Question:
Only performance boat made by Searay in 19', 22', 27',and 32' lengths until
'91-92? My original bill of sell from 1984 priced this boat at $42,000. A
lot of money for a 22' boat. But they were worth every penny. Today that
same boat still brings in $12-$18k. The high price is probably a big factor
in there extinction. I liked it better than my current '27 Fountain.
Panga or Pachanga Fishing Boat?
Answer:
-A Pachanga is the only performance boat Sea Ray ever made. They came in
various lengths to about 32 feet and were pretty well made, but they didn't
race them and they are kind of heavy for their size so they didn't sell
alot.
-Pachanga isn't a boat type, it's a model name used by Sea Ray for their
performance line of deep V boats in the 80's (Probably borrowed from the name
of the dance.) They were Sea Ray's answer to Wellcraft's Scarabs that were
popularized by Miami Vice. Here is a picture of a Pachanga from the Boat Trader
site:
http://www.boattraderonline.com/cgi-bin/boat/apps/search/photdisp.htm...
-Slip of the finger. Yes '86 was the first year, mine
was an '87. As far as the price, just going from the original paperwork that
was still in the boat when I bought it. I thought it was high myself but the
Searay dealer here told me that they could place almost any price on them
then and get it, although they themselves claimed to have been more in the
30's. They also a mint 22' BB with 0 hours in their storage. I have ran into
a guy several times on my lakes that has an mid 70's Pachanga 17-18'. It
looks more like a Correct Craft Ski Natique. Proto type was my 1st thought,
but he said they made them for a very short run then discontinued them until
the new improved body style came out in '86.
-$42k *was* a lot of money in 1984 for a 22 footer. And that's quite an
endorsement that you liked it better than your 27' Fountain. I always
lusted for a Pachanga of any size (or a Scarab for that matter) back in the
80's. Never had the dough for the bigger boats then. I did have an '87 21'
Sea Ray Monaco cuddy that I really liked though. $20k as an end of model
year close-out purchased new in January, 1988. That should help put those
1984 42k dollars in perspective. I guess I'd forgotten how proud Sea Ray
was of that boat back then. It was fun taking a look at one again using the
link in the other post. Nice lines. Say what you want about Sea Ray, but
it's a very rare occasion when you see one with a bad set of lines. Always
nicely proportioned, to my eye anyway. They've migrated through the various
style generations over the years like everyone else, but never to an extreme
in any case and never distasteful, unlike some others.
-$42,000 in 1984? First off, I didn't think the Pachanga came out until
1986, and when I bought mine (a brand new leftover '89 in 1990) I paid a
tad over $28,000 for it. This is with the upgraded big block engine as
well.
-Actually the 22 was not heavy at all. It ran somewhere around 2900 Lbs.
I don't know if that included the engine or not. The 27 and 32 were a
bit heavy and not as fast as they should have been for their size.
Anytime that you can get a 22' boat to run 60 MPH with a small block,
you can't be too heavy.
