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Of course I still have the 3700 dollar boat that I've put 12-14k in that I probably couldn't sell for three grand the way it sits! :D

You gotta love it, or just be crazy. I think I'm both. :drink:

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I just made the last payment on my old bird, It still turns heads.
A friend who is in the marine biz and get's to drive 100's of boats
has commented that my old bird is the best handling boat he has
ever driven. This is the first boat that my wife actually loves, and won't let me consider selling. It;s also the only boat that I have had unsolicited offers to buy. She's 16, She's beautiful and she's mine!

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Cuda--
15 years of storage!!! Heck you have a new Bird. That sure is a nice classic design on that 2001 302. Nice Collection Also!!

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welly--
Clean Ride!! Man there are a lot of nice old formulas out there!

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Being more of a lurker than anything else,I love to read this stuff. I keep saying I am going to post a couple of pics of this wreck but never do. I found one and I,ll show it if you don't laugh [ out loud anyway :D y] Like Cuda and Audio I am so upside down in this thing I have to finish it Thanks for the words so I know I not the only one that is crazy with this Paul

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Hey jaf - That's a nice looking boat. Nobody laughing here.

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Ernie -

357 with swim platform is 37'7"
So, the 382 with the molded in swim platform should still be a little bigger.

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Cuda,
I didn't know your boat was in storage all that time!! Thats one hell of a cream puff I'd say. I've seen your cockpit vinyl pics before and have thought to myself how nice the condition is. Well, no chit eh? Never been sat in!!!!!!
Just keep Debbie's bare bottom in those seats and they'll never wear out :D :drink:

You gotta keep that boat, its truely a beauty. I love yellow Formulas.

Rambunctious, your yellow bird is friggin' way cool too!!!! I think that big air shot of you is fantastic!!!

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My 302 was from an ex Formula dealer in St Pete. He still had it in stock when he lost his dealership. His son in law took it out once in a while I think is the story. I believe it had 42 hours on it when Bill, 302 SR1, bought it in 2001. Correct me if I wrong Bill. I have the original list price on it here somewhere, just going by memory, I think it listed at $148k in 1986. That was a lot of jingle for a 30 foot boat in '86 dollars. That's probably the reason he still had it when he lost his dealership.

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Jafo, what year is the boat, and what power?