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Title: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 27, 2011, 07:46:17 PM
will prolly close the deal saturday.  :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 04:37:33 AM
good take me fishing :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 04:37:54 AM
take US fishing I should say right Handy? :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 08:06:25 AM
prolly one of the dumbest moves to do but doing dumb things is in my blood.  ;D
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 08:22:26 AM
9995
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 08:53:15 AM
yea!!! i hear that salt :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 09:04:11 AM
I can smell the diesel already
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 09:04:34 AM
clang, clang clang ahhhhhhh
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 09:40:50 AM
29' boat is a nice size
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 10:34:35 AM
actually in my opinion it's too big, cant trailer it so you have to rely on marinas for storage and haul outs, thats where the money lies  :(
I wanted something to trailer but this deal is too good if everything is ok with the boat. I have my friends 23 mako center console still available too, probably the best bang for the buck,he's bugging me to buy it 7000.00. then there's salty's boat  ;D  9

Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 10:36:04 AM
thousand bucks for winter storage alone  :'(



Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 11:10:41 AM
you should buy mine. I'd take 10 for it right now. Don't know how I'd get it out of the backyard though. It's buried.
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 11:20:42 AM
give me the details again. 2001 20fx was it? 115 4 stroke? w/hardtop. hours? electronics?
come on salty lets make it happen save me from spending more money.
 :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 11:55:23 AM
2003 boat, 2002 yami f115, starboard hard t top, full electronics-radar, color garmin gps, fishfinder, icom radio. don't remember hours think it's about 300 or so. all kinds of shit. tandem trailer 4100 lb with spare axle, trailer box. Boat is pisser the only thing that don't work is the raw water wash down I don't know what's wrong with it, could be pump not sure.
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 12:19:52 PM
why the hell am I building a surf rod when I now have access to a boat... ;D
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 12:37:29 PM
why the hell am I building a surf rod when I now have access to a boat... ;D
yer in!
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 01:49:44 PM
yea  the 29' topaz should be real comfortable on the water........but the marina fee's would kill ya.... yea bruce!! should be good flukin on a 29' boat......and trollin bunker spoons to boot :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 28, 2011, 08:20:21 PM
Nummie,
 
I have a 28 and I trailer it. Grant you it isn't a lot of fun when you have to hit the brakes! Whatever you get I'd be willing to drag mine up and buddy boat on a few trips this summer. Already have my HMS permit. Headed to Flroida on Sunday to see what I can catch.
 
A friend has a 29 Topaz right down the road from me. You are getting a really sweet boat! ...and if you buy Salty's I'm sure that is great too! ;)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 29, 2011, 04:22:25 AM
he aint gonna buy my boat
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 29, 2011, 12:00:38 PM

 
 
Handy and I need to see...
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 29, 2011, 03:53:26 PM
No topaz. Something just didn't seem right.
Motors ...... I want to hear them run, too much rust.
Yer back in the mix
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 29, 2011, 04:23:33 PM
I'm not trying to sway anyone from Scott's boat but I have to say that a 23 Mako (if it one of the older ones) is probably one of my all-time most hansome boats. I'm not crazy about the cutout transom but the lines are sweet and it has enough shoulder up front to handle whatever the seas can offer.  I have a 27.5 Cobia and it just doesn't have the flair that I would like. It is a good boat with lots of character but I prefer a Carolina flair. I keep looking at the 28 Buddy Davis's which are relatively cheap (compared to a Regulator or some other of that type). For now, the Cobia will have to do.
 
If it doesn't seem right you are making the wise choice. No sense in jumping in too quick on that investment.
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 29, 2011, 04:32:31 PM
so when you coming to see it nummy
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 29, 2011, 05:20:25 PM
I hear ya Bill. the mako is my friends boat, I never seen it but saw lots of pictures, he says its in great shape and I believe him. it's an inboard tho, which is fine for me cause I can fix that. the motor was jusy recently redone so......
plus I had one a while back  :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 29, 2011, 05:20:51 PM
salty dig it out.  ;D
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 29, 2011, 05:22:20 PM
COME ON UP i'll dig it out
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 30, 2011, 12:47:12 PM
say bruce  he aint gona buy saltys boat :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 30, 2011, 04:54:23 PM
Handy - what are we going to do  :bash:   Comon Nummie...  pull the trigger.
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 30, 2011, 04:55:21 PM
I'm just kidding...  We wise.  the best times of a boat owner are when you buy it and sell it.  I know, I was once a boat owner.
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 30, 2011, 08:10:42 PM
keep workin on that surf rod bruce  i was gona suggest you  you cut in down and make a boat rod out of it.......but never mind now........cant wait to try it out......fuji concept? hmmm......if i like the way it throws  ill wind up ripping my ron arra apart.....ive been toying with the idea  of building a lami 9'........cabin fever ya know....... :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 31, 2011, 09:18:03 AM
Scott's boats a good deal, we logged a lot of miles and brought a lot of fish over the rail  :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 31, 2011, 11:32:21 AM
the topaz was nice, it offered a lot but a few things bothered me, when he winterized it he cut all the hoses instead of removing the clamps, the boat looked as tho it was done in a rush, keys left in the ignition, electronics still in the overhead boxes, he romved the refridge and put it between the v birth thru a piece of plywood over it and that made the v birth one big bed. I asked why the fridge? blankets and pillows looked as tho someone just slept there too  :o . painted over rust on the motors, it had snap a bolt changing an injector all over it  :-[  then theres money to be spent fixing that. lots of lose wires in the compartment and the oil in the bilge wasn't too enticing too.
I wonder if the foot of ice that covered 3/4 of the new batteries and the shafts will have any effect on them.
 :bhappy:
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 31, 2011, 07:48:17 PM
I left Savannah, Georgia this morning headed to the Tampa area. As I rolled down I-95 i saw a 23 Mako being towed by a white Suburban with Mass tags. Your other option wasn't slipping town, was he, Nummie? I laughed when I saw it...
 
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on January 31, 2011, 08:30:45 PM
nah, still there.  :)
(http://www.thesaltydog.com/uploads/1698578a.jpg)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 01, 2011, 04:44:42 AM
ohhh nice boat
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 01, 2011, 08:06:45 AM
I left Savannah, Georgia this morning headed to the Tampa area. As I rolled down I-95 i saw a 23 Mako being towed by a white Suburban with Mass tags. Your other option wasn't slipping town, was he, Nummie? I laughed when I saw it...
 

You left Savannah in January voluntarily? Bill, I used to think you were one of the saner ones around here. I know it's warmer in Maryland than up here, but sheesh! Even my wife's talking about moving south. Of course, last summer, she was talking about moving to Canada.
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 01, 2011, 11:21:47 AM
say nice boat numbie  lotta room   thats what i like    keep it simple :wink:
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 01, 2011, 02:38:14 PM
PJ,
 
I left Savannah headed south to Tampa where it is 81 degrees right now. I'm headed back out to do a little reconnoitering...
 
I'm crazy...not dumb!  :D
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 02, 2011, 08:26:19 AM
chesapeake bill made the great excape....... say any body see that little ground hog punxsutawnay phil.................som bitch groundhog
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 02, 2011, 10:16:43 AM
effin ice
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 02, 2011, 11:55:32 AM
i hope the little fockers gonads froze to his feet handy :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 02, 2011, 11:55:49 AM
not bill....PHIL :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 02, 2011, 11:56:22 AM
Bill is a different story. We'll deal with him for leaving us to go to 80 degree temps

:)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 02, 2011, 05:31:45 PM
i hear ya salty :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 09, 2011, 07:30:24 AM
Hey Numbie - what's the verdict on the boat???  Did you get a boat?
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 09, 2011, 07:56:55 AM
well I spoke to the topaz owner several times since, he wants to drop it in the water and run it for me to show me she runs great. thats in the spring. I'm leaning towards salties. the mako is nice, but.....
I don't know lol
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 09, 2011, 08:07:49 AM
ah!!!! go with saltys boat............its a girls gone wild boat   for sure......... id be a little lerry about that topaz    you said the guy cut the hoses instead removing the clamps to winterize it............ok!!! post the pick of the topaz and post a pick of saltys boat........the forum group members will vote on the boat  :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 09, 2011, 10:41:03 AM
get both...
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 09, 2011, 11:18:47 AM
both!!!  you sure know how to spend numbnuts money there bruce   but it dose make the voting easer :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 09, 2011, 12:57:37 PM
handy - it makes perfect sense to me.  The 29 topaz for offshore - tuna trips.  The 23 to cover our striper trips.
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 09, 2011, 03:51:55 PM
you crack me up bruce :laugh:
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 09, 2011, 07:56:24 PM
my friend with the mako called today and says he's got someone interested in his boat. so now I have to decide within the next couple days.
oh brother.
 
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 09, 2011, 08:19:10 PM
I'm back to the cold. Hold off on buying either. If its anything there like it is here you can just about pick what you want. selling boats is not getting easier so you'll have great choices. What are you looking for in a boat? Perhaps there is a perfect one that someone on this board knows about..
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 09, 2011, 08:49:50 PM
my ideal boat is a 22-25 walkaround. just to keep me out of the weather. but I don't think I can find a nice one in the range I'm looking to spend. Scotts boat is the best deal for me financialy, newer boat, easier to trailer and won't cost an arm and a leg to run. just a we bit small tho.
the mako is a 1978, one tank was replaced at a cost of 600.00 a year ago. the other will prolly be soon to follow.i m thinking salties boat will at least get me back out on the water, use it a couple years and hopefully things will get better
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 10, 2011, 07:00:02 AM
Judging from his displayed mechanical abilities through machine creation videos I'd say his is a safe bet! Small is relative if you pick your days. I started picking my days a few years ago...something we do as we get older and feel the result of [ast days beating our knees to hell.
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 10, 2011, 07:06:39 AM
you would never find my boat small.
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 10, 2011, 07:07:09 AM
well maybe if you took timmy out. he's got such a big head that any boat would feel small with him on it.
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 10, 2011, 08:02:26 AM
oh boy... here we go again...
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 10, 2011, 08:12:03 AM
I just wanna go flukin  :)
Title: Re: 29 topaz
Post by: Out Fishing on February 10, 2011, 04:41:08 PM
your a fluke alright :)