Room Fire Suppression System

Shur Flo Domestic Water Pumps

Two Todd Enterprises 25 Gal Water Tanks

If couples are willing to get cosy together this boat will sleep seven in four beds or four individuals in their own beds. It has a nice kitchen with a small refrigerator and a two burner stove that uses electricity at the dock and burns alcohol fuel when out on the anchor. The boat has a mini-bar with overhead liquor cabinet and a built in wine rack. It has a full stand up shower and an electric flush toilet.

This particular Wellcraft also comes equiped with about $7,000 worth of marine electronics. It has a radar system, a color console GPS, Westmarine VHF marine radio and an electric anchor windlass with a very nice plow anchor. It also has a fairly nice stereo system with speakers in the cockpit and also inside the cabin.

The engines were replaced with brand new ones just a few years ago for a cost of $11,490.00 and the new engines only have 636 hours of use on them. The engines are currently winterized and every year since they were installed they have been winterized and boat has been stored out of the water during the winters. I took the photo of the engines with a standard carpenters hammer in the shot to give you an idea of scale. They are HUGE powerful workhorse motors!!!

When the boat was last used everything was working good and we assume that it will all still be working fine. However the boat hasn't been used for two years and occasionally things can stop working even when they have just been sitting still un-used, so the boat is being sold As Is. The batteries will definitely need to be charged up and possibly replaced after sitting that long. The one other issue mechanically ish that we can't locate the second ignition key, so the ignition switch for the second engine needs to be replaced or the boat could be hot-wired, but getting a new ignition switch for $20 or so and hooking it up is by far the preferred option.

The interior of the boat is as you see it in the photos. It hasn't been renovated since the boat was new, so depending on your tastes you can decide if you want to update the interior or leave it as is. The cushion covers need to be laundered and there are some small stains here and there. The water pump for the bathroom toilet has some rust on the outside. It may or may not still work but its kind of ugly the way it is so I would probably recommend replacing that. Cost probably about $80 to $150.

The teak is in good condition but probably due for some spot sanding and refresher coats of varnish, particularly on the swim platform. The deck is very solid and the gelcoat is in great shape for the age of the boat. It is almost free of any spider-veining but there are just a few small ones around the edges of the hatches etc. The boat needs a good deck and hull cleaning and waxing. There is a bit of mildew and leaf stains that clean easily with soap and water and a scotch brite pad, and the boat would love to get waxed. The hull is nearly perfect condition with the exception of a small scrape the size of a couple of quarters on the port aft corner. The plywood in the cockpit walls has some soft spots and in one spot it is delaminating a bit. That I would say is the most serious issue the boat has and that could be fixed in an afternoon with a half sheet of marine plywood and a jig saw. It is mostly cosmetic because that is just the side wall of the cockpit, but to make the boat really nice I would tend to that. The dashboard is in very good condition. The windshielfs don't have any crack and they have electric windshield washers.

The canopy is a welded aluminum frame make out of really nice inch and a half aluminum tube with virtually no aluminum corrosion. The top of the sun canopy is marine canvas and has stains and a tear that has been patched, but sometime soon a new canopy canvas top would be a worthy investment. There is also a vinyl windshield that snaps on above the glass windshielf for foul weather and it is getting kind of old. The boat also comes with a nice canvas snap on cockpit cover and two comfy aluminum frame marine deck chairs. There is a cast plastic three step dock staircase that is really nice and cost a few hundred bucks new.

The nice thing about buying a classic boat like this one is that it is truly a classic. Like an older Carver or Cris Craft, if this boat is taken care of, it has timeless nautical appeal and it will only increase in value over the years. If you buy a boat that is only 8 or 12 years old, as soon as you buy it, it is already going out of style, losing value and seeming older every year. Cars are the same way. As soon as something is 30 years old its and if its a good design then its a real classic. But a 15 year old car is just a 15 year old car. Boats are the same. This boat does everything that a $150,000 new sport cruiser does, but it just has a bit more worn blue jeans sort of feel about it. But if you want classic rather than modern, then save the $130,000 and take good care of this boat and it will take good care of you and your family, perhaps for generations yet to come.

The Auction Closes on Thursday evening. If you want to win the boat make sure to get your best bid in early or set the alarm on your phone to monitor your bid status in the final few minutes of the classifieds board auction. Often the final few minutes determine who wins the bidding. If you have any questions, again feel free to call me: William phone

PLEASE CALL ME IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE AUCTION CLOSES IF YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THE AUCTION. PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE AUCTION CLOSES. I WILL MAIL THE TITLE TO YOU WITH A TRACKING NUMBER AS SOON AS THE BOAT IS PAID FOR. THE BOAT IS STORED AT AN RV AND BOAT STORAGE FACILITY IN SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT. I HAVE A BOAT MOVER WHO CAN MOVE THE BOAT TO ANY MARINA OF YOUR CHOICE ALONG THE COAST OR ANYWHERE ELSE YOU LIKE FOR A FAIR PRICE. IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS, THE STORAGE IS ONLY $59 PER MONTH IF YOU PAY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS IN ADVANCE OR AROUND $100 MONTHLY.