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I need to buy a used boat, and these are my needs:
- Will only use it for the slalom course.
- Have to ship it from miami.
- My budget is 15,000 usd (including a perfect pass)
I´ve being serching on the web for used boats, and i have found some nice ones (Sodars boat is awsome) but i need your help to know what should i keep in mind when buying a used boat.
Other thing, maybe I can pick up the boat on Texas and bring it by land.
sanjuan23
02-15-2007, 11:57 AM
Check ETS's FAQ he has a link for a used boat guide. If it helps. Whats wrong with your 197? Bringing one down from Texas would be one hell of a haul!
erkoehler
02-15-2007, 11:58 AM
I need to buy a used boat, and these are my needs:
- Will only use it for the slalom course.
- Have to ship it from miami.
- My budget is 15,000 usd (including a perfect pass)
I´ve being serching on the web for used boats, and i have found some nice ones (Sodars boat is awsome) but i need your help to know what should i keep in mind when buying a used boat.
Other thing, maybe I can pick up the boat on Texas and bring it by land.
Now this is what I like to hear :)
RexDog1
02-15-2007, 11:59 AM
Will only use it for the slalom course.
What no wakeboarding?????????…..lol
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I will look out for you!!!!!!
Come to Cal. And Purchase “Sodars
” Boat and we can go out!!!!!!!!!
erkoehler
02-15-2007, 12:02 PM
PQ2,
What's your email address? I'll send you some pictures of some different options.
Eric
thanks erk, thats what i want to hear too
Sodar
02-15-2007, 12:06 PM
I am not trying to push my boat on you, but my boat would literally be perfect for your use and for the salt! I am trying to find a buyer that can benefit from the freshwater closed cooling system I had installed on the boat....
I saw that Sodar, but it will be very expensive to take it to cancun
The problem of the PS197 is that it is my brothers boat, and he preffers to see it on his garage besides using it. He doesent have time to use it.
Sodar
02-15-2007, 12:11 PM
I saw that Sodar, but it will be very expensive to take it to cancun
Yeah it would!! I just googled Cancun.... I had no idea how far east it was. I always thought Cancun was just south of Texas and never realized how close to Cuba you are!!
[QUOTE=RexDog1]Will only use it for the slalom course.
[COLOR=black][SIZE=2]What no wakeboarding?????????…..
Rex dont worry i will have a skipylon and a wakeboard for sure
erk you are killing me...
Sodar
02-15-2007, 12:33 PM
erk you are killing me...
He normally does!! 8p 8p 8p
Mag_Red
02-15-2007, 12:48 PM
erk you are killing me...Your PM box will never be the same:purplaugh Expect Eric to send a minimun of 10 PM's per day:D
Jesus_Freak
02-15-2007, 12:51 PM
Your PM box will never be the same:purplaugh Expect Eric to send a minimun of 10 PM's per day:D
Is that why Erk's PM box stays so full..."sent" messages?
will see it.
erk dont worry, its empty now
I also tought tha JimBaws could help me, he is the closest dealer from cancun. Jim where are u?
rodltg2
02-15-2007, 01:04 PM
if you buy sodars boat ill drive it some of the way!
thanks Rod, but there are 2,400 milles betwen sodars boat and my house. :(
Im getting quotes from cargo trucks from Monterrey. My sister have a house in Mc Allen, Tx and I could pic up the boat there, take to monterrey and then send it to cancun
billykern
02-15-2007, 01:15 PM
I have a 1996 prostar 205 in TX. Many new parts. 13,900. I need to sell. I have an add on boattrader and craigslisthouston.org
billy, do you have the link, i cant find it
shepherd
02-15-2007, 01:19 PM
And here I was feeling sorry for myself because there isn't a Mastercraft dealer within 200 miles from me. You have my sympathy pq2!
thanks shepherd, its suposed that there is a dealer in mexico but I had never being able to contact him, afeter lots of calls and emails i gave up. we wanted a tower for the 197 and shipment was more expensive than the tower.
billykern
02-15-2007, 01:31 PM
www.houston.craigslist.org or go to boattraderonline.com and search for a 96 mastercraft. My brother in law lives in Mexico City maybe we can work something out.
River Rat
02-15-2007, 01:40 PM
Here is the 96
River Rat
02-15-2007, 01:42 PM
Also on craiglist in Houston
Ski Boat- Mastercraft Stars and Stripes - $6250Great Ski Boat. This is a Mastercraft Stars and Stripes (1982) with a 351 Ford Engine and Ski Pylon. Runs great and the interior is in wonderful condition.
east tx skier
02-15-2007, 01:47 PM
Pq2, that is one long drive from Texas to the eastern coast of the Yucatan. Plus, you're going to get tired of hearing that prop guard hit all those topes. ;)
Sodar
02-15-2007, 01:54 PM
Pq2, that is one long drive from Texas to the eastern coast of the Yucatan. Plus, you're going to get tired of hearing that prop guard hit all those topes. ;)
What are "topes" :confused:
billykern
02-15-2007, 01:55 PM
Thanks for posting my pic river rat.
jajajaja, you are right east, this is the land of topes, i was thinking on putting the boat in a truck not to pull it.
billykern
02-15-2007, 02:00 PM
I just talked to the MC dealer here and he said he could put perfect pass in my boat for 1800.00.
east tx skier
02-15-2007, 02:21 PM
jajajaja, you are right east, this is the land of topes, i was thinking on putting the boat in a truck not to pull it.
They are everywhere. My mom and stepfather live in the jungle near Muna (about an hour south of Merida) for about a month at a time (every other month). When we visit and are out in about, everyone has the responsibility to shout, "Tope!" because not only does whoever is driving typically forget about them, but they tend to be pretty hard to see.
The major highways in the Yucatan are pretty good though. To have it transported, you have increased your cost considerably. May be less expensive to have it towed to miami and shipped, but I don't know. My stepfather imports stuff to the port of New Orleans (or he used to before the storm). If it's no more expensive, that might make it easier to get one of those Texas boats.
you know whats funny about the topes, is that the signals are not before the topes the are over the tope, so they say "tope here".
Im going to search also if i can ship it from new orleans i dont know if they come over to puerto morelos (nearest port from here), but thanks for the tip. I know from miami is very easy, and it takes a week to have it here.
André
02-15-2007, 06:01 PM
Jim at BAWS...?
thanks Andre, Im already in contact with him, he´s searching for some proposals.
onlyinboards
02-16-2007, 08:52 AM
There are a bunch of boats that fit your needs on http://www.onlyinboards.com
here are a few in particular:
http://onlyinboards.com/Details.aspx?ID=714081 (no pic)
http://onlyinboards.com/Details.aspx?ID=535618
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/boa/278313711.html
http://houston.craigslist.org/boa/275930292.html
http://www.ablboats.com/details.asp?ListingID=71201
on a side not, what is that on the last listing? I've never seen anything like that.
H20skeefreek
02-16-2007, 10:01 AM
It's a "safe-t-top". It holds a net to protect the driver and observer's from handle pops. It must have been before the invention of shock tubes, cause you can't get one anymore.
thanks onlyinboards, I already ask for information on some of those, also next week Jim will send me more options. Thanks again guys
Thought this ETS post over in the "e-bay finds" thread might be of interest (just in case you haven't seen it yet).
I just saw this picture of a 1991 190 for sale at Rambo Marine (www.rambomarine.com). Nice reverse red gel coat. I've only seen one other like it on an early 90s prostar (can't remember who on here has the other one I've seen). Anyway, thought I'd post a picture of it for grins in case anyone was interested. I'm not in any way affiliated with the sale of this boat. Just thought it was nice looking.
I already saw it, but thanks. There are great deals but far from were I can buy them, but im sure i will find something soon.