[jimbobway]

Boy oh boy are you guys telling me what I like to hear.

Situation update. I'm going to go to the guys house tomorrow afternoon, brink 55 $100 bills and see where I can go from there. He said its in solid condition, no problems with the floor, and the engine runs.

Heres the kicker here boys. As of this morning, I was himming and hawing and trying to decide whether or not to buy a 24 foot Striper walkaround, which would have been ok, except for the twin 90's pushing it. Close to perfect (maybe with 115s and for the same price) but no cigar. Either way, you are apparently somewhat savy with the market I'm looking at out here, and the Striper was at my budget, litterally, at my budget.

Along comes a Seacraft. I lose the family orientedness, but if I figure correctly I could have a top of the line boat for 10k less then I was about to drop.

So after doing some more searching I actually came across a 2006 140 Zuke that a certified dealer on Kauai rebuild and is selling. She was misfiring when the guy got his hands on her, and after digging, she had a bad valve. He corrected the valve problem and put her back together what sounds like the right way. Out here, if you are the only shop on an island, and you dont do good work, you can't survive, especially where the boat to person ratio on Kauai is about 1-3. So the compression is as strong on her as a new engine, she's got about 1000 hours on her, and hes running the computer to get the breakdown of hours@rpm's and by tomorrow night, I should be wheeled and dealed enough to get a 20 footer with a 140 4 stroke on the way to coming together.

Hows that for a mouthfull.

Does this sound like a ball of flame plan to any one, or have the celestial gods smiled down upon me, and possibly aligned their stars?