23 allmond

wellcraftv20step · #1 08-15-2014, 07:42 PM

now this is a beauty !!!!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1975-John-Al...wer_Motorboats

THEFERMANATOR · #2 08-15-2014, 07:58 PM

The only way to make it nicer would be if it was a TICONDEROGA(flybridge model). I have a soft spot for the ALLMAND 23 footer, but I also REALLY like the 25 foot deep V model.

smokeonthewater · #3 08-15-2014, 09:08 PM

My dad and I liked to have met our maker in an Almond 23 flybridge on lake erie nearly 20 years ago.... Got caught in a NASTY storm 20 miles off shore with a plugged fuel filter.... 8 hrs in the dark at 1100 rpm just trying to stay upright in 6-8' waves... Helluva boat

For you ocean guys that don't know erie is shallow and 6'+ waves are close together and no joke.... Imagine an inlet w tide against the wind 100 miles square

spoggy · #4 08-15-2014, 10:15 PM

Doesn't look like it has a reserve...Could be a steal in the making?

bradford · #5 08-15-2014, 10:27 PM

Beautiful one. Hardly anyone makes a boat that looks that good so simply anymore.

I like the flybridge model too, although I think you'd want a 25 or 28 Bertram after a while.

wellcraftv20step · #6 08-16-2014, 06:03 AM

Bradford, exactly what I was thinking. and I don't think it has a reserve.

THEFERMANATOR · #7 08-16-2014, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by bradford

Beautiful one. Hardly anyone makes a boat that looks that good so simply anymore.

I like the flybridge model too, although I think you'd want a 25 or 28 Bertram after a while.

IF I won the lottery, I would probably get me a 28 BERTRAM flybridge. I LOVE teh 25 and 26 footers, but the 28 is so much more boat. And I would want to do twin jackshafted I/O's in it. They made a few 28's with I/O's in them and the performance of them was supposed to be ALOT better than the straight inboard models.