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Chance,
What harbor are keeping your boat at.I think I am going to Chatham this week.Maybe I leave you a note if I ride by. :D

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Scott, yes she is up and running (knock on wood) And i can not thank you enough for helping me a few weeks ago.

I am up in Plymouth now, as that is where i live now. But if your ever up here let me know, i am sure i will get down there at some point. Are you gonna be able to make it to barnstable on the 15th?

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won't be doin any traveling any time soon unless it involves the kids and summer fun stuff for them. Great to hear the boats up and running right for you. I sold my 23' to JWtex a couple of weeks ago and bought a 16' jon boat been getting it ready for some flats fishing and flounder gigging, almost ready, me and the son can't wait. Going offshore with some friends tomorrow will post the results if there are any worth posting. Found a great deal on a El Pescador bay boat trying to convince the other half that I need it.

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Well, i just got off the phone with Roger Carrol, who owns a boat shop in chatham, ma. This winter I will be putting in a new deck, new fuel tanks, recoring the hull cap and putting in a swivel rod holder at the bow for the giants and probably some pull out cleats, also if time and money permit, new transom. Also i will be doing some work to the engine. Not quite to the extreme of miles but close hopefully.

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Hey Chance,

I shot you an email about a week ago about what shops you liked in the area......

but i saw this thread and thought that i would tell you that my inboard in question is going to be in carver for the nest few weeks getting run through, and if you ever find the time to stop by and give me some words of wisdom please do, let me know! Thanks!

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Well, this sucks! I may have to sell. We are buying a house and she may have to go (by she i mean the boat not the woman) Anybody interested. It is out of the water in Plymouth at a boat yard. Any info anyone may need should be able to be located in this post somewhere. Again this is a maybe, i am trying to talk some sense into her. But offers if any will be looked into.

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chance1234- Don't sell her! Thanks to some expert advice from 4boat theory, I can say "that there is light at the end of that tunnel" to finding a way to hold on to your sweet ride. It just takes some effort to plant the proper seeds in HER mind. Try the approach that the boat is depreciated down to nothing and worth very little with it's old age and such. It's the wrong time of year to sell, ect., ect.. If a little uncertainty takes root, then your set! Best of luck. :D

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Yeah, thats my first plan of attack. Who wants to buy a 30 year old boat. I think it may work, i am mainly putting some feelers out there, i think i can sway her. Nothing a few glasses of wine and a tape recorder can't take care of.

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Hold on!

Once you sell your toys, they are harder to get back.

The best thing to do now is buy another big toy, like say a motorcycle. Then enjoy it over the next month til the nagging gets to a new high. Sell the motorcycle and she will never bring up selling the boat again!! :D

Case closed .... :rolleyes:

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What a great thread! Trying to get caught up and I just plowed through the whole thing.

Congrats on buying a house, that's always a big step. Definitely don't sell the boat, however. For one, the market is lousy; for two, what could you really get for it and would that make a real difference in buying the house?

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Chance,
"Osprey" spotted 20 miles east of Chatham harbor on 8/17 :cool:
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...ospreySC23.jpg

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Very nice, glad to see her again. She certainly is pretty.

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.chance she went 10 fish 14 bites that day . Talked to your dad the other day ,I was dropping of a prop he ,was picking one up . Any time your out on the cape give me a gingle. Maby we can get out east. Have some nice pics from that day I'll try to figure out how to post them..

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hey josh, i see some new outrigers and a radar, what else have you added. She looks good. Hope all is well. would love to get out there with you sometime. Catchem up

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Josh is a good friend of mine....Actually went with him to scope the boat out and tow it home...It's come along way since that wintry day last winter...Boat really raises fish nice....
I took these pics on the east of chatham day this summer...

http://www.finaddiction.com/images/r...20seacraft.jpg

http://www.finaddiction.com/images/r...0seacraft2.jpg

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She looks swweeeet!! I do miss her. Enjoy and hopefully sometime i can get down there and catchem up with you guys.

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Damn, i miss her, you still out there Josh? If so, hows she running and catchin. I'll have another someday, paying for a wedding right now. someday for SURE!!!

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Not to jump in over the new owner, but spotted this shot on another website I check out the other day and thought the boat looked familiar:

Looks great

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ccTjMCMEZS...+retouched.jpg

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I passed this boat on RT6 today rolling through Eastham. Still looks as nice as the pictures!

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Hey guys thanks for all the nice comments on the old girl. She has treated me very well. Wildman good luck with your restore she will be a great boat when your finished. I live in Eastham as well and pass your house on a regular basis. I will stop in some day. Elijah I have been chartering for a couple of years now and the boat has been flawless :D How's Maine treating you and are you still a Coastie. I hate to admit it but I purchased a regulator 26 and I will miss everyday that the Osprey is gone. Passed Hermit's 23 today she sure looked lonely on the hook. Glad he got a good summer's use out of his 23 without any problem's :cool: Basspond thank's for the pic, I saw that on the Barn a while back. Hope everyone has a good fall if the wind would ever stop blowing 20 to 30 I could get out more.

Josh

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Good luck with the new boat Josh. I will miss seeing Osprey out there. Glad you at least got a weather window ehh :D

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We will be in the yard starting in about an hour or so laying up the transom if your in the area! :cool:

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Josh, glad to hear she treated you well. Maine is awesome, and yes, i'm still in the Coast Guard. I still lurk around here and always have my eye open for my next seacraft. Who has the Osprey now? Is she still on the Cape? Put up some more pictures if you have any of the boat/fish porn. Fall stripers must be running pretty good by now i guess. Catchem up boys!!!!!!!!!!!

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Elijah, I still have her but she will be for sale soon. I have had a few tire kickers I think it takes the right person to own an inboard boat.

Give me a call sometime 774-722-2223

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Sounds good Josh, I'm glad she was good to you, and it looks like she certainly raised some fish for you. Maybe next summer we can get together for some tuna action!! I still have yet to catch one. Tight lines brother!!!!