Rosetta Stone (Craigslist translation guide for used boats)

[nwcove]

Re: Rosetta Stone (Craigslist translation guide for used boats)

count the wrong words in this one, posted today--I have not changed a thing except the phone number (so you English majors won't call and give him a hard time):

I have a 23ft three inches, Wellscraft boat, with a full Blimmy top. The motor was redone in 2007. A new blimmy top was put on last summar and a new boot was put on last fall 2011. The boat works well. Ready to take out fishing. It is cold in stripper season with wind and rain. The full top helps keep the wind and rain off of you. I have a short wave radio and a gps fish finder with it. Also I have a water ski and life vest. The boat and trailor and 1993 with all the paper work. It also has bearing buddies on the trailor. The motor is a 5.7 mercruise that was rebuilt is 2007. It has a new captains chair. Oil justed changed and filters. New altenator, and starter. AJLOT OF NEW STUFF. SHE IS READY TO GO. I have the paperwork for all the repairs done on the boat. I alsohave a 1986 F150 ford truck that I can sell. It has a 302 motor and it is 4 wheel drive. It has 96,100 miles on it. Not much to look at but it works to pull the boat. The reason that I am selling the boat5 is I am getting too old to handle it anymore. My phone number is ....


FYI--lots of talk about strippers around here when the striped bass are running. Could get a guy in trouble.

short wave radio? really?

i too have a "short wave radio" that i take every time i go boating......it only works when the wave are short....must be a lose wire? lol

 

[tallcanadian]

Re: Rosetta Stone (Craigslist translation guide for used boats)

geez....cut that guy some slack!! hes probably into for $100 in spray bombs alone, just to pretty it up!! lol

I know, eh? What is this guy's problem? I guess he won't budge on the price. lol......

 

[TilliamWe]

Re: Rosetta Stone (Craigslist translation guide for used boats)

....must be a lose wire? lol

Oh that's another of my favorites, Lose = Loose. Or quite = quiet!

 

[SeaSquatch]

Re: Rosetta Stone (Craigslist translation guide for used boats)

Being a professional mechanic I love to go and look at possible buys and have the owners BS the heck out of me. Sometimes they are just plain unknowledgeable about the machine and other times it's a straight up con to get rid of a problem child.

 

[tallcanadian]

Re: Rosetta Stone (Craigslist translation guide for used boats)

This was in this morning's Kijiji. No picture, just the following ad. I had to copy and paste it once I stopped laughing.

i have a 14 foot speed boat with a 20hp lawn trackor put in it works great the boat goes about 6 or 7 knots and it dont burn much gas but i will say that it is really load thats what suck about it good for 2 people any more you are asking for trouble it was a great project and had a lot of fun with it the motor coat 800 it is 1.5 years old it needs a new batter i have a batter on it now with a solar thing on it to keep it charged its just to small for me and it in my way and i want something bigger give me a price and i could bet it would be yours

 

[colbyt]

Re: Rosetta Stone (Craigslist translation guide for used boats)

This was in this morning's Kijiji. No picture, just the following ad. I had to copy and paste it once I stopped laughing.

i have a 14 foot speed boat with a 20hp lawn trackor put in it works great the boat goes about 6 or 7 knots and it dont burn much gas but i will say that it is really load thats what suck about it good for 2 people any more you are asking for trouble it was a great project and had a lot of fun with it the motor coat 800 it is 1.5 years old it needs a new batter i have a batter on it now with a solar thing on it to keep it charged its just to small for me and it in my way and i want something bigger give me a price and i could bet it would be yours

You should forward your post to the iboats cartoon staff. I see a really great cartoon in that post.

 

[Chinewalker]

Re: Rosetta Stone (Craigslist translation guide for used boats)

I see ones like this surprisingly often. CLEARLY says Evinrude on the cowling, yet he refers to it as a Johnson???
Outboard Johnson 6 hp
Outboard Johnson 6 hp - $400 (Clifton Park)

Date: 2012-11-15, 3:21PM EST
Reply to this post xv2b2-3364694276@sale.craigslist.org[Errors when replying to ads?]

I have a older 2 stroke Johnson outboard. Ran great when last used.
Long shaft. Used on my dingy last year.
I am selling the motor because I now have a sailing dingy.
It is being stored in my daughters basement in Clifton Park.
Make appt to see. I will include a newer 5 gallon gas tank.