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

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 

get both...

both!!!  you sure know how to spend numbnuts money there bruce   but it dose make the voting easer

handy - it makes perfect sense to me.  The 29 topaz for offshore - tuna trips.  The 23 to cover our striper trips.

you crack me up bruce

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.

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..

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. 

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.

you would never find my boat small.

well maybe if you took timmy out. he's got such a big head that any boat would feel small with him on it.

oh boy... here we go again...

I just wanna go flukin 

your a fluke alright