On Dec 11, 9:15 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
wrote:
On Dec 10, 4:34 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
PhantMan wrote:
I'll be in Atlanta for a few days before/after New Years and thought I
might do some window shopping for a smallish sailboat on Lake Lanier.
HK wrote:
If you are intending to sail on Lanier, perhaps you'd want a sailboat
with wheels to run along the dry lake bed.
You must be a mind reader. I'll need wheels. Not for Lake Lanier, but
for sailing 400 miles down I-85 to I-65 to I-10 and home.
Thanks,
Rick
I'd bet boats are going for give-away prices on dry LAke LAnier.

Lake Lanier's not dry.

Let's not confuse the issue with facts. Harry was just trying to to
mess with me, but between the drought, the time of the year, and the
mortgage mess, it is a good time to be a buyer, and a terrible time to
be a seller.- Hide quoted text -

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Yes, I just recently bought a sail boat, and I agree that it's a
damned good time to buy a boat here! I'm thinking about a newer bass
boat, too.

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:54:42 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Dec 11, 9:15 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
wrote:
On Dec 10, 4:34 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
PhantMan wrote:
I'll be in Atlanta for a few days before/after New Years and thought I
might do some window shopping for a smallish sailboat on Lake Lanier.
HK wrote:
If you are intending to sail on Lanier, perhaps you'd want a sailboat
with wheels to run along the dry lake bed.
You must be a mind reader. I'll need wheels. Not for Lake Lanier, but
for sailing 400 miles down I-85 to I-65 to I-10 and home.
Thanks,
Rick
I'd bet boats are going for give-away prices on dry LAke LAnier.

Lake Lanier's not dry.

Let's not confuse the issue with facts. Harry was just trying to to
mess with me, but between the drought, the time of the year, and the
mortgage mess, it is a good time to be a buyer, and a terrible time to
be a seller.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yes, I just recently bought a sail boat, and I agree that it's a
damned good time to buy a boat here! I'm thinking about a newer bass
boat, too.

Hold off if you can for another month or two - that is unless you
stumble across something you can't pass up.

I know of a two year old loaded Ranger Z-21 w/250 Merc Optimax, less
than 50 hours, for $30K and if the boat doesn't sell by the end of
January, it can be had for $27K. Guy will sell it for what he owes if
necessary.

And there are more and more boats like it coming up every day -
Triton, Stratos - heck, I even saw a Gambler at a price I even thought
about.

Out of curiosity, what kind of bass boat do you run now?

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
s something you can't pass up.

I know of a two year old loaded Ranger Z-21 w/250 Merc Optimax, less
than 50 hours, for $30K and if the boat doesn't sell by the end of
January, it can be had for $27K. Guy will sell it for what he owes if
necessary.

And there are more and more boats like it coming up every day -
Triton, Stratos - heck, I even saw a Gambler at a price I even thought
about.

Out of curiosity, what kind of bass boat do you run now?

As ARM went up, disposable income has taken a hit for many, and the boat
HAS to go.

On Dec 11, 11:28 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:54:42 -0800 (PST), wrote:
On Dec 11, 9:15 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
wrote:
On Dec 10, 4:34 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
PhantMan wrote:
I'll be in Atlanta for a few days before/after New Years and thought I
might do some window shopping for a smallish sailboat on Lake Lanier.
HK wrote:
If you are intending to sail on Lanier, perhaps you'd want a sailboat
with wheels to run along the dry lake bed.
You must be a mind reader. I'll need wheels. Not for Lake Lanier, but
for sailing 400 miles down I-85 to I-65 to I-10 and home.
Thanks,
Rick
I'd bet boats are going for give-away prices on dry LAke LAnier.

Lake Lanier's not dry.

Let's not confuse the issue with facts. Harry was just trying to to
mess with me, but between the drought, the time of the year, and the
mortgage mess, it is a good time to be a buyer, and a terrible time to
be a seller.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yes, I just recently bought a sail boat, and I agree that it's a
damned good time to buy a boat here! I'm thinking about a newer bass
boat, too.

Hold off if you can for another month or two - that is unless you
stumble across something you can't pass up.

Why, you think they'll go down more? What if the lake level starts
coming back up?!

I know of a two year old loaded Ranger Z-21 w/250 Merc Optimax, less
than 50 hours, for $30K and if the boat doesn't sell by the end of
January, it can be had for $27K. Guy will sell it for what he owes if
necessary.

Take a look at Craigslist for the Atlanta area, there are a lot of any
kind of boat for sale here, from bass boats to houseboats!

And there are more and more boats like it coming up every day -
Triton, Stratos - heck, I even saw a Gambler at a price I even thought
about.

I don't get out enough to spend a big bunch of money on a bass boat
anymore.

Out of curiosity, what kind of bass boat do you run now?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I've got a Chaparral with a 135 Evinrude. I'd like to get something a
little newer, and with a few more features. The Chaparral doesn't seem
as stable when you are fishing on the side of it and some of the other
makes.

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:12:54 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Why, you think they'll go down more? What if the lake level starts
coming back up?!

Lake Schmake - it ain't the lake level - it's gas and mortgage prices.

Despite Chuck's opinon, which I respect, folks ain't gonna be able to
afford gas unless your in a position were it truly can't hurt you if
you spend $200 a tank for a weekend. Chuck's view is skewed by the
fact that he doesn't have to spend money getting his boat to the water
- he's in a whole different strata than those of us who trailer boat
or use gas engines.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:12:54 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Why, you think they'll go down more? What if the lake level starts
coming back up?!

Lake Schmake - it ain't the lake level - it's gas and mortgage prices.

Despite Chuck's opinon, which I respect, folks ain't gonna be able to
afford gas unless your in a position were it truly can't hurt you if
you spend $200 a tank for a weekend. Chuck's view is skewed by the
fact that he doesn't have to spend money getting his boat to the water
- he's in a whole different strata than those of us who trailer boat
or use gas engines.


I just got a "heads up" from the boat broker. He says the buyer of the
Navigator is going to request that he be given free use of my slip for the
rest of the winter.

I am going to negotiate that. I'll say, "Sure, if you will reimburse me for
the 550 gallons of diesel fuel on board".

Eisboch

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:58:22 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:12:54 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Why, you think they'll go down more? What if the lake level starts
coming back up?!

Lake Schmake - it ain't the lake level - it's gas and mortgage prices.

Despite Chuck's opinon, which I respect, folks ain't gonna be able to
afford gas unless your in a position were it truly can't hurt you if
you spend $200 a tank for a weekend. Chuck's view is skewed by the
fact that he doesn't have to spend money getting his boat to the water
- he's in a whole different strata than those of us who trailer boat
or use gas engines.

I just got a "heads up" from the boat broker. He says the buyer of the
Navigator is going to request that he be given free use of my slip for the
rest of the winter.

Oh oh - fly in the ointment.

I am going to negotiate that. I'll say, "Sure, if you will reimburse me for
the 550 gallons of diesel fuel on board".

Is your slip worth $2,300 (using the last diesel price I saw at a
marina) for the winter?

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Is your slip worth $2,300 (using the last diesel price I saw at a
marina) for the winter?

The winter "wet" storage fee for the slip is about $1,400 .

We "own" the slip from April 1st to November 1st, but still have to pay for
it's use during the off-season if we elect wet storage.

If the Nav sells, we will keep the slip and just lease it out. Seasonal
rental for that slip is $9,845.00. If I lease it privately I can negotiate
the price and all proceeds go to us. If I elect to have Kingman lease it,
(which I would do), they take a 15% commission with the balance sent to us.

BTW, $1,400 isn't bad for storage of a 52 foot boat around here.

Eisboch

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Oh oh - fly in the ointment.



This is the biggest concern I have about trying to sell a larger boat.
Slips are not all that available and it's an issue that many buyers think of
last.

This potential buyer is from the Annapolis area. I don't know what slip
availability is down there. I know that in our neck of the woods, finding a
slip for a 52 foot boat isn't easy.

Eisboch

On Dec 11, 2:48 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:12:54 -0800 (PST), wrote:
Why, you think they'll go down more? What if the lake level starts
coming back up?!

Lake Schmake - it ain't the lake level - it's gas and mortgage prices.

Despite Chuck's opinon, which I respect, folks ain't gonna be able to
afford gas unless your in a position were it truly can't hurt you if
you spend $200 a tank for a weekend. Chuck's view is skewed by the
fact that he doesn't have to spend money getting his boat to the water
- he's in a whole different strata than those of us who trailer boat
or use gas engines.

That's true. It does take alot to get the boat splashed these days.
And when I moved here, it was a nice, country-ish type of drive to get
to Lanier. Then they built a HUGE freakin mall right in the way. I
remember still driving on the old road, thinking, what to hell are
they building a mall way out here for? Well, I guess someone knew that
if you build it, they will come:

http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=208

It's nice to drive towing a boat through that hell!