Nice boat. Good-looking, good layout below and on the bridge. Respectable performance with both gas and the 340/350 Cats. I've heard complaints about the 300 Cats being a little slow. In contrast, Cummins 6C's get up and go. The market hasn't entirely forgiven Caterpillar for the issues they had with 3116's and 3126's in the mid/late 90's. (dropped valves and soft blocks) However, since the problems manifested themselves usually in less than 300 hours, we don't hear about many failures anymore.
The 400DB is fully cored, so a careful survey is a must.
Can I assume you're referring to the example at the boat show? I spent about 10 minutes on her, she struck me as a nice example. Relatively clean, aside from some carpet issues and a dirty galley floor. The electronics were dated. I didn't see ER. There is some Vitricore damage near the fridge, but I didn't notice it anywhere else. The broker told me that the engines have 350 hours and were original. The listing claims close to 400 hours. That's still low. 1999 was near the tail-end of the bad valve saga, but I still wonder if the engines had been replaced.
