Jgorm
Jetboaters Captain
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- San Diego / Colorado river
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- Yamaha
- Year
- 2004
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- AR
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Craig's list free. People will take anything.
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@Julian Hi. I think this could be a great solution (its a 26 ft boat; do you think we would have the control we would need to steer it across? I think maybe a few km to cross) if it weren’t for the fact that I am getting tons of inquiries from ppl who want a free boat, even with full disclosure! I’m shocked that I got any response at all, much less ppl wanting to go get it right away! Lol! I am so smiling!!!How far is it across the lake? Perhaps you could borrow an electric trolling motor to cross the lake?
Lol yes sir I guess I should reach out about that keyless start sometime. I will wait for you guys to make another batch. I did see a pic from @Andy S that the lift has been put into service.I am not surprised you are getting inundated with calls. One way to cut down on that for future scenarios where you want to get rid of something is put an very low price on it to weed out the riff raff and then tell the serious person who can obviously get it done without issue that it is free and put a time table on it.
@robert843 knows a little something about this ;-)
That thing is the bomb!!!!Lol yes sir I guess I should reach out about that keyless start sometime. I will wait for you guys to make another batch.
Glad it worked out I was sure someone would come get it.Hi. Thx everyone for the support. Sry I can’t reply atm but will be bk in a few hrs. The boat is gone. Signed the ownership over, receipt for a dollar, and the guy is happy, I am happy, yes, I def want another boat, but no way to go through this again haha. Live & learn. Will return ltr tonight to tell you the nitty gritty. Cheers! Very grateful that this is over; I would never have considered giving away if I didn’t have the support here.
I did look into a cpl of charities, yes, but they were not interested; i can’t tecall why, but maybe boat was too old?~’83, or maybe wouldn’t take because the motor is shot. Thx for reply.Sorry about your situation. That's got to be hard.
Have you looked into donation services? Cars for kids down here in the US will take them off your hands for you and you can write them off on taxes.
Haha thank you for waiting to ask. Happy to oblige now. I bought the boat twice, once at the very end of summer 2016, and then again from a second owner, end of August this year.OK, so it sounds like this has been sorted out, and Hopefully after today you have gotten rid of your boat.
Once the dust settles, give us some background on how you came about this "dream boat" and whey you didn't see any issues with it during the buying process? I'm assuming you never had a sea trial or test drive of any sort?
I had to wait till you had this resolved, as it just wouldn't be fair to ask while you were in such a horrible situation. Pics of this money pit would be interesting as well. It's almost like a morbid curiosity of sorts now.
What a stellar P.O.S. I'm so glad you found a solution that didn't involve giving him a dime.I didn’t find out this until Tuesday when the guy phoned to up his price on moving boat.
@PEARCE It was nice the one time I was out on it ) Def will get survey next time; the cost is about $800 around here, and more than worth the heartache of not having one done. I was sorta looking at another boat; it’s a 1979 Searea Sedan bridge SRV300. This one is 30 ft, and has the sliding doors I like, and the fly bridge. It’s not my crushed dream though. Asking $10,000. ...my sister bought a boat shortly after I did; paid $4,000, and had it at the marina; took it out once and apparently probs with transmission and/or bellows. It’s still sitting at marina, and she won’t move it until guy she bought it from returns from his trip and looks at it. Just a lot of stress/ but oh how wonderful if the boats would just work the way they’re supposed to!I pulled up some images of the boat model you have and it looks like a fun boat to have. Are you going to get another boat? Thought about what type? I know your boating season is over in your part of the world because they are starting to pull the boats out before the lakes freeze. That gives you several months of 'window' shopping! If you go the cruiser route again, I highly recommend hiring a marine surveyor before you make a purchase. It would have saved you the hassle that you're in now as you are well aware of now. Hope it all works out for you.
@mdchachi IKR! Rant time lol! Over the last few weeks, I confirmed with him twice the pricing of towing and trailering to landfill ~ $100 p/h and he said it would take cpl hrs, three hrs top. I also kept phoning him about when this was going to happen cuz I was still having slight probs with bilge pump and battery so was worried about that, and because the decision had been made to scrap so the sooner the better/was weighing on me, and it was really hard to reach this person, and he never returned calls, so I was having some trepidation about whether he would follow through; when I was able to get hold of him he reassured me that it would be the next week, then it was the next... most left the marina Oct 5, Thanksgiving weekend, cuz the locks were closing; this past Sunday the marina shut off electricity and started removing docks. I was not made aware of this, but found out from someone else after guy who was supposed to move my boat called on Tuesday saying it was going to cost me $700-$1,000 to do what he had quoted as 2-$300. The guy knew my boat! Had in fact towed and trailered it the year before for previous owner, and set it on blocks, for $300!What a stellar P.O.S. I'm so glad you found a solution that didn't involve giving him a dime.
All things considered it seems like you got off pretty cheaply. Best of luck on the next one. With no more rose-coloured glasses I'm sure you'll have a much better experience.