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 Why would I do it?
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07/12/11 04:17 PM
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Patta-whack
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I have a nice clean 2000 model Champion 186 with a 150 and have been looking for a 20'+ boat to handle the bigger water, but I have missed a few deals because I will need to sell mine first. Would you sell and risk being boatless for possibly several months or keep it? I can't decide - ya'll help me with the pros and cons 
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 Re: Why would I do it?
[Re: Patta-whack]
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07/12/11 04:19 PM
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patriot07
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How many buddies with boats do you have? How bad would it hurt you financially to have 2 at one time?
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
- Soren Kierkegaard
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Re: Why would I do it?
[Re: Patta-whack]
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07/12/11 04:20 PM
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B Lee
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I would say if you want another boat sell yours first, then you find what you are looking for... I'm sure you have buddy's you can fish with
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Re: Why would I do it?
[Re: B Lee]
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07/12/11 04:21 PM
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fouzman
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Take the buyer when you find one. You'll only be boatless as long as you want to be. Buyers are MUCH more difficult to find than boats in this economy.
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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Re: Why would I do it?
[Re: Patta-whack]
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07/12/11 04:23 PM
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Texan Til I Die
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Unless you have plenty of cash and a place to store two boats, sell the old one first. Clean Champs usually sell pretty fast, so you shouldn't have too much trouble unloading it.
"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." - Samuel Adams
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Re: Why would I do it?
[Re: patriot07]
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07/12/11 04:29 PM
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JPost
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I did the same thing recently and had 2 boats at once. I didn't have a note on my old boat. It was a good clean boat at a fair price and it sold very quickly. It seemed to me there was a good sellers market for fairly priced boats.
For what it's worth, it worked very well for me.
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Re: Why would I do it?
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07/12/11 04:43 PM
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KickerFish29
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My uncle is in this same situation right now he has 2 C
Wesley Wyatt
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Re: Why would I do it?
[Re: KickerFish29]
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07/12/11 04:47 PM
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KickerFish29
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My uncle is in the same situation right now he has 2 Champions right now, he has a 97 19ft and a 98 22ft (rare) and he is about to go to Oklahoma and buy a 3rd a 2007 20ft he said he will just have all 3 and decide which one he likes best and sell the other 2 must be nice!!!
Wesley Wyatt
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Re: Why would I do it?
[Re: KickerFish29]
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07/12/11 04:49 PM
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Manchu
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keep the 18 footer. she slides thru them bushes easier
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Re: Why would I do it?
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07/12/11 05:56 PM
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Bassen
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trade it in for a new / bigger one - I will keep my 1992 - 18fter it is good enough for me.
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Re: Why would I do it?
[Re: Bassen]
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07/12/11 06:08 PM
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Zach Starling
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I like your boat you have now
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Re: Why would I do it?
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07/12/11 06:47 PM
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Patta-whack
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To answer the questions - I could afford to have 2 boats, the Champ has been paid off for several years, but I don't have room for 2 boats without parking one outside.
Thanks Zach, I like it too, but want one a little bigger and a tandem trailer. The 18 footer definitely gets through brush better but when I list the Pros and Cons I am still on the edge. I like not having a payment but I got the itch.........
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Re: Why would I do it?
[Re: Patta-whack]
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07/12/11 06:53 PM
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Zach Starling
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you can just give me the one you got now.... Buddy 
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Re: Why would I do it?
[Re: Zach Starling]
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07/12/11 06:57 PM
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Patta-whack
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you can just give me the one you got now.... Buddy Ain't gonna happen!
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Re: Why would I do it?
[Re: Patta-whack]
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07/12/11 07:01 PM
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Kay Dyson
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I bought a second boat while still owning the first one...
Mistake.. I was making 2-boat payments,2-insurance payments, and a storage payment ect... It took 8-9 months to sell the first boat for what I needed to get for it..
Your situation is a little different, only having a storage problem is a pc of cake.. If you find a 20-footer you want, I'd buy it. Otherwise I'd take the Manthers(fouzman) advice and sell the present boat and move on..
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