Sincerest special thanks to the many forum members who gave advice and input on boat and engine sizes and styles. We went bigger in both boat and motor than where we started based on advice and input given herein. (<-DH says thanks!) and I'm so glad I listened to the folks who recommended Sport Seating. Your advice, experience and input was invaluable and your willingness to share it very much appreciated. I told DH we should name her "iboat." Without y'all I don't know that we would have her.
19' 1996 Chaparral 1930 SS Sport 5.7 350 Mercruiser Alpha Outdrive. Here she is when DH brought her home. She was sitting in the marina for five weeks and is going back for a pro-scrubbing but DH couldn't bear not to bring her home to the wife and kids first.
I think they love it. Note the OCD 13 year old obsessively rinsing in the background. We assured her it will be cleaned later this week but I'm not sure she could have slept last night with the grunge left unchecked.
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So how can a smartphone set you back $9k?
I used CL Mobile to set an alert to let me know the minute my "dream boat" (Four Winns Horizon 190) was posted.
Set the alert wrong.
Leave Church Sunday afternoon, receive alert at 12:21 p.m. on a new posting for a 1996 Chaparral 1930 SS V8 Merc (See: "Set alert wrong" above).
Call Seller at 12:21.5 (To his astonished "I've received three calls already!")
Meet him at his marina where he immediately offers a test drive. The boat is spotless.
Arrange to have boat pulled and inspected the next day by trusted Marina Mechanic who says it's a great boat and if he had to find something wrong with it he'd say that one of the hinges/lifts on the engine cover could use replacing. We knew that.
Buy the boat
THAT'S how a Smartphone can cost you $9k! I like to credit Divine Intervention. I shouldn't have received that alert. I shouldn't have fallen in love with this boat. Did and have.
19' 1996 Chaparral 1930 SS Sport 5.7 350 Mercruiser Alpha Outdrive. Here she is when DH brought her home. She was sitting in the marina for five weeks and is going back for a pro-scrubbing but DH couldn't bear not to bring her home to the wife and kids first.
I think they love it. Note the OCD 13 year old obsessively rinsing in the background. We assured her it will be cleaned later this week but I'm not sure she could have slept last night with the grunge left unchecked.
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So how can a smartphone set you back $9k?
I used CL Mobile to set an alert to let me know the minute my "dream boat" (Four Winns Horizon 190) was posted.
Set the alert wrong.
Leave Church Sunday afternoon, receive alert at 12:21 p.m. on a new posting for a 1996 Chaparral 1930 SS V8 Merc (See: "Set alert wrong" above).
Call Seller at 12:21.5 (To his astonished "I've received three calls already!")
Meet him at his marina where he immediately offers a test drive. The boat is spotless.
Arrange to have boat pulled and inspected the next day by trusted Marina Mechanic who says it's a great boat and if he had to find something wrong with it he'd say that one of the hinges/lifts on the engine cover could use replacing. We knew that.
Buy the boat
THAT'S how a Smartphone can cost you $9k!
I like to credit Divine Intervention. I shouldn't have received that alert. I shouldn't have fallen in love with this boat. Did and have.
