Well done - ecspecially from a fountain guy!!

Sorry to hear man. I hope things work out for you one way or another.

I wouldn't call it a love break. It has been a long couple years in general. I do have a wedding to plan and we are both excited about it, but I also lost my mom January 2nd to leukemia and its been a lot going on with that and trying to work through her estate. The fiance and I are also going to be buying a house so with everything going on it makes the most sense to sell since it won't be used much at all for a few years. Plus its my excuse to go bigger next time haha. She's already said "Will the bigger one be kid friendly?" haha

It's coming man haha. My thread is more of a venting since I know its going to happen. With the boat still winterized and put away I figured I'd start an ad by April just to know the weather will start getting a little better and be able to actually show the boat..

Mate, sorry about your mom, doesn't matter how much we think it over, there's no way to prepare for the passing of parents.

Since we're spilling the beans about family v. boats and such, at 52 years of age, I'm finally about to become a father and I'm boatless. A baby in April, a new house to be finished in June and I'm boat shopping!

Do I buy a family boat hoping the little bub will like boats? Do I buy a 'filler' just to get me on the water for a few years or do I just say stuff it! My girlfriend doesn't really like boats and will probably influence our daughter accordingly so I should be totally selfish and just buy something that makes ME happy?

Just make sure if you sell, there is a separate 'boat fund' with enough money to buy something nice down the track. My girlfriend doesn't know about my money but she does know there's money for a boat and always will be!

Good luck with your plans, sounds like your GF is cool about boats so that's a big plus.

Cheers!
RR

Mom was only 62. She fought as long as she could... Its hard dealing with the estate. It doesn't feel right..

She loves boating. We are just going a little more manageable for family and the dog. I like the Donzi centers so they still have a bathroom and I can get it with the small cuddy if I really want one. The outboards won't give me the sound from the BB's, but I can still cruise at a decent speed and not be the slow guy on the water. The Chesapeake is pretty big and we like to be able to go different places

I didn't have a boat....got married, then got a boat.

Then I had a kid and got a bigger and faster boat.

Then I had another kid and got an even bigger and faster boat.

Works for me.

Funny, our boat history has gone similarly. When my wife told me she was pregnant the first time one of the first things I said was "we're going to need a bigger boat". Now with the second kiddo I told her we're going to need more HP just to haul all the baby bags, lol, viola repower. Point being kids can be great leverage!

I see what you did there. Very clever indeed for an expatriated Fountain guy. Bravo.

Hey, Dr. Phil called and.... Nevermind OP is tryn to sell a boat. LMFAO

Edit: You should bring the boat to LOTO for the PBC Cigarette Rendezvous 6/17. With a for sale sign on it. You and your girl get to attend an awesome event and you sell the boat. Cool way to exit the brand so to speak.

Ad is up...

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...le-o69113.html

I need to add more pictures when i get home, but I wanted to get it listed this week.