Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

[gm280]

You won't step that mast without some mechanical help. I think I can see the step in one of the pictures just forward of the pilot house. She's gotta' be a beast to sail ...

Sure hope the lake it is on doesn't generate electrical power, because they usually have high power wires draped across the lake at some point. I can only imagine the shock that would be...literally!

 

[bassman284]

Yacht?? What the heck is that 80' thing on the top of the cabin?

http://lafayette.craigslist.org/boa/5364771999.html

Mast?

 

[bassman284]

And in the pic fourth from the left the trolling motor reappears, hmmmm...

Different boat. I'm guessing it's his "new" one.

 

[tomhath]

I was serious as I can't imagine trying to raise it to the upright position. Looks like they are made of steel.

Yea, it would take a crane to raise it. Marinas are set up to do that.

Sure hope the lake it is on doesn't generate electrical power, because they usually have high power wires draped across the lake at some point.

It's located in Brownsville, Texas on the Gulf of Mexico. Not many power lines draped across that pond...

 

[bob johnson]

Some folks just have way too much money! $75,000 invested!!

http://lafayette.craigslist.org/boa/5365480183.html

the motor was almost half the price invested!!! 350 hp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bob

 

[Captain Ollie West]

"Dry weight ranges from 668 pounds to 695 pounds, or about 21 pounds more than a Verado 300, but about 81 pounds less than the 5.3-liter V8 Yamaha F350. Verado 350 will have a suggested retail price of $27,505 (20-inch model), or $3,210 more than the Verado 300.Feb 12, 2015"

A a few thousand for the trailer and a few hundred for the fancy cooler ...

 

[tomhath]

Over $75,000 invested make reasonable offer

http://lafayette.craigslist.org/boa/5365480183.html

I wouldn't call that "invested". More like $75K poured down the drain. He might get 1/3 of that back at most; the motor should be on a much better boat than his custom creation.

 

[fhhuber]

Come get it ...

If you can

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/boa/5364572106.html

 

[Captain Ollie West]

Come get it ...

If you can

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/boa/5364572106.html

That is a low profile sail boat!

 

[Bayou Dave]

The red boat in the pic is also swamped. Must be a real bad location to moor a boat.

 

[NYBo]

Come get it ...

If you can

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/boa/5364572106.html

A semi-submersible sailboat! Must be a drug runner who is concerned about fuel costs.

 

[fhhuber]

Environmentally friendly druggie.

 

[tallcanadian]

They must get a lot of rain there. Two boats sunk.

 

[oldhaven]

[h=2]Enclosed boat - Needs work - $100[/h]
https://maine.craigslist.org/boa/5374755457.html

 

[redneck joe]

That is beautiful

 

[Captain Ollie West]

The star applique on the side is a nice touch.

 

[fhhuber]

The star applique on the side is a nice touch.

looks redneck as heck... but kind of makes sense if you often use the boat to go from point A to point B in the rain.

 

[gm280]

looks redneck as heck... but kind of makes sense if you often use the boat to go from point A to point B in the rain.

Absolutely looks home made DUH! And interesting how the front is flat and event the roof material is backwards too. If you look at the very top of the roof area, you see the back material overlapping the front roof material. So when you are in a rain storm and running, the water collects under the back roof material and probably come in like a flood. OMG!

 

[64osby]

gm - it is set up for back trolling.

 

[gm280]

gm - it is set up for back trolling.

Oh! Okay, see I am still new at this stuff didn't think about the "back trolling". Such a nice looking boat, don't you think? :facepalm: