NYOB,

I just finished gutting and redoing two bathrooms and the kitchen. If you
think you can get away with just writing the check, you are sadly mistaken.
; )

You now will have to listen to all the wonderful options in tile, granite,
cabinet woods, refrigerators, stoves, water filters, soap dispensers,
faucets and wallpaper. You might as well forget about fishing till the
kitchen is finished. ; ) Some wives like to just show their husbands what
they picked out. My wife insisted I come with her and be involved in the
decision making process. That means I stand there and she tells me how
terrible my choice is, and why her choice really is much better. Next, I
had to supervise the General Contractor to make sure the project is finished
before Armageddon.

If I were you, I would price the Whaler at 3 times market value, and let it
sit there an rot. ; )




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Forget that Grady.

This is what you want:

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa...l.jsp?boatid=4
Not enough bunks for the kids.

But I like Parkers.

Aha! Kids! No wonder you want a Grady. Creature comforts.
I like Gradys myself. Our Parker dealer is, I believe, also the largest
Grady dealer in the Bay area.

Yes. 3 kids. Ages 6, 4, and 2 1/2.

I needed something with an A/C, generator, and higher gunwales.


In fact, he's got a lightly used 30' Marlin available:

http://www.tristatemarine.com/Used-B...rady_white.htm

And another:

http://www.tristatemarine.com/Used-B..._white300m.htm

The first boat is too much money for my budget. They have the twin to
that boat at FishTale Marina in Ft. Myers Beach for the same exact
price.

The second boat looks just like the one that I'm buying. The ad that
you posted doesn't list the year, or whether it has a generator,
outriggers, radar, or autopilot...all of which are on the 2001 that I'm
buying. Of course, I'm paying about $5k more than that asking
price...so I guess it's a wash (assuming that the one you listed is also
a 2001). If that one is a 2001 or newer, it's a very good buy...because
it appears to be in excellent shape. The one that I'm purchasing hasn't
been bottom painted, and has been stored high and dry since new. It's
also within range of here, without having to pay someone $2/mile to ship
it from Maryland.




I just heard from the surveyor about 1 hour ago. There's greening on
the through-hulls and seacocks (minor corrosion...nothing major), and
some minor dings and scratches in the rubrail and sides of the boat.
Everything works, and there's no sign of water intrusion, or moisture in
the hull. The engine compression tested well within the 10% variation
across all cylinders

All of the electronics work. He didn't test the generator because I
told him that I already knew that it didn't work. But the seller agreed
to fix or replace it.

I'll be departing Tampa tomorrow morning if seas permit. Otherwise,
I'll handle the paperwork tomorrow and bring it back on Sunday...or the
Friday after Thanksgiving.

I was up at 4:30am this morning. I don't know if it was last night's
meal of a spicy corn/crab chowder, mahi with shrimp and scallops in a
lemon butter caper sauce, and a couple of Oktoberfest Sam Adam's...or if
it was excitement over this boat...but I had horrible hearturn this
morning. ;-)



Good luck. Are you selling your whaler or building a flotilla?

I'm going to sell the bigger Whaler...and keep the 17' Outrage.

Actually, I told my wife that she could redo the kitchen as soon as the
Whaler sells...so she's been telling anybody who will listen that it's for
sale. She has me sending out 4 emails next week to people who already
expressed to her that they might be interested in it.

With the incentive that I offered her, while I'm fishing on the new boat,
she'll be working hard to sell the old one. I have my own live-in
broker...but this broker charges a 110% commission.