gogger
08-09-2014, 10:09 PM
So last weekend I started getting texts from a young man that saw my ad on craigslist. After talking for a while realized I had seen him and his buddies on the water last thursday. They were in a I/O and couldn't pull one of his buddies up on a wakeboard. So he decided he wanted to step up to an Inboard / Wakeboard boat. Told him he would love the pirata and the 454 engine. Took them out on Tuesday and he loved it. I hadn't been out on the Pirata for about 6 weeks.
Realized how fun the Pirata was to drive. Although she was big, she was still more agile than the 24SSV. And the 454 was easier to control - hold a steady speed with. He loved the wake quickly was jumping wake to wake behind it.
So him and his dad decided to buy her. I think he got a good boat for the price. Everything I did, I tried to do right, and Donny did a great job on the stringers and interior. I had a lot more in her than I got out of her, but I said in my ad I wanted $11,000 and don't offer me less because it can sit in the barn over winter and I will try to sell it again in the spring. And he never even asked about the price, just wrote a check for the $11,000.
So today I was out at Griggs and saw my old boat with a loaded down with kids. Looked like they were having fun. Just hope he takes care of her and appreciates all the hard work that went into her. I tried to explain everything that went into fixing it up, but he is just 16 and only wanted to know how to fill up the fat sacs. So hopefully he doesn't wind up letting her rot out. But that is out of my hands now.
I am going to miss her.
Realized how fun the Pirata was to drive. Although she was big, she was still more agile than the 24SSV. And the 454 was easier to control - hold a steady speed with. He loved the wake quickly was jumping wake to wake behind it.
So him and his dad decided to buy her. I think he got a good boat for the price. Everything I did, I tried to do right, and Donny did a great job on the stringers and interior. I had a lot more in her than I got out of her, but I said in my ad I wanted $11,000 and don't offer me less because it can sit in the barn over winter and I will try to sell it again in the spring. And he never even asked about the price, just wrote a check for the $11,000.
So today I was out at Griggs and saw my old boat with a loaded down with kids. Looked like they were having fun. Just hope he takes care of her and appreciates all the hard work that went into her. I tried to explain everything that went into fixing it up, but he is just 16 and only wanted to know how to fill up the fat sacs. So hopefully he doesn't wind up letting her rot out. But that is out of my hands now.
I am going to miss her.