What's really a shocker to me is how Jay always gets crap about his boat being broken while others on this site have, no boat, non-running boats and in some cases no engines and they've been sitting around collecting dust for as long as Jays, if not longer, and throw in their jabs.

It's his boat, we should care less what he does with it. If he was really unhappy about it, I bet he would have sold it by now. Just my $.02.

Very well put!!!

Great post! I never met the guy and he was willing to go out of his way to come help me. The guy went threw some tough times and is doing what he can to make ends meet so the boat takes a back seat for some time.

I got an email from the woman who listed it for the guy,she told me that the guy is retiring and downsizing and thats why its for sale. As far as "No Reservations" 41 I don't think he really wants to sell he won't answer emails or return phone calls. He is still out there running it hard.

Last I talked to Andy he wanted to sell no reservations because he bought his canopied race boat. Send him a PM on here under viperfitness and he should get back with ya. I saw him briefly at the shootout after he lost a prop in passing at the 7mm. Looks like they are racing in clearwater this weekend according to post #28 below
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...ml#post3221859

I was under the impression that he had already pulled the motors from the 41'.

As far as deals on pleasure 41's the one that PBB just sold was the one to get and still have money left to update it how you like. http://www.performanceboatbrokerage....sp?boat_id=264

If my deal doesn't go through on Medicine Man i will try to get a hold of Andy again. I saw the survey on the one they just sold at PBB,its going to take some work to get it out on the water again.It had alot of electrical issues just for starters.

I would have to agree with Steve on the 41 at Boat Brokerage. It needs new engines, who knows about the drives, a set of exhaust, and a possible rerig. That doesn't leave much left over in the way of spare cash to play with.

Big Andy

She went to WS and Brett said the new owner was doing a full refurb so it sounds like all of those gremlins should be found.

As far as cash I was figuring she went out the door in $50's and War party probably wouldn't go for much less than $90K before someone grabs it up. So I saw a little $ sitting there to work with. At the time I looked at it I was actually comparing it to the jester boat and how much it would take to get it in that condition.

I'll keep my 36' for the moment. We put 60-80 hours on her a season and mild powered efi's fit our current needs better than big big blower mills.

This video has War Party running in it at 5:20 (Very end of vid)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgdLQ_UlSRU

along with many other cool Apaches

The 41 that Brett sold went to Chicago, I see it is listed again for 95K, hard to believe.
That boat would need to get brought down to the bare hull and do a total rerig not to mention a fair bit of structural fibreglass work. As I was the one that paid to have the survey done, which I'm glad i did, as it saved me a waisted trip, there were many things that stood out in just the pics that were not right. I won't go into detail about it on here, if anyone is looking at buying that boat feel free to give me a call.
Brett was good to deal with, the boat just needs everything to be right, not what i wanted to start with.
Can it go to the water the way it is -- maybe -- but i would not trust any of it the way it sat.
Guess it depends what someone wants, a 41 on a trailer and the captain crossing his fingers, or a 41 ready to do what it should be able to do.
It all comes down to money and time in the end!

dave
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