ramblinwreck
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- Joined
- Aug 12, 2009
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Hey everyone. New Member of the Aristocraft family (thanks to my neighbor--Mr. Aristocraft himself!) Since they have moved in I have been looking for a nineteen. It is a perfect all around family boat as you all know. I have looked at countless nineteens all over the southeast, but none were really good for a project boat. So many were just left outside to rot over the years.....then i got a reply from a craiglist posting in Saratoga Springs New York. They guy sent 28 pictures of the boat. Scott his father and I all looked over the pics and after talking to the owner decided this may be the boat. I negotiated a price of $750 and was off. Left at 3am on Thursday drove straight from Atlanta Georgia to Saratoga Springs (15 hours or so). I only was out of the car for a total of eight minutes to fuel up and and hour and a half for checking out the boat myself. Hooked a battery up and it cranked first turn! The trailer was in good shape, despite having one 13" and one 14" tire, but oh well. Back on the road and after a total of 23 hours I stopped at 2:30 am in allentown penn for some sleep. Then straight back to atlanta. For two days I survived on pnut butter honey and red bull, but I got home with a beautiful red/white nineteen with all guages working, trim perfect, and engine runs like a champ! We had the boat on the water that Saturday.
The special thing about this boat is the owner was actually the third owner of the boat, and he had every bill of sale, every repair reciept, everything, from the purchase of the boat to now. I mean he had warranty cards, the sales brochure where the dealer had penciled in a quote for the extras, everything. I even have the install manuals for the engine! Needless to say we couldn't be happier with the boat, and I will be posting before and after pictures during the restoration, but I am proud to be in the family! Thanks to Scott and Bill!!
The special thing about this boat is the owner was actually the third owner of the boat, and he had every bill of sale, every repair reciept, everything, from the purchase of the boat to now. I mean he had warranty cards, the sales brochure where the dealer had penciled in a quote for the extras, everything. I even have the install manuals for the engine! Needless to say we couldn't be happier with the boat, and I will be posting before and after pictures during the restoration, but I am proud to be in the family! Thanks to Scott and Bill!!