I bought a 1992 Champion 201 today that is REALLY nice. It has a 2008 Yami VMax 225 motor. The gel coat is in awesome condition. A few minor scrapes here and there, but great for the most part. The seller put it in the water and we rode around for about 45 minutes. Lake was a little rough but this boat rode like a Cadillac. I have not had a boat for about 35 years and I have never had one this nice. It is really hard for me to believe this boat is 27 years old. IIRC, cruising at about 38-40 MPH was about 3200 RPM. I know at one point, I had the trim all the way down and was running 31 MPH and holding the Hot Foot steady, the speed increased to 36.5 by just trimming the motor up a bit. I never messed with the adjustment in the Jack Plate. The dash has one of the Yamaha Digital all in one guages and the only thing on the entire boat that does not work is the trim indicator. It could be the guage or maybe just the sending unit on the motor, not sure.
Has New Hydraulic Steering that was just installed. Hydraulic Jack Plate, has had the deck extender installed at some point. Original upholstery and carpet with two folding fishing seats and one butt seat all with original upholstery. Hot foot, lighted boxes and lighted live well. Motorguide Digital trolling motor but does not have spot lock, so it may have to be replaced. Humminbird Helix 9 at console but does not have side imaging, so it may go to the bow and a new one with side imaging at the helm.
ECM showed no faults, compression about 101-102 on all six cylinders. 262 hours with 169 at 1000-2000 rpm's. Only 7 or 8 hours above 4000 rpms.
Motor has a Yamaha Stainless 27P prop. Hole shot with that is good, but not what I would call super quick considering the size of the motor. I may try a little lower pitched prop and see what it does. I do not expect to spend much time on the top end anyway, so getting out of the hole is more important to me.
I am so excited I can barely wait to get it out. Crappie should fire up in the next few days if it stays warm but rain is predicted all week-end, and I don't want to get my new boat wet.
Inside the boat, I found all the original owners manuals stuff and a photo copy of the original invoice dated April 1992, with all the original options listed. None of the dollar amounts were listed. It had a 200 Merc originally.
Wayne