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04-03-2018, 05:01 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Navarre
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 34
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Almost blind
Hello all,
Retirement is approaching, 15 months away, and we have decided trawler life is the life for me, good by city life.
I live in the Pensacola area and am somewhat limited in boats that I can look at live and am going blind looking on line. Right now there is a 1974 Defever 40 in Carrabelle, 3.5 hour drive, for about 50k and a 1993 Jefferson 42 in mobile, 1 hour drive, for 100k that I will look at this week.
anywho, just wanted to say high and will be reading a lot here to learn what I can.
Fajah,
You know, the daddy
Freaky Deaky Dutch
(goldmember, Austin Powers)
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04-03-2018, 05:15 PM
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Guru
City: Solomons, MD
Vessel Name: Branwen
Vessel Model: Hatteras 48 LRC
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 645
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So glad to hear you're not literally going blind. Welcome, and good luck in your search.
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04-03-2018, 05:39 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,342
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RTF
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04-03-2018, 06:05 PM
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Guru
City: Signal Mtn., TN
Vessel Name: Stella Maris
Vessel Model: Defever 44
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 2,729
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RT Firefly
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04-03-2018, 06:08 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 20,582
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Welcome aboard. Glad you can still actually see. I had cataract surgery about a year ago and can’t believe how nice it is to see...
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04-03-2018, 07:18 PM
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Guru
City: Kilmarnock VA
Vessel Name: Wandering Star
Vessel Model: PSN40
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,350
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RT Firefly
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Mr RT, you tickle me.
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04-04-2018, 10:22 PM
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Guru
City: Palm Coast
Vessel Name: Southerly
Vessel Model: 1986 Marine Trader 36' Sundeck
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 1,231
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Welcome aboard!
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04-04-2018, 10:51 PM
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Guru
City: hawaii
Vessel Name: #31
Vessel Model: ex-Navy MUB 50 fish/cruise
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 845
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Glad to meet you, I’m going deaf.
The average age of participants of this forum might be frighteningly high, you’ll find lots of company with various ailments here!
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You can lead a horse to water,
But you can't make him ski...
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04-04-2018, 11:00 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kapnd
Glad to meet you, I’m going deaf.
The average age of participants of this forum might be frighteningly high, you’ll find lots of company with various ailments here!
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Much like our boats.
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"The most interesting path between two points is not a straight line" MurrayM
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04-13-2018, 06:02 AM
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Guru
City: Sarasota,FL/Thomasville,GA
Vessel Name: Steppin Stone IV
Vessel Model: Marine Trader Kelly Trawler 46
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,815
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Welcome and did you get a chance to look at the one you mentioned?
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Alan
Skype roatan63
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04-13-2018, 03:38 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Navarre
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 34
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Quote:
Originally Posted by siestakey
Welcome and did you get a chance to look at the one you mentioned?
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So, I was wrong, the owner was hiding things and he let me make a 600+ mile trip before he did a reveal. Now I will be jaded for sure. On top of that I found the previous listing for the boat where he must have paid about half of what he was asking and he hardly did anything to the boat.
Well he did let it loose the Bimini during hurricane and some gunnel damage, not revealed. Turd.
Back to kissing frogs I guess......
Boat name was "Door to Summer"
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Fajah
you know the Daddy - Freaky Deaky Dutch
1981 Marine Trader Tri-Deck
Navarre Fl
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04-13-2018, 04:43 PM
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Dauntless Award
City: Wrangell, Alaska
Vessel Name: Dauntless
Vessel Model: Kadey Krogen 42 - 148
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 2,820
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That's tough, but in the scheme of things, it's part of the process of finding the right boat.
I looked online endlessly before pounding the pavement.
Even at that, we flew 1000 miles to look at a boat, which we liked, but was unsuited to our anticipated use.
oh well, the bbq was REALLY good. 
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04-13-2018, 04:56 PM
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Guru
City: Vermont
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 9,779
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Now you have really been welcomed to the work of boating :-) But like you said, you have time, and this has been good experience.
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MVTanglewood.com
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04-13-2018, 05:26 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 20,582
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Brokers... I once called a broker to ask if a boat was still available. Asked if he was familiar with the boat, he said he was the listing broker. Asked if I could look at it that day, yes. Got on a plane and flew into LA, rented a car, met broker, looked at boat, made an offer. An hour later he calls me and said the boat had sold 2 weeks before and had been sea trialed and surveyed. Kissed that frog...
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04-13-2018, 08:11 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 13,116
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Comodave
Brokers... I once called a broker to ask if a boat was still available. Asked if he was familiar with the boat, he said he was the listing broker. Asked if I could look at it that day, yes. Got on a plane and flew into LA, rented a car, met broker, looked at boat, made an offer. An hour later he calls me and said the boat had sold 2 weeks before and had been sea trialed and surveyed. Kissed that frog...
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That was no frog. You kissed a toad.
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BruceK
2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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04-13-2018, 08:26 PM
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Guru
City: Quebec
Vessel Name: Bleuvet
Vessel Model: Custom Built
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,278
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If you go blind you would miss the pearls from our legendary Mr RTF and it would be a pity so take care to your eyes.
On boat subject I would see it on the positive side... better see that the advertised one is a lemon than buy it and be stuck with it, and if you missed one that’s because your one is still waiting for you to find it.
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04-13-2018, 08:51 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,597
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Let me explain something to you. The boat finds you, not the other way around. Like wife shopping, she'll know it before you will. I looked for years, but new it was the one when it saw me.
Ted
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Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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04-13-2018, 09:06 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,342
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Greetings,
Mr. L_t. "If you go blind you would miss the pearls from our legendary Mr RTF and it would be a pity so take care to your eyes."
I'm on it...
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RTF
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04-13-2018, 09:24 PM
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Guru
City: Quebec
Vessel Name: Bleuvet
Vessel Model: Custom Built
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,278
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RT Firefly
Greetings,
Mr. L_t. "If you go blind you would miss the pearls from our legendary Mr RTF and it would be a pity so take care to your eyes."
I'm on it...
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LOL My dear RTF you are an infinite source of humorous surprises 
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04-13-2018, 10:42 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 20,582
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Yes we found out current boat on the way to look at another boat. We flew into BWI and had to drive down the VA and had a couple of hours extra so looked at Yachtworld and stopped to look at our President. Went to look at the other boat and next day stopped back to look at our President again and made an offer.
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