Tough break! How much did you have to spend for the survey?

Getting towards the end of the season, so there will be a lot of boats popping up for sale. But as you just found out, not all of them are good ones.

It was $14/ft but he only charged me $100 as he quit after the transom area and we agreed it was an absolute deal breaker.

I have another deal worked out now on a fellow member's boat. Very excited for this one as well, looking like a survey will happen Weds evening... fingers crossed!

IF that doesn't work out think about a 283 checkmate, much bigger than the 25 can handle alot of what the great lakes throw at it, single screw HP500 will run 68 and you can tow it with a half ton pick-up. I have mine for sale if your other deal falls through

Survey on the new boat checked out GOOD. Surveyor said it was a very good boat, transom good, stringers good, overall nice boat!
Excited, picking it up from the owner tonight. Plan to stay up giving it a real nice clean and buff tonight and hopefully drop it in the water tomorrow to enjoy!

Funny also, the surveyor mentioned to me that the owner of the previous boat I had a deal on (93 Sunsation) had mentioned he thought him and I were working together to give a false survey in attempts to haggle the price lower on his boat. Therefore, just a heads up if anyone is looking for a Sunsation in the area, I highly recommend getting a survey done!!

was it white, yellow and purple. Purple Alum Swim platform? If so, the owner knows its wet.

Nope it was all white with white/silver interior and black graphics on the side

Well it sounds like there is no shortage of wet Sunsations running around... Don't they offer a lifetime warranty on their hulls???

Of course a bigger boat will(normally) be more comfortable. But, that doesn't mean that a smaller boat can't be just as fun. In fact, smaller boats can be more fun in many cases. If I woke up Monday stiff and sore, then I that means I had fun on Lake Michigan that weekend!

My most memorable time on Lake Michigan was in rollers that had huge spacing. I was in a 19' boat and we were getting major air and able to land before the next roller and accelerate into it and launch again. I won't bother saying how big they were, or how fast we were running because everyone will say I am full of chit. So, I will just say it was a riot. Unfortunately, that kind of spacing/roller combo doesn't happen often.