Hmmm it's boating, after all [Archive]

Fund Razor

06-12-2008, 11:21 AM

Driving to work I noticed this old Carver flybridge sitting next to the road. Hmm. For Sale. Hmm. Maybe I will fling a few grand at the guy and see what happens. 20 knots will still get there. In the meantime I could use it as a cottage, and if the energy market falls out, I can start a yacht club/ trailer park.

bajalion

06-12-2008, 12:15 PM

DonziGirl

06-12-2008, 12:30 PM

My parents have had a Carver for at least 12 years or so and it's been a great boat. Very roomy.

Fund Razor

06-12-2008, 01:40 PM

There was a 28 carver for sale here a few years back. They just wanted to dump it. Great shape, no major rot, low time on engines. 5k The pirates on this board almost got together to make it a pirate ship.
This looks like about a 1979-1982ish Mariner 28. I don't know for sure... but that's what it looks like. Lots of side windows, not much aft deck, center companionway/salon door, flybridge deck for about 6.
I was going 35mph when I "inspected" it. I think I will go back and take a better look. Like in a half hour. :D

Priorities

06-12-2008, 02:17 PM

me and a buddy talked about buying one a few years back with zero intention of leaving the dock...we even teased about pulling the motor and putting a keg-erator in its place. :Pirate7:

FormulaOne

06-12-2008, 02:31 PM

me and a buddy talked about buying one a few years back with zero intention of leaving the dock...we even teased about pulling the motor and putting a keg-erator in its place. :Pirate7:

If Ohio would stay warm longer, I would consider buying a big old bridge boat with aft cabin and live on it..... Cheap water front living!

THRILLSEEKER

06-12-2008, 02:48 PM

After high school I seriously considered buying an old steel hulled Chris Craft Roamer and living on it.

FormulaOne

06-12-2008, 02:52 PM

I re-considered it pretty hard this past winter......Doubt I could dump my house now though...

Fund Razor

06-12-2008, 03:43 PM

After high school I seriously considered buying an old steel hulled Chris Craft Roamer and living on it. The family that dragged me into boating as a kid had a 1964 Roamer. Like a 35 or a 38. Cool boat.

I went down and looked at the Carver. It's a 1978 Voyager (Looks like a 28 foot).Twin 350s, V drives. Seems reasonably intact. Has canvas, and the canvas is on, which is a good sign. Not sure if it has a genset or not. They all need upholstery and teak work. Most need shaft seals repacked. It needs exhaust flappers on one side. My guess is that it needs batteries and all the usual suspects like fuel/water separators and hoses.
Asking 5 grand.

ROGUE

06-12-2008, 05:51 PM

http://sandusky.craigslist.org/boa/716518479.html

This one could be interesting too.

Bouyhunter

06-12-2008, 07:06 PM

Hell, go for it.
It's only $5000.
And you'll still be back on the water before me...

FormulaOne

06-12-2008, 08:00 PM

ROGUE

06-12-2008, 08:21 PM

Yup on the generator (external ok) to run the bubbler in case the power goes out. Insulation for the walls, cold as hell in the winter. And most important, somewhere that would let you keep it and stay in it all winter, not so easy.

THRILLSEEKER

06-13-2008, 12:52 AM

Rogue, I know you have mentioned that you considered it too.

In all seriousness, it is do-able in ohio, right?

What would you need and what are the pros/cons??

Obviously, a bubbler so you dont get froze in...
Filling freshwater and emptying holding tanks would suck in the winter...
Likely a generator... Dont trust dockside power when its -5 windchill...

What else?

FIRST get rid of that silly rib. Then, get one of them thar fandangled contraptions that keeps wter from freezing around your boat. Then find a girl who will catch fish, clean fish and cook you dinner 365 days per year live on a baot in the frosen north, then get her sisters name and ## and give to me..:D

THRILLSEEKER

06-13-2008, 12:57 AM

..owe nevermind, alread got her.:D now if I can just talk her into that oene thing
......

FormulaOne

06-13-2008, 01:18 AM

FIRST get rid of that silly rib.

Its not mine anymore....Now some crackhead homeless piece of chit thief has th title and probably xfered it into his name so he can flip it upside down on the sidewalk and live under it......or just trade it for crack.

...I hate thieves.....and coke whores.

Queenie

06-13-2008, 11:25 AM

now if I can just talk her into that oene thing
......

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:popcorn:

OUTDRIVE MAN

06-13-2008, 11:29 AM

...I hate thieves.....and coke whores.

I hate thieves that are coke whores... coke whores!

Fund Razor

06-13-2008, 11:45 AM

"That one thing."
"Thieves."
"Coke hos."

And what do they all have in common, and what does it all have to do with boating, or island pirates?

PLUNDERING THE BOOTY!! :D :D

DonziGirl

06-13-2008, 11:58 AM

:hijacked:

:D

Fund Razor

06-18-2008, 03:38 PM

"That one thing."
"Thieves."
"Coke hos."

And what do they all have in common, and what does it all have to do with boating, or island pirates?

PLUNDERING THE BOOTY!! :D :D

This joke was way under-rated. :D

So... as I haven't bought any boats yet, and my big golf outing (for work) is over after next Monday the 23rd... I just want to offer my services as drunken ballast with a wallet beginning June 24th for anybody who needs comic relief, some reasonable back up in a bar fight, or someone else to pitch in. You can expect great jokes like that one, plus so many more that I can't type. I only weigh about 240. I only slow boats down when I stand up, so I promise to sit. I am an excellent wing man.

Interested parties please PM. :D

Otherwise I am going to take 5 grand out of the bank and approach every boat at every marina and offer them 5k until someone flips me keys.

DonziGirl

06-18-2008, 03:40 PM

:D I think that sounds like a great plan!

We're not up and running yet but maybe when we are...

FormulaOne

06-18-2008, 03:44 PM

I hate thieves that are coke whores... coke whores!

I hate liars, thieves, coke whores, plain old whores and thieves that lie about being coke whores!!!

Coke whores!!!

FormulaOne

06-18-2008, 03:46 PM

Otherwise I am going to take 5 grand out of the bank and approach every boat at every marina and offer them 5k until someone flips me keys.

I bet you'd score a boat the first day the way things are going...

THRILLSEEKER

06-18-2008, 03:52 PM

Hell he may end up with 2.

Ironmanwb

06-18-2008, 04:04 PM

"That one thing."
"Thieves."
"Coke hos."

And what do they all have in common, and what does it all have to do with boating, or island pirates?

PLUNDERING THE BOOTY!! :D :D

That is one good azz joke..........................I can't wait to hear tony get drunk and try to talk Donzi into that one thing for the rest of the night again......:Bunny1: :popcorn:

FormulaOne

06-18-2008, 04:13 PM

Its better to ask for forgiveness than permission....

Sneak attack..... Or use the I slipped and fell excuse.

Fund Razor

06-18-2008, 05:16 PM

Oh man.... if I could only type the jokes that I am thinkin. :D

RebarBox

06-18-2008, 09:32 PM

My folks had and 28 Carver back when they were new. I remember going down the lake, riding on the bridge and leaning so bad I thought we were going to tip over. I guess that both engines pull of the same gas tank and the tanks are side by side. One full tank and one empty means a serious lean. :D:D

DonziGirl

06-18-2008, 10:33 PM

Hmmm - they must have changed that. My parents' carver has 2 80 gallon tanks - one per side.

Bouyhunter

06-19-2008, 12:18 AM

Hmmm - they must have changed that. My parents' carver has 2 80 gallon tanks - one per side.

You have to appreciate a "chick":flowers: that knows this kind of info.
THRILL - you should marry her - oh, wait.
Nevermind.
But, what about that one thing??
Nevermind.

THRILLSEEKER

06-19-2008, 07:24 AM

Dont worry, like most women, she doenst know nearly as much as she thinks she does. :Wall:

THRILLSEEKER

06-19-2008, 07:31 AM

Now back to the boat thing. Fund, plan on a few Saturday and Sundays hoping around to every marina along the north coast. Walk around for a while in each one and listen for the guy who is screaming and cussing, also listen for the sound of tools being thrown. Walk up with a fist full of hundreds and buy a boat.

Seccond scenario: Do the same thing at a few crowded launch ramps and wait for the divorce triggering fight between husband and wife with the boat of your choice (this is bound to happen on an hourly basis at any given ramp on a nice day). After the smoke clears walk up to the wife with a fist full of hundreds and buy a boat.

ErieRunnin

06-19-2008, 07:53 AM

Ironmanwb

06-19-2008, 08:09 AM

or just come to cleveland and goto Full Force's House :devil: :devil:

I'll buy it once he has it done...........:Pirate7:

DonziGirl

06-19-2008, 08:45 AM

Dont worry, like most women, she doenst know nearly as much as she thinks she does. :Wall:

Bah! :tank:

Ironmanwb

06-19-2008, 02:05 PM

This is almost Identical to the first offshore I ever had..........if its even worthy of being called an offshore boat.

http://www.craigshelper.com/results.php?Region=na&statesel=37&citysel=37%2C-1&statecodes=38&citycodes=-1&catname=boats&area=custom&majorsPrc=20&category=8&subcat1=ccc&subcat2=eee&subcat3=ggg&subcat4=hhh&subcat5=jjj&subcat6=ppp&subcat7=res&subcat8=boa&subcat9=bbb&minAsk4=min&maxAsk4=max&bedrooms=&minAsk6=min&maxAsk6=max&minAsk8=4000&maxAsk8=15000&addTwo8=&search_string=baja%2C+cigarette%2C+formula%2C+acti ve+thunder&keytype=any&search_string_neg=

Ironmanwb

06-19-2008, 02:11 PM

Ignore the link in previous post here is the correct link

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/boa/721294207.html

Queenie

06-19-2008, 03:02 PM

Dont worry, like most women, she doenst know nearly as much as she thinks she does. :Wall:

After that comment pal, you're on your own with that one thing........you know what I'm talking about!;) :p

DonziGirl

06-19-2008, 03:08 PM

I knew I liked you Barb :D

bajalion

06-21-2008, 01:43 AM

She is cool...we will have to meet someday:devil:

THRILLSEEKER

06-21-2008, 09:06 AM

Fund, Full Force. I happened to be flipping thru a Boat Trader mag ealrier this week and found 2 pretty large cruisers well under 10k. Il dig up the details later

Fund Razor

06-22-2008, 08:34 AM

After that comment pal, you're on your own with that one thing........you know what I'm talking about!;) :p Now, I am not the world's expert on this kind of thing.... but I don't think that the one thing can be done "on your own." . :D

Why Lord? Why that one thing on my first thread here? :D

Back to the boating thing: saw a very well preserved Formula 242 over toward cleveland for about 10k. One owner, always inside.
No UV fading even.

My fear on the Carver with inboards is that after being inside for a few years, the shaft seals will be shrunken and take a long soak to reseal. (If they ever do) Having a "wet basement" would be kind of freaky. I am assuming that they are the rope type and not dripless.

Bouyhunter

06-22-2008, 10:42 AM

Something about the one thing, and a "wet basement"...

There is a joke in there somewhere...:D

RebarBox

06-22-2008, 11:32 PM

Here you go Fund, I'll work with you on transport. I need this thing GONE so I can start using my Cig Trailer.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trkparms=tab%3DSelling&viewitem=&item=150262478103&_trksid=p3907.m32

Fund Razor

06-23-2008, 07:11 AM

Queenie

06-23-2008, 10:13 AM

She is cool...we will have to meet someday:devil:

I hope we do! We'll be in the islands the next two weekends! Rob and I hope we can meet up with you.

Queenie

06-23-2008, 10:13 AM

I knew I liked you Barb :D

:Bunny1: He can't say stuff like that and expect that there will be no response from the women! I mean, does he realize who I am and that it takes all I have to contain myself? :Pirate7:

bajalion

06-23-2008, 10:44 AM

I'll be here at the lair!!!! we'll keep a light on and beer cold.:cool1:

Bomar76

06-23-2008, 10:54 AM

I'll be here at the lair!!!! we'll keep a light on and beer cold.:cool1:

I think BP and I will be on our way up in a few...

Queenie

06-23-2008, 11:41 AM

Fund, Full Force. I happened to be flipping thru a Boat Trader mag ealrier this week and found 2 pretty large cruisers well under 10k. Il dig up the details later

Rob's dad has his Sea Ray for sale.......$5000.......I think it's a 31 or 32 and comes with a trailer and you'd need to call Rob for more info 440-413-4589.

Fund Razor

06-25-2008, 08:45 AM

Rob's dad has his Sea Ray for sale.......$5000.......I think it's a 31 or 32 and comes with a trailer and you'd need to call Rob for more info 440-413-4589.
I have been working my rear off since Sunday. Now that I am done I am in the hunt. Checked out the formula that rebar has. Haven't contacted him yet.
This may be better for me if it is still around, and Ohio to Ohio transportation is better. One of my yacht club sponsors had a 1979 30 foot sundancer with an 11 foot or so beam. It had a huge aft deck and was a decent express cruiser. I remember one time driving it from Monroe to Toledo because he was too Clamdiggered to drive. Was a good riding boat. Heavy.

I'll call Rob later and check.

Queenie

06-25-2008, 10:47 AM

I have been working my rear off since Sunday. Now that I am done I am in the hunt. Checked out the formula that rebar has. Haven't contacted him yet.
This may be better for me if it is still around, and Ohio to Ohio transportation is better. One of my yacht club sponsors had a 1979 30 foot sundancer with an 11 foot or so beam. It had a huge aft deck and was a decent express cruiser. I remember one time driving it from Monroe to Toledo because he was too Clamdiggered to drive. Was a good riding boat. Heavy.

I'll call Rob later and check.

The trailer alone is worth $5000.........it's an Eagle. Rob will know all the specifics on the boat. All I know is his dad just wants to get rid of it. We priced other boats just like his and they were going for $12,000-$15,000. He just wants to get rid of it. Take a ride to Painesville....you can see it all you want.

Fund Razor

06-25-2008, 04:50 PM

Rob's dad has his Sea Ray for sale.......$5000.......I think it's a 31 or 32 and comes with a trailer and you'd need to call Rob for more info 440-413-4589.
I just called that number and spoke with a nice lady who said it was the wrong number. First I asked for Rob, then "Rob's dad." Then I just told her that I was given the number about a boat. None of those approaches worked. :D I did a reverse look up and it came back to cell phone in Painesville. I even repeated the number back to her. Any ideas?

ROGUE

06-25-2008, 04:57 PM

Theres a 42 excal on craigslist. Looks nice. I may go look at it.

Queenie

06-25-2008, 05:03 PM

I just called that number and spoke with a nice lady who said it was the wrong number. First I asked for Rob, then "Rob's dad." Then I just told her that I was given the number about a boat. None of those approaches worked. :D I did a reverse look up and it came back to cell phone in Painesville. I even repeated the number back to her. Any ideas?

Ha, yeah, dumb me typed in a wrong number.......440-413-3589. Sorry Fund.

Fund Razor

06-25-2008, 05:12 PM

Ha, yeah, dumb me typed in a wrong number.......440-413-3589. Sorry Fund.
No problem. The lady was very pleasant. Best wrong number for both of us in a long time. You gotta love small town Ohioans. If I had talked to her longer we would have figured out how we are related. "oh... yeah... you are one of the Genzman/Dierkshiede/Miller/Weingart/Appelhanz kids." :D :D

Queenie

06-25-2008, 05:15 PM

No problem. The lady was very pleasant. Best wrong number for both of us in a long time. You gotta love small town Ohioans. If I had talked to her longer we would have figured out how we are related. "oh... yeah... you are one of the Genzman/Dierkshiede/Miller/Weingart/Appelhanz kids." :D :D

No doubt about that one!

Fund Razor

06-25-2008, 05:30 PM

No doubt about that one!
Ok. Just talked to Rob. Seemed like a really nice guy. Looks like I may head that way after the weekend. It's only a 25', but actually... for what I am trying to do it would work.

I just need to get away from the shore. :D

You guys be safe on the run this weekend.

Queenie

06-25-2008, 05:34 PM

Ok. Just talked to Rob. Seemed like a really nice guy. Looks like I may head that way after the weekend. It's only a 25', but actually... for what I am trying to do it would work.

I just need to get away from the shore. :D

You guys be safe on the run this weekend.

See, told you I didn't know anything about it!

Rob is a nice guy...sexy too (just thought I'd throw that in there :p ).

We'll try to post some pics when we get back from the run. It's not easy taking pics when you're running!