"Capri" wrote in message
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On Apr 7, 10:12 am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
"Capri" wrote in message

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A few years ago, due to rising slip rates, I sold my Pearson
Vanguard
that I had
owned and cared for for nearly 12 years to a young guy who had
dreams
and assured
me he would take good care of her. About a week ago I received a
call
from a guy
thinking about buying her, he had found my name and phn# among
papers
aboard the
boat. Naturally I was wondering what shape the boat was in and he
invited me over
to look at it. Apparently the guy I sold it to had nothing but
dreams.
All he did was take her
into a cove of the river, anchor her there to avoid paying slip
fees
and left her there for
3 1/2 years! You can imagine what kind of shape the boat was in. I
was
surprised she was
even floating! I almost cried. Anyway the guy who did buy her is a
mechanic and amazingly, we got her running and took her to one of
the
few remaining DIY marinas and had her hauled, barnacles and
blisters
all over the bottom. She is on the hard probably for the next few
months at a minimum while he gets her back into shape. I'll stop by
and help out when I can.
I also promised the new owner to help him out with sailing lessons
when he gets her back in the water.

How dare you sell somebody else's boat? You sold it once to the guy
who
abandoned it and then you sold it again to somebody else. You could
be
breaking the law if the first guy titled her in his name.

Wilbur Hubbard


Pretty quick with the acusations there aren't you? maybe you should
have READ
my post first. The second buyer bought it from the guy I sold it to.

Quite seriously, I've seen sixth graders who could write more clearly
than you. When you wrote "Anyway the guy who did buy her is a
mechanic and amazingly, . . ." Saying the guy who "did buy her"
indicates to any intelligent reader that perhaps the first never got
around to it and just left the boat in an oxbow abandoned. If you were a
better writer you would have clarified and written something like this:
"The second buyer, having negotiated a price with the individual who
bought it from me, is a mechanic and amazingly . . ."

Forgive me for not taking the time to second guess your poor and
confusing writing.

Wilbur Hubbard