lIQUIDATEDdAMAGES
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Well it's been a really rough month for myself and my family. For those that didn't see the thread I posted a few weeks back the second one of my male cousins on my moms side (both brothers) committed suicide on May 20th, both in the past 14 months.
Well what better way to get over some seriously screwed up shit than boat shopping [emoji106]. The girls in the family have been blowing up Nordstroms so it's only fair right? Truth be told I was already shopping but the timing coincided and it certainly has made me and my co-conspirator (Dad) a lot happier over the past few weeks.
I grew up with a serious case of boat on the brain and have always had a few boats that I've told myself I would buy if I could swing it and they were for sale. After being boatless for almost a year I was more than restless and about two months ago one of my top five was put on the market. I ran the numbers a bunch of times and kept talking myself out of it for various reasons.
After things hit the fan with the family a few weeks back I had the conversation with my Dad (over a few cocktails) looking for him to talk me out of it and he jumped on the bandwagon and supported the idea. So we went to see the boat once and then again with a family friend who is a surveyor and owns a yacht outfitting company. Trying to do my due diligence I went and saw another similar model for sale for a comp and actually liked the layout, condition and motors better. So I abandoned the idea of the first boat and went saw the comp a second time with our family friend. After this second viewing and some serious thinking, I made the decision to make an offer.
Well the offer went out, was countered, and then I countered the counter to meet in the middle of my original offer and the owners counter. I signed the official purchase agreement paperwork and put a deposit down today! While the purchase is still pending a diesel motor evaluation, yacht survey, sea trial and final payment I am cautiously pretty stoked.
Now the good part - the boat:
The boat is a 1984 29' Crystaliner (the same boats as OC lifeguards use) that was repowered and regelled at the Crystaliner factory in 2006. It is currently powered by twin turbocharged diesel Yanmars with just under 1000 hours. Should be a blast to fish and seriously cut down on the 4 hour trip to Catalina on the 32 Grand Banks that I've been bumming off of my grandparents [emoji12]
I'll keep this thread updated with pictures and info on the diesel survey & marine survey process as well as the sea trial for anyone that is interested.
Who knows maybe Dave will send me a shirt afterwards [emoji106]
Here are a few pics of the boat:
Well what better way to get over some seriously screwed up shit than boat shopping [emoji106]. The girls in the family have been blowing up Nordstroms so it's only fair right? Truth be told I was already shopping but the timing coincided and it certainly has made me and my co-conspirator (Dad) a lot happier over the past few weeks.
I grew up with a serious case of boat on the brain and have always had a few boats that I've told myself I would buy if I could swing it and they were for sale. After being boatless for almost a year I was more than restless and about two months ago one of my top five was put on the market. I ran the numbers a bunch of times and kept talking myself out of it for various reasons.
After things hit the fan with the family a few weeks back I had the conversation with my Dad (over a few cocktails) looking for him to talk me out of it and he jumped on the bandwagon and supported the idea. So we went to see the boat once and then again with a family friend who is a surveyor and owns a yacht outfitting company. Trying to do my due diligence I went and saw another similar model for sale for a comp and actually liked the layout, condition and motors better. So I abandoned the idea of the first boat and went saw the comp a second time with our family friend. After this second viewing and some serious thinking, I made the decision to make an offer.
Well the offer went out, was countered, and then I countered the counter to meet in the middle of my original offer and the owners counter. I signed the official purchase agreement paperwork and put a deposit down today! While the purchase is still pending a diesel motor evaluation, yacht survey, sea trial and final payment I am cautiously pretty stoked.
Now the good part - the boat:
The boat is a 1984 29' Crystaliner (the same boats as OC lifeguards use) that was repowered and regelled at the Crystaliner factory in 2006. It is currently powered by twin turbocharged diesel Yanmars with just under 1000 hours. Should be a blast to fish and seriously cut down on the 4 hour trip to Catalina on the 32 Grand Banks that I've been bumming off of my grandparents [emoji12]
I'll keep this thread updated with pictures and info on the diesel survey & marine survey process as well as the sea trial for anyone that is interested.
Who knows maybe Dave will send me a shirt afterwards [emoji106]
Here are a few pics of the boat:
