1986 25'parker CC full keel inboard

[captjackhfd]

Hello all.I'm looking at buying this boat.Wondering if anybody has any experince w/ this type of boat.I've always had outboards.Boat is solid,and newer merc.MPI purrs.(on land anyway.)Thank you.Didn't take pics.

 

[Megabyte]

Parker inboard boats are rare, but they do exist.
They stopped making both inboards and I/O's in the late 90's and went strictly to outboards.
I know of one inboard in my area (a 1996 model) with big-block power and a tunnel drive.
Awesome boat.

 

[Nobplt]

I looked at one of these boats years ago. I would be careful to sea trial it in all sea conditions and note how many rpm's you have to turn to get a decent cruise speed. My memory isn't the best but I do remember the keel had been removed to try to increase speed on the boat I looked at. It was a big block and had to turn high rpm's to get a 16-18 kt cruise. My mechanic who sea sea trialed the boat with me talked me out of it. I think the fact that Parker made so few of theses boats should tell us something. Just my opinion.