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On Sat, 19 May 2007 05:08:42 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Sold the Halman and got my asking price.

Boat buyers are great!! :)

Was the certified check for more than the asking price.

Cash - half now, half on arrival.

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 18 May 2007 18:08:05 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

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.

I love boat buyers...
 

"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
wrote:

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

I love boat buyers...
 

"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
wrote:

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.

Another good choice... although I wonder if it's more of a 'performance
boat'.

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
wrote:

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.

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On May 19, 6:38 am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On 18 May 2007 18:08:05 -0700, Chuck Gould





wrote:
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.- Hide quoted text -

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Hey, I picked up a fixerupper Bluejay last year, came with Main, Jib,
and three size spinnakers (sic) supposedly for racing. Down home we
got the frostbite yacht club racing all winter in these things. Looks
like a fun little boat, if I get a little sailboat set up this season,
I will let you know, glad to let you borrow a little one some weekend.

I love boat buyers...
 

On Sat, 19 May 2007 09:17:20 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

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

Well, after m uch consideration and presenting an offer that I thought
was more than fair for that over priced floating box-on-a-hull Parker
(My Ranger with the FICHT straight up for your Parker - you keep the
Yamaha), I have reconsidered.

There is no way in hell I would buy a wannabe Steiger clone. :)

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On Sat, 19 May 2007 09:18:18 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

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

Shouldn't that be Ya, Ma, Ha? :)

They make good guitars and keyboards.

Outboards?

Stick to making guitars. :)

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On Sat, 19 May 2007 10:01:31 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Well, he could replace the Yamaha with one of those stuporcharged
'rudes, and have a noisier engine with poorer economy.

Your Yamahammer not only uses more gas, it's louder.

And it's a Yamaha.

Buy 'Marican!!!

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 May 2007 09:18:18 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

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

Shouldn't that be Ya, Ma, Ha? :)

They make good guitars and keyboards.

Outboards?

Stick to making guitars. :)


I was just down shooting the breeze with a guy who sells Yellowfins. He has
one of these in a slip beside Mrs.E's GB and I checked it out ... it's
something I think you would like. The one here has the engine mounted on a
jackplate. Impressive engine too. 275 horses, supercharged and very quiet.
He told me I can try it out whenever I get the itch. Not my kind of boat
though.

http://www.yellowfinyachts.com/24_bay_boat.htm

Eisboch