Thank you all. I knew there could be potential issues. Had hoped not as serious as this but we all can't hit the boat lottery. With her being a Chaparral and the price I was able to negotiate I am not upset just needs the work to be done. What I wanted was a good hull with a running good...
Thank you for your responses. Sorry for being late on this as I have been traveling for work.
Love the comment about adjusting the guys head with a crow bar. I purchased the boat for a great price and fully expected issues.
The price reflects that. This boat has been neglected and it shows...
A few weeks ago I purchased a 2002 Chaparral 220 SSI. This boat has been repowered with an Indmar Assault 310 350 / 5.7 liter engine from the original Volvo Penta 5.0 liter engine and equipped with a Volvo Penta SX-M drive. I have been working on the boat taking care of maintenance and other...
Well I did it. Not sure if I got myself in over my head or am going to be throwing good money after bad but we will find out soon enough.
I bought a 2002 Chaparral 220 SSi. Volvo Penta 5.0 engine and drive. The deck is good and the transom checks out. Knocking around the bilge (Dirty but dry)...
Came across a 1993 Thompson Calae 2100 for sale on the side of the road. I took a look at her and was curios about the the brand. I haven't heard of them before and have not been able to come up with much info or even pictures of these boats other than they apparently went bankrupt in 1993...
About a month ago I purchased my Invader after exaustive internet searching and research. My advise thread resides here.
http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=407124
I posted much of this there but wanted to share my adventures to date and in the future with the rest of the iboats forum...
Already I am getting the "Can I borrow your boat?" requests and I haven't even owned her for a month.
Topping it off I am back in Afghanistan and come home next month.
My Answer was Ummmm sorry I'm not comfortable with someone else taking my boat out other than me especially if your family is...
*** I posted this in my other thread to tell people that I got a boat. I just wanted to post it in a new thread to see if anyone had any experience with this brand of boat or had any more information they wanted to share.
I know that invaders are pretty rare and that not a lot of them are seen...
Bouncing around the web as I have the past week and a half or so looking for "The" boat and Putting boats on my list to take a peek at when I get home on the first of July I found this on ebay...
Currently I am in Afghanistan I will be going on R&R during the first 2 weeks of July. I live in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I have been thinking long and hard about doing something special for my family. A boat has been on my list of things to purchase for quite some time now and i cant think...
