Looking for a SS or considering Saltare

[homer]

thanks for the listings from Craigslist. I've got a few that I'm looking at that are within a days drive and not 3 - one way... All Sunsports.

Yeah, what's up with that single axle trailer with the huge looking frame? Looks like some sort of bizarre custom job for that Saltare. Other than that, it looks like a nice boat. You think the price is fair at $9K?

[cadunkle]

Single axle trailer on a saltare...yikes!!!

Looks like a generic/universal trailer marinas often use to shuffle boats around. I wouldn't want to use that on the highway. Just to move around lots or before lifting/racking I would imagine.

[haugy]

here you go! Closer to home?

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hn...930061411.html

Beware of this boat. I saw it for sale last year, and went to call the guy to talk about coming up to buy it. It had sold already. So it's only been owned for a year, and that trailer is absolute shit.

I wouldn't take it to get gas with that thing. It's barely dispersing the load across the hull. Firm price my ass. I'm tempted to call the asshat and tell him he's a moron for thinking that is a safe and reliable trailer.

[TitanTn]

Well I was wanting into a inboard ski boat cheaply. So I bought an '89 Pirata a couple of months ago for $4800, with the knowledge that the interior needed redone. I didn't know anything about stringers. Didn't even know that wood stringers existed in a fiberglass boat.

Took it straight to a shop that restores older inboards and he quoted me $10,000 to fix the interior and stringers. I had not been to this sight prior to the purchase. Found it that night and started reading and learning a little. Decided to try and make it through this summer with the stringers as they are. I was able to get a little longer lag bolts to bite. I plan on taking it to Donny over the winter and let him do the stringers the correct way. I don't trust the local guy to do it. He seemed a little to anxious to enjoy my sorrow.

I have had the interior redone and that cost $3000, The upholstery guy did a nice job. I rebuilt the frames myself and also the seat bases.

So now I have about $8500 in it and haven't even thought about taking it out yet. Still need to do a lot of little things, like new bilge pumps, a blower needs replaced. Stereo is shot. I have a new one sitting in the garage.

Donny quoted me a price of $5000 to replace the stringers and floor. So that will put me at $13,500 plus whatever else I find I have to fix once I run it in the water.

The trailer needs work, so that will be a couple hundred, plus new tires.

So I will probably be at $15,000 by next year.

I wish I had educated myself a little before hand, and then found a boat without wood stringers.

I haven't even started to think about fuel consumption yet. lol

oh yea and I totalled my 2000 Nissan Maxima on the way to look at it. I had my wife drop the comprehensive insurance coverage a couple weeks earlier. So it wasn't covered. It was probably worth $2500. So can I add that to my total?

I'm starting to weep. That's a sad start, but I think you'll be happy in the end. You'll have a boat that you can keep as long as you want and I don't know that it's going to depreciate much more than it already has. Focus on the good times to come.

[2002 LAUNCH SS OWNER]

That is a nice looking boat for 10,000 dollars** I live in Vancouver myself so if you are interested in this boat I could check it out for you??
I bought my 2002 Launch SS DD in Seattle area 3 years ago. email me if you want me to check out this boat for you?? Not always on this
site. Dave >>morrisette@shaw.ca Boating season is soon ya hoo

[sydneyACE]

Yeah, I like that Saltair in Spokane for $10k. That's a very good deal!
'94 so you wouldn't have to worry at-all about rotten wood. That's worth at-least $3k alone.
The interior was redone 2 years ago, that's a huge bonus too. The catain's chair apears to be a cheepo replacement, but still funtional.

Anyway, I'm fairly close to Spokane (Hamilton, MT), so if you needed someone to go look-at it for you, let me know. (Would need some gas $ of-course.)

Also, it's possible that I could help haul-it part way for you too. (I might have to make a lay-over at some nice lakes along the way to do a lil wake-boarding.)

When I bought my "tub", it came all the way from Texas. The trip get it cost me almost $1000, just for a reference. (Of-course my trailer was in aweful shape and needed bearings and some tires.)

Just food for thought...

[homer]

tempting guys, but still higher than my budget right now... I have to think.

[sydneyACE]

I hear you on the budget. Def need to stick to your budget, just make sure you don't buy one that will end-up needing more $ to get it in the water. Nothing worse than buying a boat that you can't use.

There will always be something to go wrong. You should prob split your budget into two sections. The $ you spend to buy the boat, and the $ you spend to fix it up and make it ready.

I had a $3-4k budget. (I know, not much. lol!) So I found a boat for $1500 knowing I would need the other $1500 to get it in the water.

[ngavdba]

Budget? What's a budget? It's a boat for pete's sake.

[Salty87]

yes, keep receipts but never add them up.