does anyone know this 42 sonic for sale ???
 

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well I finally got my check from the insurance company (my boat was wrecked in hurricane sandy)

does anyone know anything about this sonic ?


http://www.boattrader.com/listing/20...-42SS-97855522

thanks in advance


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It ran in the Potomac river, fresh water for the first few years of it's life. It has been for sale for a long time.

Yes I live in Hampton and know the owner and the boat. Was stored inside a garage. The owner took very good care of it. The boat is immaculate. The owner owns a storage facility here in Hampton on Sunset Creek. He was very particular about taking care of it. Never dogged it that I know of. He owned a couple boats and think he just decided to get out of boating. Sold the Cruisers. The only reason it has been for sale for so long is that I don't think he was in a hurry and trying to wait for the best price. In my opinion you could not go wrong considering this Sonic.

Another in that price range.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2001-...item35c664f8ec

Dave Levine's boat! also been for sale for a loooong time! was ready to sell at 75k 2 years ago if I'm right when it also was on ebay at that time...

could you put me in contact with the owner ?


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OSO member LapseofReason was the original owner.

Here is a almost identical boat for the same price. http://grandsportcenter.com/12pop/20...c_usa_42ss.htm
I just bought my sonic from them and it was a great experience. I walked through this boat and it was very nice.

It's the same boat.

Be aware of the marketing garbage in the first ad. Sonic did not start vacuum bagging (Infusion Process) until 2002/2003-ish timeframe.
The boat was originally bought at Full Tilt Marine way back in the day. Original owner traded in a P-29 Scarab on it.
http://www.fulltiltmarine.com/

If it is the exact same boat, how could it be in Va when I just saw it at GSC when I picked up my Sonic? :(

did you take a good look at it ?

what kind of condition was it in ?


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Make sure you have somebody put the computer on it to verify the run time hours. Also if you intend to make this boat go any faster than it goes now, you should install hydraulic steering. Sonic's had a basic rule of thumb. Anything that would run over 70 MPH automatically recieved hydraulic from the factory ($7.000 option) I ordered a 31SS with 500's they would not build it unless I had Hydraulic steering installed.

I only looked at it briefly as it was way out of my budget. From what I remember it was pretty nice. Check out the pics on their site, they do a prett good job of showing all aspects of the boats they have.

Folks I know the boat. He had it in Hampton, but may have sent it to Grande to more aggressively market it. The owner has a marina, and a boat/RV storage facility on Sunset Creek and other business's in Hampton. I know the owner as have stored my boat there in the past. I also have been on the boat and also he and I ran together to Waterside Marina last year. I believe he brought theboat from Florida as he owned business there and also sold Black Thunder boats for a while there before moving to hampton Va. He is an upstanding person.

Let me know if you want any other info.

I know the boat. We sold it originally when I worked at Full Tilt (out of business now). Might want to get a survey and have the engines checked over real well, inc computer readings. Also check gel coat and paint closely.

do you think the advertised hours are accurate ?

do you think it may have had repairs to the hull ?

you can answer by private message if you prefer

thanks in advance


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well I went to look at it . it was nowhere clean enough for the price

big disappointment


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Thats true more often than not. I flew to Chicago to look at a 42 once, and rented a car to go to a big dealer there. The boat was a roach, and didn't have the engines I was told it had. Completely misrepresented the boat.