On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:10:53 -0500, "Gene Kearns"
wrote:

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 09:46:49 +1100, "K. Smith"
wrote:



The owner only knows half the story!!! the dealer was the recent seller
& should have explained the situation,

The boat could have been sold on consignment, for all I know.... What
"situation" would that be? Do you know more about this?

even offered to get an
independent assessment (the insurance will be doing that anyway), then
the owner wouldn't feel like he's been abandoned.

Ooooh... good point. I hadn't even thought of that!

I wonder if the insurance company knew exactly what they were
insuring?

Interesting we haven't heard back from the original poster.
Personally, I wonder why he had his name and address on his web page
and took it off.

Because he finally figured out that his "case" wasn't as strong as he
thought it was.

Embarrassment can do strange things.

Live long and prosper,

Tom