^^^ yep 65K for a sunk boat that has been re done, sounds a little high. Another 2002 33' baja owner near me picked his up for 42k this passed spring. Now it dosent have a huge sound system in it but has plenty of go fast added to it... 74 mph on the stock 496's

If it was in good shape 42K for an 02 is a really good deal, I do agree that 65K is a pile of dough for a boat that sunk, no matter how fancy the stereo is, Maybe if had a pair of 500/525EFI's but, with stock 496's it seems pretty steep. Especially when you shop around and see what that kind of money buys. Having said that, he claims he "needs" 65K, that doesn't necessarily mean he won't end up selling it for considerably less, especially if/when word gets out that it sunk.

Why does everyone leave out the "sunk" detail, someone was selling a TS gun last week with the same issue but boat was "mint" so it was ok... wtf

The video is pretty funny though....

OK, probably a dumb question, but why would a broken lift result in a sunken boat? ...isn't the purpose of a boat to float? :eekdrop:

Do boats on lifts generally have plugs pulled? or would the lift have damaged the hull?

I think their may be a lesson to learn here and I unfortunately don't know what it is?

I have seen it happen twice, first on was during a bad storm in the gulf, storm surge caused water levels to rise to "flood" levels. Boar rose to the height of the "roof" of the lift and couldn't "float" any higher, water kept rising and basically "pushed" the boat under water.

2nd time the rear cable broke, boats stern slid backwards into the water, but, the bow area stayed on the forward bunk, because of the angle, water poured in at the back of the engine hatch, eventually the weight of the water pulled the bow off, and the boat was floating, but, at that point there was already so much water in the boat it was swamped and kept taking on water, it was an older fountain and the transom sat low in the water to begin with, had it been a cruiser with a little more freeboard it might have been OK

I remember that thread, seller threatened to sue the board members who "outed" the fact the boat had sank, sounded like a real tool. Eventually I think the ad was pulled of EBay

After some more thought, I doubt I would pay 1/2 of the asking price, there is just TOO much stuff that can be damaged with a sunk boat. Nothing worse than chasing electrical gremlins that are "water" related.

Yikes - my older rig sits really low in the water too, good to know. Makes me think of a big a*s bilge pump.

As to your first example my old house was susceptible to water in the basement so I had a "water bug" installed. It hooked into the alarm system and would call me whenever it detected water at a certain level. Is this my chance at a million $ idea or might something like this already exist...heck when bad weather blows through I always want to check the boat out :-) ....it would also be nice when sleeping on the boat to know if it is sinking LOL

UPDATE - i just did a quick check and saw that there are audible bilge alarms, wonder if the have an option to call you?

right, I chase enough issues with one that didn't sink!!

seems commonplace nowadays....

last week i was at the beach and saw a guy with snorkeling gear searching an area for a few hours so finally i asked him what was up? he says he sunk his freestyle jetski a few days earlier and was trying to find it but hadnt had any luck yet.

Well low and behold what do you think i see pop up on craigslist a few days ago, freestyle jetski and the same truck i saw them loading all there gear into in the background of the pic, no mention of it being underwater for several days and the word "mint" was in the ad.......
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