questions about bayliner 3880

[seamanmt]

hello all,
I haven't posted since I sold our old seaway (several years). Finally going to retire soon, wife and I are looking for another boat so we may join your ranks. The bayliner 3880 has features that we both like and can afford, but I would beg for some of your valuable experience and opinion's about sturdiness and handling, Our plan is for ICW and coastal cruising as much as possible.
thanks for any input.

[ranger58sb]

The bigger Bayliners built on the west coast have a pretty good rep. Several Bayliner owners are on trawlerforum.com (sister site) so you might get more feedback there...

Not so many powerboaters here...

-Chris

[seamanmt]

thank you for the info I will check it out.

[murofsresiurc]

Also check baylinerownersclub dot org.

[River Cruiser]

I’ve had a 38 for going on 11 years & liveaboard 8-9 months of the year. Any questions I will be happy to answer. I love the boats economy, comfort and dependable Hino diesels.

[Cheechako]

Often specific boat models have specific good and bad things, so asking on the Bayliner site would be good. I have not found anything too badly done on Bayliner's in general, OTHER THAN the problem typical to most power cruisers: Rotted transom core or rotted fuel tank supports/stringers. On my 80's Bayliner the dashboard fiberglass was 3/8-1/2" thick!
I don't know how many builders used a non cored transom though. Tollycraft did.

[rslifkin]

I think cored transoms were mostly common on smaller boats, particularly with sterndrives. Larger power boats often have solid glass transoms. My boat, for example, has cored decks, but a solid glass hull and transom and hollow fiberglass stringers (no core).

[Cheechako]

That's good. I don't know how many I've seen with core ruined not just by an outdrive, but from a swim step bracket or even just a depth sounder bracket screwed into the transom!
I guess the Tollycraft theme is quite old, but people used to tout the solid core and their boats were mostly large, at least in later years.