Leaving the ranks - new2me boat

[Blue_Runner]

Way to go C'peak! Keep em both and rebuild the motor on the V20 ;D That'll solve the problem ;)

[willy]

Nice rig Ches, good luck with it ;)

[chesapeake724]

Thanks, guys. It's bittersweet and just came down to time and money. The idea was that the V20 would sit in the driveway to work on during the summer until the fall when I go full-on fishing mode. The honey-do's and the house projects don't end so I just can't find the time to do any refurb work.

msb,
I shopped and searched and shopped for a decent re-power deal, but this was just too sweet to pass up.

MJ,
The General cost me over $4k putting two trannies into my Tahoe. No problems (knock on wood) with the Excursion yet. :-*

Tin,
The boat's from Maryland by way of Florida.

Skools,
6.8L V-10...it'll move the earth, but the price is 11mpg, about 9mpg towing. :P

rap,
Sea trialed it and she flies. It was flat calm so it wasn't a good day to test the ride in the chop, but a goose of the throttle had us running 45mph and it wasn't even wound up all the way. Fastest boat I've had ran maybe 35mph.

B-R,
I'd be a two-boat owner livin' in a doghouse. ;)

[Franco]

Having broken rank myself, I also had mixed emotions. Glad you can go fishing now. Since I got my new boat I've found it easier to go fishing. My wife dosn't complain much, but last week she busted me for putting off 2 projects I promised her about 10 fishing trips ago. I argued that she made me promise to use the new boat, not have it sit in the driveway while I worked on it, like I did with the V20. Good try, but it didn't fly.

I fell as though I have violated a trust by getting my new one, but it sure is gonna be nice, the new T top is being made now and the new Raymarine A65 is being shipped. The wife told me a few weeks ago, "I dont care what you do, I want to go out on a boat, so buy a new one or get the old one fixed" The new one was the quickest way to solve that problem. Between, the house renovation, the job and fixing up the V20, boat rides and fishing trips were not on the calender this year. Now the calender is full of boat rides and fishing trips.

Originally Posted by Franco

Having broken rank myself, I also had mixed emotions. Glad you can go fishing now. Since I got my new boat I've found it easier to go fishing. My wife dosn't complain much, but last week she busted me for putting off 2 projects I promised her about 10 fishing trips ago. I argued that she made me promise to use the new boat, not have it sit in the driveway while I worked on it, like I did with the V20. Good try, but it didn't fly.

[Veeder]

Mirage,

You've got a wife that wants you to buy a new boat if you can't fix the old one ??!!

Does she have a sister?????