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If you're looking at the overall expense of owning a 140+ cat, paint and interior will be small change..

The paint is ugly, yes. But wrap it for a couple years, put on some new skins and call it good..

The snow will EVENTUALLY melt..

But PBJ ...I don't remember askings those Q's ... but those are valid points. THANKS for your what-appear-to-be SERIOUS points.

1.... I think that I can check-it-out myself.(maybe AFTER getting some info out-of-you-people !! ...LOL) 2... I will just sell some of my AAPL stock. 3.... insurance ? ...I own a V-drive hydro and Hydrostream NOW(no insurance) ... is there some type of requirement on a boat like we are discussing here?. 4 - driving class? ... I have more common-sense than to go WOT until learning how to handle it. Parts breakage? ..goes without saying. Are drive-parts the most prone?

HOTair ..... I think you are capable of a SERIOUS answer ...TRY HARDER ... LOL

wb .... the EXPENSE of all this? ... YEAH .....that would be nice to know. I am a past drag racer that has kind-of gone-off into a Pro Street car ... that will be a drive-out bracket car. And in doing so ... it will be a money-maker. Am I going to get RICH doing it ? ... NO.

BUT ... I saw a topic where some-people are spending 1200$ a weekend on fuel on some of these boats. Just FUEL? Am I ready for that? .. hell NO.

The fuel is the cheapest part of owning the boat, so if you can't afford that, then there's no sense even considering it, unless you just want to park it in your driveway

This boat was a friend of mine's when it was repo'd last year. I've ridden in the boat when it had no issues & it was a comfortable cruise at 110mph, but I haven't been in it over 120. I would agree the paint is hideous, but I've seen stuff that owners loved that I couldn't bear to look at for more than a couple seconds, so to each his own. If the current dealer has done all the things he claims & has a good reputation, I'm sure the boat is fine. I would agree that $65k is probably a more realistic value for the package though. Definitely look into insurance. It will be a big jump from what you're used to paying & that's if someone will write a policy for you.

Funny story about the arrogant prick that owned it in GA. Those are the guys that give the rest of us a bad name. Cheers...

All b.s. aside. The "no insurance" and "common sense" comments are perhaps the most reckless statements I've read since the inception of the internet. I'm speechless...

Next he is going to say he will "Self insure" Worried about $1,200 a weekend in gas.......I guess only run it for 1hr then Seriously, since you were a Drag racer and ran for 5sec......what did you burn 5gals.......try 200+gals an hr, provided you don't break

Are you a Fugly???

Better think a little harder!


Hahaha, you better think about another hobby then! Really!


No doubt. Every day I go out I figure a minimum of $400 in fuel and that gets me about 65 miles of running (think about how far that is in a 100+ mph boat). That doesn't include depreciation, maintenance cost, rebuilds, breaking sh!t, insurance cost, etc... $1200 a weekend is easily exceeded when you add it all up!

BTW, you're a fool to run a 140 mph cat (or any offshore IMO) w/o insurance if you'll ever have a passenger onboard. These things are dangerous and the potential for serious injury is very high in these boats! One mishap with one of your passengers and you're in the poor house...

thanks blume