Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

Tripp Halbert

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

Haha yep i think thats what hes doing. And whoever cut the transom to get the motor was a real sharp one.
 

Silly Seville

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

Man, you can tell it's winter...and Christmas presents need bought...all the junk is coming out for sale!

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I just love how this joker says "This is for a person that has knowledge of boats", as though he is some kind of expert himself. Yet he uses the word "haul" instead of hull. He thinks the stringers are in perfect condition because the are fiberglassed from the factory; and he has what he believes to be a 19 pitch prop. Well, what is it genius? Can't you read the stamped numbers on it? :der: I'm actually surprised the only thing about his ad that seems reasonable is the price. I mean after all, the trailer is worth that! :rolleyes:

And then there's this gem...

Sea Sprite-Small Boat-First 500.00-Takes it!
 

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Brian 26

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That galaxy seems priced right to me although I did chuckle when he said "needs gear oil change" uh ....yeah, on the punch list for that boat gear oil is about 300 spots down.

Yes fall and winter bring out the junk, I imagine there is a lot of "YOU HAD THAT in the driveway all summer and we didn't get to go to the lake like you promised, GET IT OUT OF HERE!"

I also like the guy that is still bumping his overpriced boat he had on craigslist all summer, it didn't sell in June at that price it's not going to sell in December.
 

crabby captain john

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I know of an abandoned wooden shrimp boat in the ICW. it was sunk by a hurricane decades ago and anything of value stripped. Just a some rotted boards left. It is about 95% rotted away. I think a CL ad is advisable, may be able to get a couple grand!
 

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

Man, you can tell it's winter...and Christmas presents need bought...all the junk is coming out for sale!

1984 Galaxy Conquest

I just love how this joker says "This is for a person that has knowledge of boats", as though he is some kind of expert himself. Yet he uses the word "haul" instead of hull. He thinks the stringers are in perfect condition because the are fiberglassed from the factory; and he has what he believes to be a 19 pitch prop. Well, what is it genius? Can't you read the stamped numbers on it? :der: I'm actually surprised the only thing about his ad that seems reasonable is the price. I mean after all, the trailer is worth that! :rolleyes:

Yeah so tell me why a guy needs to remove the outdrive to replace the floors?

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SigSaurP229

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

Haha yep i think thats what hes doing. And whoever cut the transom to get the motor was a real sharp one.

I have heard of Iboats members cutting transoms out of donor boats to get motors.

*of course it was done because the boat was beyond repair and it was to make sure nobody could use it in an unsafe condition.
 

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

The first one in the line looks like a boat worthy of restoration to some, appears to be a Glastron GT or GX.

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SigSaurP229

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

what do you call 25 rotten glassers dieing in a tow yard?


A good start.
 

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

3rd back in that pix has a windshield I could use........ Wonder if there's any tin in that stack of 25? Or even better OLD tin....

The trailer stacked on top of that Glastron GT/GX doesn't bode well for it's condition, but we glassers laugh in the face of fubar glass & rotten wood coring :facepalm:

Wait, is this a 25 or nothing sale?
A local towing company is offering for sale 25 non-running boats with trailers, and without any papers. Make an offer for this great opportunity. Call Antonio
Yikes...... I'm going to have nightmares now :faint2: :eek:

[Scene 1, Act 1]
-------->>>>>>>>> {Ringing telephone} <<<<<<<<<---------------------


The Admiral: Hello

The tow yard: Yes, is John there?

The Admiral: No, who's calling?

The tow yard: The tow yard that sold him 25 boats yesterday. He needs to come pick them up by Friday this week, is that possible?

------>>>>> {a THUD is heard}<<<<<-----

The tow yard: Hello, ma'am?

The tow yard (in a slightly panic stricken voice): Are you still there? Um? Ma'am? Hello?

~~~<<<<<Cue the PinkFloyd Young Lust phone call :phone:>>>~~~


[Scene 2, Act 1] ~~~~~~~
approximately an hour later ~~~~~~~~
-------->>>>>>>>> {Ringing telephone} <<<<<<<<<---------------------


The Admiral (groggy ~ still dizzy from hitting her head on the table after passing out in Scene 1, Act 1): hheellllooo?

The tow yard (again): Yes, hello, we seem to have been disconnected.... This is the tow yard calling again, is John there?

The Admiral (fully aware & in complete command of her facilties): I'm sorry, he doesn't live here anymore.....

------>>>>> {shot of phone slamming down onto countertop and a loud audible 'click'} <<<<----------
:fish:


[Scene 1, Act 2] ~~~~~ pre-dawn, the next day ~~~~~~~~~
------->>>>>>>> {a car w/out it's lights on, slowly pulls to a stop at an abandoned coal mine's reclamation pit (now full from snow melt run off)} <<<<<<--------

The Admiral exits the driver's side of the car, peering out across the slick black water, mist rising from it's inky surface............................
Slowly, she approaches the rear of the vehicle, and furtively raises the trunk lid...............................
The Admiral (thinking aloud): Well, CARP, I should have used a meat cleaver 1st..... I'll never drag him out of the trunk rolled up in the kitchen area rug. Stuffing the big rug wrapped galoot looking like an overweight burrito in there was tough enough..............


Yeah, ok, so I'm rolled up in a blood soaked carpet in the trunk, what of it?


:rip:

It's not exactly a surprise ending, now is it??

Good night, gentle readers. MBS sufferers, sleep w/ 1 eye open & be exceptionally good to your Admiral this holiday season............
 

Tripp Halbert

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

I have heard of Iboats members cutting transoms out of donor boats to get motors.

*of course it was done because the boat was beyond repair and it was to make sure nobody could use it in an unsafe condition.

Okay that would make more sense. its not stopping that guy from trying to pawn them off on someone though haha I recently bought a boat, trailer, and motor ($650) for keeps of the motor and trailer. the boat had a 1' diameter hole at the back of the keel. i could have sold it for a couple hundred but decided to trash it and not screw anyone as i have been fully shafted in the past.
 

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

The first one in the line looks like a boat worthy of restoration to some, appears to be a Glastron GT or GX.

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I've got one here that runs with a good lower that needs to be installed. it's been on craigs list for 3 months at a very low price. No title but this is Minnesota. because of it's age it's a bill of sale boat. I've had a few idiots offer to push the boat off and take the trailer, my reply to them is how stupid do you think I am?

the boat is solid but the interior is shot. Even the floor seems to hold my fat butt up no problem.
 

Watermann

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

Yeah, ok, so I'm rolled up in a blood soaked carpet in the trunk, what of it?


:rip:

It's not exactly a surprise ending, now is it??

Good night, gentle readers. MBS sufferers, sleep w/ 1 eye open & be exceptionally good to your Admiral this holiday season............

Awesome JB! I see you have some composition skills as well.
 
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SigSaurP229

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

The admiral calls me something but it usually isn't that nice and its never late for dinner.
 
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