Started a site for pix and stuff

[Wellcraft_Dave]

Hey guys, think I answered my delima for storing pix...
I had an old website I used to moderate, and forgot about, my bud called me tonight and said it was empty.. so I turned it into a melting pot of pix and stuff and broke it down into catagories (i.e. Wellcraft 250 pix, hunt, gun, fish, family, etc....)

Anyway, it's a work in progress and I'll link this site to it.. so if yer really bored, check it out, post some of yer boat pix!!! and hunt pix as well... it's a free for all, and I could care less if folks cuss like drunken sailors and all that... it's a "mature" rated site,, so anything's game, it's just for me and my friends and internet friends who fish/boat/hunt/shoot... etc...

Here's the URL
http://groups.msn.com/fishbug

[phatdaddy]

Dave, I was in sanford 2 weeks ago. A buddy of mine bought a new 24 carolina skiff from chatlee(sp?) boats on US1 a little south of town. We left florida at 2:30 pm and got to the dealer @ 3:00 am. Slept in the truck until they opened at 7:45, handed them a check and were back on the road by 8:30am. They seemed to be a great bunch to trade with. He saved about $4500 over a local dealer. It was a little wierd to have to drive 300 miles east before heading north, but that put 600 miles of a 700 mile trip on interstate. Beautiful country.

[Wellcraft_Dave]

Aw man... shoulda got a hold of me!!!
Yup, Chatlee of 1 in Sanford (little bit west of town)
I'm down a little further off 27 from US1.

Man, If I knew ya was comin this way.. you could've slept here at the house or somethin, at least had some egg's and venision sausage to take back on the road with ya!!!

Chatlee is one of the bigger dealers, and funny how far inland they are and sell alot of saltwater boats (up to 28 ft CC's i.e. Sea Pro's), they're the local Sea Pro guys.
Choplin Marine is the Sea Fox/Pioneer boat guys just up the road on US1 from Chatlee.

I'm roughly 20 minute drive off 87/27 from them a bit south and east of them.

Did ya get to run it in the "test" pond??

[phatdaddy]

Yeah they tested it outback. I was amazed at the saltwater boats the have in inventory. The had a rabalo wa for $10500 that I would have looked at real hard if we had more time. They wanted $1200 To deliver to Panama city fl. We had about $400 in gas and waffel houses, but if I had to do it over, I'd let them deliver. It wasn't even my boat so my friend saved $800 not me. All I got was 1500 more miles on my truck and a t shirt. If we go after another one, I'll holler at you.

[Wellcraft_Dave]

what? didnt eat at Denny's??

Hey man, ya get back up this way, give a holl'a

By chance, did you happen to notice if they had a Sea Pro 27 up there?? when I was shoppin for my last boat, I looked hard at their SP 23 WA with a 225 Johnson on it, but compared to the Well 250, I think I got a bit more boat pretty much for the same price

Chatlee is alot better than they used to be... they're service dept wasnt gettin any "glowin" feedback a few years ago.

[phatdaddy]

I didn't notice it but that dosen't mean it wasn't there. They had a pretty big service dept. with 4 or 5 techs sitting around drinking coffee looking pissed off. (typical for a good dealer). If we go that way again, I'll give you a heads up.