I’m Back! A New Restoration Begins!

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So, after selling my 2800 SX Outboard and Pulsare 2400 Bowrider, I tried a small slow CC Baracuda 188 which I sold during Covid for a huge profit. I brought back to life a 1992 Nova Spyder 230 with a 454 Magnum. That was an extremely fun boat and sold for a good profit. Next I bought a Cobalt 263 that sat for 9 years with a frozen motor. I did a complete Volvo Penta 8.1L engine rebuild that turned into a super expensive lesson and lost money on that sale. Next I bought a new Winnebago travel trailer and went boatless for a quite a while. I swore I was done with boat restorations…until I stumbled into a gofast center console that wasn’t even for sale! A friend of a friend had a Paramount 21 Super Fisherman sitting for 5 years neglected. He bought a pontoon boat and the Paramount was “forgotten” about. After a conversation, he agreed to sell me the boat…and another restoration begins!

The motor is a Merc 3L 225 EFI mounted on the transom. It should run about 60 mph. I’ll eventually add a hydraulic backplate for better top end numbers. I even have an inside line on a gold block 250xs (274hp) if I start getting crazy!

So far I have high-speed wheeled the entire boat to bring back some shine. Replaced the broken Fariah tach and speedometer with some Mercury gages that were pulled out of my Pulsare 2400 when I switched that boat to SmartCraft gages, removed the foam from under the gunnels in the bow and had new custom vinyl seats made!

 

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Made it to the water for our maiden voyage yesterday! After a nonstop week of sweat equity, the Paramount is looking sharp!!

 

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Since my boat came with the jump seats option, I also had them reupholstered just in case my grandkids come for a ride!!

 

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Last weekend I managed to get some flat water speed runs in for a base starting point before tinkering with setup. We had 60 gallons of gas on board, typical boating gear and two adults. With the Merc 225 mounted directly to the transom on it’s lowest bracket setting, turning a Stiletto 21 pitch 3 blade we saw 5700rpm at 57 mph; with one of us on board we gained 1 mph to 58 mph GPS. Not too shabby for a boat with a T-top. I’m pretty confident I can break 60 mph by raising the motor and playing with some props. I may even add a 6” hydraulic jack plate and shoot for mid 60s!