Shoutout to fellow long islanders and all you other friendly characters,

I live in Queens but fish all over the island, from the East river to Montauk, Wildwood, Oyster Bay, Robert Moses, Long Beach, Breezy and Jamaica Bay. I surf fish and fish the party boats but since one of my clients took me out on his Parker this year I've been smitten with getting into boating. Needless to say we killed the stripers, fluke and sea bass on those two trips.

Thanks again for the feedback, its all very useful, especially the checklist, experiences with horse power, and not rushin into anything.

I had to reschedule looking at the boat til later today and I'll have some more info then on the motor, condition etc.

In the meantime I spoke to a an 85 year old original owner of a 79 Steplift V20 that is sending me snail mail pictures of his "tricked out" fishing machine. Seems he's getting out boating due to his age. He insisted I see it as its "one of a kind" and includes a 1999 140 hp Suzuki with 60 hours on it and the boat has seen very low useage. He does want an arm and a leg for it but doesn't hurt to look.

Anyway see you al a littlel later time to go to work.