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Cap'n Morgan
 Post subject: Boat Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:28 pm 
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Will be shopping at the GR boat show tonite. I have 6 boats to discuss with various brokers and dealers, as well as look over all the new stuff. I have already looked at a couple boats, and will look at at least one maybe two tomorrow on my day off. Time to make these guys earn their paychecks, should be fun !!! :D

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cougarcruiser
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:31 pm 
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PICS!

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Cap'n Morgan
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:41 pm 
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cougarcruiser wrote:
PICS!


I will be looking at this one tomorrow, and I'm NOT kidding.

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cougarcruiser
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:45 pm 
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WTF?

That's NOT a Four Winns!

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Cap'n Morgan
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:48 pm 
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Nope, good eye there CC :wink:

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firecadet613
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:49 pm 
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Gorgeous Capn! If you end up going for that, find a buyer for my 225 and I'll buy your 268!

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Cap'n Morgan
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:56 pm 
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I will be looking at the 530 tomorrow when I am there, my BIL is moving up from his 356MY to this 530, and I want to see it while I am checking out a Vista they have at the same storage facility.

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Sierra
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:06 pm 
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What year is that Carver?

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Wet Doggg
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
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'99 I believe...
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Cap'n Morgan
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:27 pm 
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Sierra wrote:
What year is that Carver?


Close...... It's a 2000.



Here is one of the boats (Four Winns) I am looking into.

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woggy718
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:10 pm 
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As much as I love my Four Winns, My wife and I have allready decided on our next boat. 2001-2003 396 Carver Aft Cabin. The unfortunate thing is that day is probably 10 years away.

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captwalt
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:20 pm 
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all this talking of upgrading has me wanting to upgrade too :mrgreen:

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cougarcruiser
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:38 pm 
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Cap'N --

What's the scoop on the FW you are going to check out?

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slman
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:12 pm 
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Wow...there are a lot of nice big boats being talked about! I'm still happy with my new sl262 though.
Good luck boat shopping...its a great pasttime!

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St. Louis Dave
 Post subject: Re: Vista Shopping
PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:40 pm 
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I went to the GR show yesterday afternoon/evening. Biggest FW was a 248 cruiser and a SL262. Lots of small runabouts and such. Show was quite a bit smaller this year (as expected) and nothing really caught my eye. A few things I did find.
1. No formula 270BR, but they did have a 26 footer. I was not that impressed.
2. Cobalt has a new dealer closer to GR, but their new interior is way to "mercedes like" for my taste. It's almost tacky and over the top.
3. Azure has a REALLY nice 23 foot bowrider. Tons of room, storage, and little things. My buddy will put them near the top of his list when ready to buy.
4. If I were to buy a cruiser in the 36-40 foot range, you would be hard to get me away from a Regal. What a beautiful boat.
5. I'm still not sold on the SL262. I like my 260 horizon much better and I'm confident I have more interior room than the 262.
6. Folks at FW know about our little forum here...

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