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i have been for some time looking for another boat. really its a timing thing for me. right now there are some insane deals going down.
i purchased my k-3500 a coupla years ago strictly for towing. over time we have towed alot of heavy trailers and worked out all the bugs on the tow vehicle. reason being is im not gonna hassle with slipping a boat in any of the lakes here in az due to overabundance of algae which makes for a HUGE PITA to clean each and everytime you you use it. plus im about 45 minutes away from 2 lakes, which makes for less than severe towing.
my evil plan for world boat domination has been carefully planned out over bazzilions of cold barley pops over quite a few sweltering summers in my swimming pool.
today after work i ran across a formula fastech 382 with twin 600SC with genset and air cond. the guy is from tucson and clicked every damn paint and option button when he went down the build sheet. seriously it has everything. i went down same build sheet and it cost NEW $454,000 USD!!! YIKES!
this is a HEAVY DAMN BOAT. if correct around 13000# which is not gonna be nice pulling on hills for my k-3500. its the verrrrrrrrrry limit and everyman has to know his limits. im looking at 2005 and above 353 fastechs. about 9500-10000# weight with twin 525EFI's and genset and air cond. a little lighter in tow mode.
this guy has only 54 hours on it! not even broke in. wants $250K w/ warranty for hull being 10 years and running gear 5 years parts and labor from factory. and is willing to deal. gonna take fiance to look at layout on it this week. she hasnt been on one yet. this would obviously qualify for my 2nd home write off and i have room to store it at my house in my backyard plugged in with shorepower. yeehaw! drydock parties every fri sat sun while getting it rigged for its shakedown cruise.
i just had to speak to the guy who bought my old 25 ft cruiser 2 weeks ago re: a trailer title he never got from me. had to get notary sign for DMV. asked him about my old boat and he stated "he hasnt had one problem with it in all these years." kinda made me proud how i rigged out the last one i owned and how seaworthy she was and has remained.
so anyway the deals are out there and will be there for quite some time. being a boat owner takes a special attention to detail, an ability to read weather spot on, good knot tying ability, good sea state awareness, and general ability to fix minor problems before they get really out of control.
and a HELL OF ALOT OF BEER WHILE IN DRY DOCK.............and i like that!
oh yeah............and a woman who likes boats helps immensely!
racing porsches with 42 other nutcases pinned WFO................can very well be fun, i would just rather go hauling ass up escalante canyon from wahweep and not see anyjuan FOR DAYS if not a week. and have canyons all to my self on off months. my goal is to get that sucker up to powell, drain drives and blocks and winter store it there and go up for new years and check out all the frozen waterfalls in the back canyons and fish my brains out!
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