I'm a newbie to this forum, with all the nice pic's I've seen, I had to post the following..Best part of boating... the friends you have on board (see pic). My wife took this pic of myself and my daughter and several of her friends on the way to cocktail cove on lake lanier (n georgia). Got a lot of stares and at'a'boys from the boats there, too bad the girls are all 16 and I'm 50!!! Back to the boat, 2001 Chaparral 280 SSi, twin 5.0l mercs thru Alpha 1's, 9'4" beam, 30' LOA, 140 Gal Fuel, tops out in lo 50's with a full load. Best attribute of the boat... Room for everyone and a DOUBLE helm seat so the wife and I can cruise together,
