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| Originally Posted by KJFOREVER WOW!!! Are some boat sales people just used car sales guys on water. Talk about deception advertising. We drove 900 miles yesterday and wasted a whole day with cash in hand only to look at a piece of SH#$@T that did'nt even begin to be what they represented. Could'nt even start port engine, nothing worked, Probly needs $30,000 just to take out. StarB engine started, thought we were on a fogging machine. WE were there 30 minutes, 15 to say no and 15 to clean up my wifes puke. So better hunting next time. Ken |
We just had a discussion on another thread ("Yacht Listings-No Crew Cabin Pics?") relating to this. Check it out. Moving from a 33 gas to a 51 diesel is a big move and a very good one (although once you cross 46' dockage gets a little harder to find). When you make the move you will need a good captain to work with you a bit. So if you're thinking of doing it and in a specific area try to find a good, independent, 100GT teaching captain in that area. Take him out to lunch and ask him to keep his eyes open for you. If you find a boat in the classifieds ask him to take a look at it before you trek out there. Also, hire him to come along on the sea trial. BTW, the late 80's weren't a great time for fiberglass. There was a lot of experimenting with resins and composites which resulted in blistering and other problems. Good luck.