This boating season has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster for me. I started of with a 1995 Sea Ray 195s with a 4.3. Had a great first outing with the admiral once the rain went away. Then I came across a great deal on a 04 225 Sea Ray weekender, one of those you can't pass up type deals, but had to sell the old one first. It took less than 36 hours and mine was sold but the (insert any bad word you want to right here) sold the boat when I straight up told him I wanted it and was in communication about a deposit (I didn't think I would sell mine that fast). Well that worked out for the best because it gave me time to really research and work with the admiral on what we would want and need in a boat we would be willing to spend enough nights out and eventually the boat grew past the point that I wanted to tow or pay for right now. It was awesome to hear her say no, I think we need more boat than that. We decided to wait on the cuddy/cruiser until we could justify paying for a slip on the river. So the hunt was on for a replacement bow rider and it came to an end today. We got an 04 Chaparral 210 ssi with a 5.0 merc in it.
These are the only pics I have now but hope to post more soon.
It is an upgrade in almost every way, and will be every way once I spend some time with the stereo set up. I am excited to see what she can do as she is only 1 foot longer but 60 extra hp.
We are still looking forward to a cuddy and hope to be in a place to have one soon, but I am as excited as Ralphy with a red rider bb gun.
These are the only pics I have now but hope to post more soon.
It is an upgrade in almost every way, and will be every way once I spend some time with the stereo set up. I am excited to see what she can do as she is only 1 foot longer but 60 extra hp.
We are still looking forward to a cuddy and hope to be in a place to have one soon, but I am as excited as Ralphy with a red rider bb gun.
