Advice needed buying 1990 Tiara 3300 Open with Cummins 6bta.

6BTAs are good engines but may need some serious work if they ve been sitting for 5 years. The whole boat is going to need a ton of work… all pumps, air cons, heads… you won’t know what will need to be rebuilt until the boat is in the water and every system tried.

Now if you can do a lot of the work yourself, it may work out but if you have to pay $100-150 an hour… forget it.

now, that picture showing the fuel tank… is that white box the generator? If so…. Run!!!

Well you have a couple of inches between the gen and the tank!! And no space to drop in thru the hatch.

any maintenance on the gen will cost you four times as much.

You need to search yacht world and other sites to see what an average diesel powered Tiara of that size and vintage will fetch.

the problem is that until the boat is cleaned and launched, nobody will know what it will take to get it in running condition I d guess at least $20/30k if you re lucky and the gen / engines / gears dont need full rebuild. If they do you could be looking at $60k, $70k or more.

It is worth as much as somebody is willing to pay for it.

A 34 year old boat not run in 5 years.
If the trailer hubs are any good, I'll come and remove it for them.
Ya know the tires are shot.
Start from there.

From there, if you really need a value, You call in a surveyor AND a Cummins tech with fresh batteries.
Maybe not to get it running (YET) but let you know a valve is not stuck or a sized piston.

Those are great ole engines but if you don't know about them, your a danger to them.
It is not a Chevy 350.

Anything rubber is probably toast.

Looks like an OhNo gen-set, half of it could be toast, the rest a gamble.

Your picturs are nice for dreamers. Most of us here have already overspent (several fold) on lil project boats.
I could be rich and famous now if I did not get into boating. Now I'm just another infamous boater still working on my 46 year old (lil project) boat.

Can you mention the asking price?

Offer to take it away (If you have a real truck).
That it self would be some bux,

With nothing running and no survey, You can't get it insured so even dragging it away is a tall risk.

I ll ask again: how. Do. You. Get. In. That. Hole. To. Work. On. It.

impeller, belt, oil filter, secondary, The fuel valves are against the sound shield!

Question?;
What do you bolt down to a hatch cover??

Maybe your setup has a little more room around the genny and offers reasonable access. The picture posted shows a serious access issue. Nothing insulting and no attitude….i didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.

whenever I have looked at a boat to purchase, access to various system is at the top of my list. That picture alone so enough to make me not even consider that boat, even if in mint condition.

i guess your reaction explains why builders get away with building such boats. It s a shame because tiaras are pretty good.

darn. Could not find the snowflake emoticon.

It’s a 33’ boat. There’s only so many places to put a generator. The worst place on a small boat is between the motors in my opinion.

I’ve dealt with many generators centerline in the cockpit between fuel tanks. All the panels come of with quick access to everything. Only the corners of the frame remain in place. You have to work mostly from the top down. It’s a non issue really.