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![]() "Charlie Morgan" wrote in message ... and installed a whole new keel. Maybe the deal falling through was your lucky break after all! Good luck with the boat in Florida. CWM Holy Sheeeiiittt! Wow wow wowzee! Thanks Charlie, I might hit the lottery after that one!! Scout I realize that "Charlie" thinks of himself as a detective ( well he is a dick) , the guy broke the keel guides while putting the boat on the trailer. he was too far in the water. Scotty They had to truck the boat to Florida so the factory could repair the damage and replace the entire keel. Smart money says he hit something solid at over 5 knots. Scotty has the "dumb" money covered. Maybe you're remembering someone else. The NY guy wrote; ''Second, when retrieving the boat, it wasn't centered properly and the keel ended up on top of the port keel guide, which broke. The trailer was too far down the ramp so the boat was above the keel guides. I am still thinking about how to avoid this situation in the future'' and then; ''My brother and I were able to assess the damage done to the keel guides. They both are broken but, since all they do is "guide", they will not need to be replaced. We were much more careful retrieving the boat and it is perfectly centered. I did not back the trailer too deep this time - the front roller is about 5 inches above the water. Of course, a different ramp would require a different level, so I plan to install trailer guides. I found quite a few on the web - can anyone recommend one brand over the other? '' |
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![]() "Charlie Morgan" wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:49:49 -0400, "Scotty" wrote: "Charlie Morgan" wrote in message .. . and installed a whole new keel. Maybe the deal falling through was your lucky break after all! Good luck with the boat in Florida. CWM Holy Sheeeiiittt! Wow wow wowzee! Thanks Charlie, I might hit the lottery after that one!! Scout I realize that "Charlie" thinks of himself as a detective ( well he is a dick) , the guy broke the keel guides while putting the boat on the trailer. he was too far in the water. Scotty They had to truck the boat to Florida so the factory could repair the damage and replace the entire keel. Smart money says he hit something solid at over 5 knots. Scotty has the "dumb" money covered. Maybe you're remembering someone else. The NY guy wrote; ''Second, when retrieving the boat, it wasn't centered properly and the keel ended up on top of the port keel guide, which broke. The trailer was too far down the ramp so the boat was above the keel guides. I am still thinking about how to avoid this situation in the future'' and then; ''My brother and I were able to assess the damage done to the keel guides. They both are broken but, since all they do is "guide", they will not need to be replaced. We were much more careful retrieving the boat and it is perfectly centered. I did not back the trailer too deep this time - the front roller is about 5 inches above the water. Of course, a different ramp would require a different level, so I plan to install trailer guides. I found quite a few on the web - can anyone recommend one brand over the other? '' Nope. You are mistaken. This guy lost his keel's bulb and did quite a bit of other damage, making it clear that it wasn't the factory defect he tried to make it sound like. The ENTIRE keel had to be replaced. He also kept this boat in a slip, and wasn't using it as a trailer sailer. The saga went on for a long time, as he wailed about how he never hit anything and the bulb simply fell off without any help. Then it changed to "well I might have had a soft grounding, but nothing that serious". Finally the techs got a hold of the boat and said it looked like it hit something solid at speed, and the entire keel and some of the mechanism was trashed. They said it HAD to have suffered a very hard impact to do this kind of damage. The guy seems to be the Joe Izuzu of sailing. This is not the first time he's blown a potential sale of this boat by being a jerk. Someone else gave him a 10k deposit and then backed out and ordered a new boat. Wonder why? Scout is lucky to be looking elsewhere. Sounds like the boat he is looking at now is much better equipped for just a tiiny bit more money. You sure it was the same guy? SV |
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![]() "Charlie Morgan" wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:38:35 -0400, "Scotty" wrote: You sure it was the same guy? SV The guy that Scout was dealing with was the guy who trashed the keel, and then tried to pretend that it just self destructed. I didn't immediately make the connection because that was quite a while ago, but someone else in the Seaward group brought it up, and reminded me that this was the same guy. Ok, I only saw him mention the keel guides. |
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Scotty,
Can you email me again so I can have the correct address? Every email I've sent you for the last couple weeks has bounced back. Scout "Scotty" wrote in message . .. You mentioned an asking price of $50k, yet on the TrailerSalor site a dealer has a 2007 listed at $36k. What am I missing? Is the Fla. boat more or less money than the NY one? Scotty |
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Scout wrote:
Scotty, Can you email me again so I can have the correct address? Every email I've sent you for the last couple weeks has bounced back. Scout "Scotty" wrote in message . .. You mentioned an asking price of $50k, yet on the TrailerSalor site a dealer has a 2007 listed at $36k. What am I missing? Is the Fla. boat more or less money than the NY one? Scotty me too...all I have is your old one... |
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CWM:
Good job on lighting up that message board! |