JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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...the pieces and parts that make up the new Yo Ho are either awaiting
assembly or...

Dealer confirmed today that he expects to see the boat "sometime next
week" along with some of the other Parkers on order.

I'm still awaiting a manufacture date for the new trailer, which I did not
buy from the boat dealer. I'm guessing the trailer will arrive the week
after next.

I'm almost starting from scratch with this trailerboat, as the buyer of Yo
Ho the First pretty much cleaned me out of things like trailer hitch ball,
trailer lights to truck connect wire, various small trailer locks, yada
yada yada.

Picked out a Raymarine feeeesh finder. Easy choice. Yamaha offers a "shop
at the dealer's store" instant rebate, and I had been considering a Ray
unit anyway. Dealer sells Raymarine stuff. I'm going to use an AirMar
"tilted" through-hull transducer. It has almost no profile out the bottom
of the hull.

Also decided to go with a new Garmin chartplotter and I've reverted back
to my original idea of starting out with a handheld VHF. If it proves to
not have enough range, I'll install a fixed unit.

Got an estimate on a storage cover. Now that was a giggle. A cover for
this exact boat from one of the national suppliers runs about $350 in
Sunbrella. The custom maker wanted $2350. They must be inhaling something
special in that place.




Glad to hear that things are going as planned.

I only bought one new boat.............a year end model when the dealer was
going belly up. 1987 Chris Craft Scorpion.........no frills other than a
nice 260HP engine and a joke of a bimini.

I don't mind buying used boats and got some nice deals while doing so. I
have the same feelings about cars as I hate to be the person taking the
initial depreciation hit. ;-)




There's a beautiful Chris Craft fiberglass runabout being restored in
Deale, Md. It's a 20 something footer and I mean it looks better than
new. Will take some photos of it soon. Must be 80s vintage.

I took about a 10% hit on the sale of my Parker. I was helped by the
fact that Parker posted some tremendous price increases on my model the
last few years and the fact that Yo Ho was in immaculate, almost new
condition.

There was a guy here last year who expressed some interest in the boat,
and he could have had Yo Ho for a hell of a price. But he gave up
boating to chase little balls around on the grass.