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Don White Don White is offline
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Default I love boat buyers...


"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 18 May 2007 18:08:05 -0700, Chuck Gould
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On May 18, 5:02 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Sold the Halman and got my asking price.

Boat buyers are great!! :)
Proving that the first jerk who offered you a fraction of its value
was the major loser.

May be seller's karma- but just after you decided that you didn't
really care if you sold it at all and thought you might keep it you
wound up getting your full asking price.

In any negotiation, the party that prevails will be the one *least*
emotionally involved.

So you're going to replace this with?....
At this point nothing because I've got to have my hip replaced this
fall, so no sail boats until after that gets done. At that point,
we'll see - maybe something like Don's Sandpiper or just a simple easy
to use, throw it in the water type of boat like a Laser or Zuma.

Actually, I'm thinking of buying another Contender and just get the
whole damn fleet down to one. Trailerable of course.

This time, no bunks - rollers.

Good plan .. A Sandpiper 565 or a Catalina 18 are a great size for day
sails and occasional weekenders. Just big enough to have a place to
sleep and a pump out head if you plan on taking the wife along.
You can always go ashore and stay a night at a hotel on occasion.

If you planned on sailing singlehanded on fine afternoons in protected
waters, a smaller open boat might do the trick.
example CL16, Hunter 17 etc.
Older guys like us may not appreciate those flat lasers for more than a
few hours at a time.




Flying Scot
http://www.flyingscot.com/

Great little sailboat, especially for a klutz like Tom, who still has not
figured out he wants to buy my Parker.



Three words.

Yam, A, Ha

Eisboch


A buddy here took his CL16 on a 150nm journey along Nova Scotia's
coast...from Halifax to the Canso Causeway.
Didn't use his little honda 2hp once.
http://www.wayfarer-canada.org/Cruis...ogs.index.html

scroll down to Robert Dunbar's log under the 'Maritimes' heading.
The Wayfarer people were kind enough to let him post his log there.