Scaredy Cat at National Liquidators
 

Got a call from a friend today who was at National in Lauderdale when Scaredy Cat ( 40 Skater) was brought in. He is actually looking for a cat and called me but my knowledge of it is minimal, anyone know much about the boat

Nice boat! I've been on it in the 140's with more left. This was back in 07 though.

not yet on there books

Heard the gold digger boat was
there to, U S Marshall hold,
is it true ?

Saw it heading south on I-75 yesterday- now I know where it was headed. :drink:

One of my favorite paint jobs.

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To bad Kenny couldn't hit one last poker run with it, do the Key West run and then drop the boat off at Liquidators on the way home!

I'm 99% sure that was a wrap.....paint was there but the Scaredy Cat was a wrap

second time there for scaredy cat, yes gold digger is there too

I really liked that boat back then, what happened to Kenny?

How does somebody have enough $$$$ to build & finance or whatever they did a boat like gold digger & the equipment that hauled it around, then have it @ national liquidators 2 years later or period?

If its on us marhall hold there
might be more then money
problems.

I think I can confirm your 99%. Have been close to it a few times locally on LKN.

scaredy cat is all paint done by chris dilling efx

That guy is awesome then, must be 3D paint to make it look like wrinkled vinyl :D

I think it is a painted design with the Scaredy Cat theme being vinyl (atleast on the deck).

Boat is all paint. No viynl. I rigged it originally. The hull was built for surface drives and the sponsons had deep notches at the transom. First, rigged with sixes, the boat hopped around quite a bit in the high 13o's. Later installed flat 1/2inch aluminum pate level with the bottom to elimate the notch. Boat handled much better. Later on I believe the plates were removed and the notches filled at Guadao Marine.

The paint on the boat is all cracked up now. Looks pretty rough up close..Jeff

Scaredy Cat has always had that paint, even before it was incomplete with nothing more than the cap, hull, & Chester on the sides & deck.

You guys could be thinking of "Cat in the Act", since it is fairly similar to "Scaredy Cat". It used to be "Out of Control", so when it was redone I had always assumed the Cat in the Act design was 100% paint.

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Because more often than not, it's all just a mirage. Most of these people don't have the $ for this stuff, but they need everybody to think they do. They sign their lives away and then realize they really can't pay the note, OOOPPPSSS. Their are many boaters and businees people who don't practice this way of life, so to them I apologize, but for the one's who do practice this, 15 minutes of fame is not worth it. If you're making $350.000 a year and you have a $700.000 boat, somethings gotta give, but you looked awesome doing that fly- by past the beach.

Well put!

I've read on more than one occasion that GOLD DIGGER was paid for up front cash. Not saying it's not there, but kind of hard to believe. To frankenstein, if I made $350,000 a year I could easily afford the payment on a $700,000 boat. I would bet a lot of people that own those boats don't make more than that. Many do, but I bet some don't! Just have to manage it wisely. And a lot of these boat owners are business owners and have fallen to this god foresaken economy and have had no choice but to let the boat go!

Yep...spend more than you should, hit a bump in the road, and things get ugly.

The real scarey part is we are all doing it. Many of us unaware. It's called the local/state/federal goverment!

There's much more to the story.

$$$ was/is not the real issue w GoldDigger.

Jayboat is 100% correct, $$ is not the issue with Golddigger and the fact that it has U.S Marshal stickers on it also has nothing to do with the past owner of the boat

made that exact mistake in my early 20's took me 10 yrs and 1 wife to get straighened out and....thank god that is one I wont have to learn again....

Well I know I'm not the only one really curious about the story with gold digger & the U.S Marshals so come on someone please fill us in!

+1 :drink:

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http://www.yachtauctions.com/listing.php?vessel=4210

No motors or Drives?

I got to agree that it sure looked like wrinkled vinyl this summer when I saw it but maybe it is just the paint peeling.

PURE SPECULATION ON MY PART!!!

outstanding balance 900k
Street Value ?????
Manufacturer of said hull willing to make better deals now due to a slowed economy...so can buy a new one for 800k, why would any one pay an extra 100 k for a pre-owned vessel

current owner makes a voluntary surrender with an offer to settle any discrepencies upon sale, bank finds out the hard way that the market has went south, or will incur additional attorney, storage, and brokerage fees and offers a short sale to current owner, or they think they know it all and end up losing more every day, when they should have taken the initial settlement offer...

PURE SPECULATION AND JUST A GUESS>>>>

I don't know but...

Couldn't the owner have traded it back to Lake Cumberland towards a new/different boat then it would have been part of the floor plan that went back to the bank from them...

THIS IS WHAT I WAS THINKING

40 skater
 

if you dont pay it dont STAY:party-smiley-004:

so whats the deal with scaredy cat?

If a guy like my buddy was nterested should they go back to surface drives or whats the deal?

I am interested in hearing more about this boat.

I agree, well put. (Except 350k a year should be plenty to swing a 700k boat)

I don't know anything about Scaredy Cat, except that the boat sounds incredible running. I don't think I'll ever forget him ripping past us during the LKN funrun. -actually startled me it was so loud.

I am surprised anyone would want to play at that level, without having a TON of cushion to back it up.
I don't think I'd be able to truly enjoy it, and I doubt I 'd be able to sleep at night.

Don't mean to dog the guy too hard, we all know this economy sucks azz, but geez!!
just my 2¢

Being in the repossession business, I can tell you first hand there has been a REAL change in the market in the last 2.5 years.

It is not that we are any more busy than we used to be, the difference is we are taking better units from better people.

It is scary how this economy has changed who has money and how much. There has beenpeople I know or know of that have been hit VERY hard. Many of these pople, none of us EVER thought we would see the day... have now 2 years later ran up against the "wall".

Be VERY carefull when one judges the people around them. Many can/could hold on for a while, but sooner or later it can come to an end. The difference is how long a person can hold on. I can tell you straight up, it is as much of an ego problem; facing the problem as it is financial. In most cases these people cannot let it go untill it gets SO BAD they have no other alternatives then to liquidate.


Again.... All I am saying is be carefull how you judge.

BTW, I personally have no idea who the past owner was, I am just making and observation and comment on the situation in general.

That is a very interesting point of view. thanks for sharing. I don't know the guy so hate to sound like I am judging. I am sorry this has to happen to anyone. I guess I'm still in shock as it seemed like that guy was so loaded he didn't even have a "wall".

I thought I was "going for it" when I bought this house 3 years ago. The market is down and I would hate to HAVE to sell right now, but from what I see around me, looks like I am either [very lucky so far] or [didn't "go for it" nearly as much as many others]. Crazy times.

The plates are still on the boat, its fine with 6's. I always thought it was a great boat, lots of little details, like back up camera, motorized anchor light. Ive been in it running 140mph realistic, and that was wide open. It is a great boat.

Construction biz in the crapper, spec houses that arent selling and money gets tight....chit happens.

BTW - its paint, and I dont know why its peeling, sort of happened out of no where.

Many business owners are getting hit very hard with this "great recession". Personal overhead is one thing to control but when you are losing money hand over fist with a business it can drain the best of people. Many expensive boats are financed. Why tie up cash in a big asset like a boat when money was so cheap. Nobody expected this severe of a downturn. Most likely in many cases it is not the boat payment alone that is the problem it is not making any money and losing large amounts in a business each month that you are on the hook for personally. Like a black hole.

This is still only the beginning...........

That's the real SCARY PART, that this economy is going to be flat for awhile. The co. that my wife USED to work for, closed it doors, Nov. 1st, we knew it was coming and we have planned for it. She's getting other job offers, but she going take some time off for the holidays, and THEN she might go look for work, (Although, luckliy I son't think she'll have to look too hard....:drink:)
Bottom line, we never finance toys, (Boats, cars, trucks, etc). Houses; real estate, yes, but never toys...
Dean