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Old 06-07-2008 | 10:39 PM
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BOAT = BorrOw Another Thousand!
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Old 06-09-2008 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael Garibay
Wow' Lambo v-12s huh. Sounds like a man who wants to commit suicide and just hasn't had enough bad luck and depression to to justify it. Buy a 10 year old twin engine- anything and that should do the trick.
Haha thanks for the insight. If you think v12's in a boat are bad, you should see some of the bikes I've had and the R1 powered go-kart for runs down Kanan. I'm back to looking for 24' ish single engine something or others now...
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Old 06-09-2008 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by scarab31
BOAT = BorrOw Another Thousand!
i've always know it to be "Break Out Another Thousand"
but i guess with the amount of crap i put onto credit cards your way works just as well
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Old 06-10-2008 | 07:59 AM
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Old 06-17-2008 | 09:38 PM
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Fresh water boat the only way to go !!!!!!!!! Completly stock no back yard BS. and you will spend a lot more time boating & less time fixing , just my 2 cents Good luck Jeff
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Old 07-10-2008 | 10:34 PM
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I spent two years looking for a boat and spending a whole lot of time on this site. I had my heart set on a 31 Sonic, mint condition, great price. Then I ran into the towing issue. Spend some time in the towing section, it opened my eyes tremendously concerning towing big boats.

I concur with buying something stock. Tricked out boats that you haven't done = a whole lot of money finding out what's wrong. And things always go wrong with tricked out boats.

I got extremely lucky and found my 26 PQ locally. Low hours, the previous owner was pretty anal about it which is great, plus he does car shows for a hobby, so he was dead on with his maintenance. It plows through the chop with no problems at all. It's good on gas with the single, it just depends what you want to do with the boat. Pantera, Sonic, Active Thunder, are all great boats, my biggest advice, don't have a bad case of the gotta haves, be patient, it will make your choice that much better. Good luck

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Old 07-10-2008 | 10:56 PM
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ive got a nice starter boat ,a 1979/2008 35' cig mistress with 454 inj engs and #3 ssm drives for sale cheap
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Old 07-20-2008 | 11:47 AM
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My Sunsation is my first boat. At 32' , it's been a steep learning curve. Twins have also added to operating costs significantly. I have a partner in it to share costs and learn from which has been a big help. Since we bought it, we've put about 10K in repairs and outfitting. Be sure to leave plenty of room in the budget for that stuff. If I were doing it all on my own, I would have definately stuck with one of their older 288 Intimidator's or 25' Aggressor's. Can't go wrong with a single, stock bbc and a Bravo drive.

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