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Blast from the Past

Sean R

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Location
Acworth GA
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2020
Boat Model
212S
Boat Length
21
Just stumbled across a pic of my first boat 1992 Searay180 4.3L. My dad bought it new in 92 sold it me in 2008 for $2000. My little sister was pissed she wanted it but for free. Then I sold it for $4000 in 2017 for a 17 Ar190. If I had it today I would sell it for $10,000 plus 1,000 for prep ?
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Cool boat!

I made a similar jump from a '98 Rinker 182 to a 17 AR190. The 190 feels SOOOO huge compared to that old Rinker. I'm envious of the 4.3 though, I only had the little 3.0.

Here's my "old boat". We really have had VERY similar boating histories.
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Just sold my Bayliner this year to join the jet boat community with a 2016 212x.

It was a 1997 Capri 1750, she was very good to us.

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Cool boat!

I made a similar jump from a '98 Rinker 182 to a 17 AR190. The 190 feels SOOOO huge compared to that old Rinker. I'm envious of the 4.3 though, I only had the little 3.0.

Here's my "old boat". We really have had VERY similar boating histories.
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The one thing the searay had over my yamahas is it whispered across the water, it was fast and quite.
 
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