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I messaged the guy on eBay asking details on the boat. Even asked if it sank and if that's when the engines had to be replaced. The first response was "o". I then replied that I could not understand what that means... His next response was "-". Wtf?!?!?

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Originally Posted by scottgjerdingen (Post 3771462)

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?

Not sure if they make one that calls you, but, I wouldn't be surprised. The problem is, you need to be "close", the fella that had the cable break lives 3 hours from the cottage where he keeps the boat, even if the alarm had gone off, by the time he got there MOST of the damage would probably have been done, however the boat probably wouldn't have sat underwater until the following weekend when he showed up.

What would have worked even better is if one of the snooty neighbours nearby could have taken 2 mins to call him and let him know the lift broke, funny, they always "just happen" to be at the end of the dock when he takes the boat out, but, where NO WHERE to be found when the damn thing was sinking. Heck if it was me I would go over in a storm and try to save the thing even if I DIDN"T know the guy, just common courtesy.

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Originally Posted by gsxr1216 (Post 3771494)

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.......
:angry-smiley-044:

Pretty sad, eh? Makes it tough for "legit" sellers who take care of there stuff to sell. I remember years ago in my drag racing days I was looking at a Pro Street car, guy claimed it had NEVER been raced, so, a buddy of mine and myself drove over to have a look at it, well, this guy brings out a big azz photo album of the car, the build, the chassiswork, etc. towards the end are 2 pics of the car at Cayuga [now Toronto Motorsports Park] at the starting line with smoke pouring off the slicks........

I said to him: "I thought you NEVER raced this thing?"

He answered: "I DIDN'T it was just a "time trial" day"

........Needless to say, I didn't buy it, lol