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Old 24 September 2018, 07:45 AM   #1
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The Rolex of Boats???

Very off topic!!! I took my unrestored 34-year-old Donzi out today (wearing a Deepsea). Like Rolex, they built this thing to last!
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Old 24 September 2018, 07:49 AM   #2
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Real Miami Vice motif there.


But boats, like planes, the value is not in the haul, but the motors.
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Old 24 September 2018, 07:55 AM   #3
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They say the two best days of owning a boat are; "the day you buy it, and the day you sell it".
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Old 24 September 2018, 07:57 AM   #4
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Love it! I also have a whole in the water . . . .
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Old 24 September 2018, 08:00 AM   #5
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They say the two best days of owning a boat are; "the day you buy it, and the day you sell it".


So like..marriage?
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Old 24 September 2018, 08:03 AM   #6
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Nice boat. What you running in it?

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Old 24 September 2018, 08:04 AM   #7
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Love it! I also have a whole in the water . . . .
Ditto.
I actually have 2 with another on the way.

I assume we understand what B.O.A.T means
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Old 24 September 2018, 08:04 AM   #8
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Very off topic!!! I took my unrestored 34-year-old Donzi out today (wearing a Deepsea). Like Rolex, they built this thing to last!
Stunning boat
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Old 24 September 2018, 09:02 AM   #9
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I have a boat too and enjoy it. There is another saying, "if it Flys, F.... KS, or Floats, you should rent it."



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Old 24 September 2018, 09:02 AM   #10
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Love Donzis since my youth. Great boats; I was hoping it was going to have twin 210s!!! I was thinking it was going to be Chris Craft however!!
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Old 24 September 2018, 09:09 AM   #11
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Boat stands for: break out another thousand!


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Old 24 September 2018, 10:41 AM   #12
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Chris Craft.
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Old 24 September 2018, 11:02 AM   #13
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I remember those, rode in my friends once and magnum marines as well. Cool stuff.. Used to party at the Gar Wood mansion. Crazy parties there.

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Old 24 September 2018, 12:04 PM   #14
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Make that ten thousand.
Inflation you know
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Old 24 September 2018, 12:23 PM   #15
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Great topic ! I just wrote the check last week for another Yellowfin CC. I’ve had a couple of them in the past but my last boat was a Grady White. Nothing but good things to say about the Grady but Yellowfin is a better fit for how I use a boat. Now comes the fun part, getting it rigged and ready for fall fishing!
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Old 24 September 2018, 12:49 PM   #16
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Great topic ! I just wrote the check last week for another Yellowfin CC. I’ve had a couple of them in the past but my last boat was a Grady White. Nothing but good things to say about the Grady but Yellowfin is a better fit for how I use a boat. Now comes the fun part, getting it rigged and ready for fall fishing!
One of my friends just picked his up! He has the twin 400’s and it is AWESOME!!!
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Old 24 September 2018, 12:53 PM   #17
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Old 24 September 2018, 04:37 PM   #18
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The Rolex of Boats???

That would be a Bertram.
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Old 24 September 2018, 05:40 PM   #19
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RIVA....ovviamente!
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Old 24 September 2018, 05:49 PM   #20
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I owned one, never again.
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I have some mates who race yachts.

They tell me it’s like standing in a cold shower tearing up $100 bills.

Have had a few boats over the years but the time factor when organising a fishing trip is a killer.
But there are compensations.
These were plucked off the bottom at the weekend in Western Australia plus 10 kg of filleted fish in the freezer.
Son A is cleaning them up for a feed.

The boat is a Haines 565l. Not sure of the pusher but around 115.
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Old 24 September 2018, 09:11 PM   #22
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Old 25 September 2018, 12:17 AM   #23
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I have a boat too and enjoy it. There is another saying, "if it Flys, F.... KS, or Floats, you should rent it."

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