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niiiiiceeee!!!!! I will be on the market for something like that in the very bear future... May I ask for some pictures of the cabin??? how much does it weight??? What truck are you using to pull that boat on a trailer??? Thanks!!!

I liked separate. personal preference...I'm not really strong on electronics issues, so it's less to sort thru...

I completely agree with both quotes... IMO I would like to have the sandbar in here and not have to go to other forum. Actually thats the reason I do not visit this sandbar, but I frequently visit the sandbar on THaT other site....call me lazy if you want... but what makes the sandbar what it is, it's in my opinion the same content that you propose to regulate if you bring it here, which would kill the very essence of the sandbar Also, I think that Mr. Paul is right on the nail.... Too much too the Right and the forum gets boring, lets face it there's only soo many boating topics to discuss. After a while it gets repetitive. Too much to the Left, and you have MAYHEM!!!! I think that right now reelboating is toward the center but leaning heavily to the right.... IMO: Having areas one the rigth, and areas on the left, would bring the forum to the center and anybody can pick and choose which areas to visit. some kind of "to each their own" thing, and you do not exclude anybody.

YEP thats the first one I looked!!!! and noticed the same things... the stringer thing was on both sides, and the broker tried to made it a non important thing..... I also noticed the deck paint peeling of, and the paint job was scaryly awfull... it also had some nicks at the bow, that according to the broker were from "hitting" the main boat. The engines did not impresed me either.....

I looked at a couple of those.. There was 1998 on pompano from beaver and one on ft lauderdale from another broker.... Why???

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I did the search on THaT forum and found a couple of negative comments, but very old ones... does anybody have experience dealing with Gary Beaver?? He has an intrepid that I like but some things did not added up...

I second Wisesales!!!! I think that I dealt with Ed(???) some time ago, when we did a power buy for honda genies at THT... the guy was really helpfull, and everybody was happy. I think to remember that Wisesaled honored the power buy price to a guy, LOOOOONG after the power buy was done..

I strongly agree with you on the recycling issue. BUT This culture is completely different to any other culture on the world, mainly because of the purchasing power we have. I came from a 3rd world country, where you HAVE to recycle, because NEW it's either TOO EXPENSIVE or it does not get there because its imported. You would not imagine the things I've seen done to cars, boats, homes, equipment, you name it!!!! I've heard that CUBA is still using 1960 Russian cars!!! and they keep recycling them. The good thing about that it's that your brain gets used to find alternatives all the time, gets more flexible, and you get used to think "outside the box". My father used to tell me "necessity is the mother of all the abilities" But here it does not work like that... I brought that "fix everything over and over" mentality to this country and soon realized that its not cost effective. To follow with your example on the lawn mower.... when I bought my home I got a small yard to mow. My financial situation was not the best, so I got me a lawn mower on a garage sale. That stupid thing drove me crazy!!! It took me forever to mow my grass, because every time i use it I had to do something else to it.... the self propel thing never worked and I had to push the stupid thing, so I had to work most of my Sunday on the yard and was totally soar on Monday when I had to go to work, cursing myself and asking where the hell went the weekend. I finally got tired, went to home depot and got me a new one. Never a single problem again. What it used to be a nightmare before and used to take forever, now its a fairly enjoyable task. Now, the new mower is so much smother, "really" self propelled, and easy to start, that while I'm doing the edges, my wife is mowing. Some times is not really cost effective to keep fighting, and in the long term, the time, money, effort invested in fixing is not worth it. The down side is that the brain gets LAZY, and at one point you prefer not to THINK, because it's easier to go to HD and buy new instead of wondering and solving a minor (or major) problem. Also some times the resources needed to fix and old boat (for example) does not guarantee that you will not have problems with some other thing in the near future, and you keep fixing and fixing and fixing. JMO...

I heard very bad things about the Concepts construction quality, but no personal experience so do not quote my on that one.

Kerno: I concur with you on the console access. that was one of the main reasons why I went with the contender console when I did my Scarab. BIG, TALL and OPEN. But on the 356 that I looked at yesterday, it had a big door on the front lower part of the console right in front of the helm seat. I peak inside the console and there was TONS of space for stuff. the access to it will be tricky because you basically will have to lay on your back, slide in the console and then sit. uncomfortable? yes, but it looked very possible. I wonder if a door could be cut on the front of the console to access the electronics easier. If I remember correctly theres only some cooler under the seat and thats it..... We are mainly, cruisers... then ammateur divers, and ocasionally we fish... what I'm trying to say is that we are closer to spill chocolate milk on the deck than any fish blood!!!!!!!! Closer to the barbie or sponge bob rod/reel combo than the Penn Senator

I looked at a 323 and a 356 today. I shouldn't had!!!!I looked at the 35 first and then I went to see the 32 and it looked tiny.. when in reallity it is not!!!! Mandy: thanks a lot for all your input... I'm thinking really hard about the 356. I can't take it out of my mind now. Let me ask you something, is your fresh water intake under an inspection cap under the helm seat??? it looked like a very odd and uncomfortable place to put the fresh water fill.. Could you ask your friend about what fuel economy # he is gettin??? with what engines??? Could you post your # too??? Thanks!!! Also talked to Joe Brennar at Intrepid... What a COOL guy, he spent considerable time with me talking about the intrepids and a particular hull (a 323 2001) I was looking at. Not only that, he also sent me pictures of the boat from when it left the factory and also sent me the original sea trial!!!!

thanks for the reply... I was going to bring it BTT... If everything goes ok, I will be able to reduce my trailering A LOT, except for the ocasional trip to the keys twice or 3 time a year or less, but still it's going to be a factor to concider.... do you have any idea whats the weigth on the trailer of your 32??? what about your friends 356?? I thougth that the kevlar hull was standard at a time, but I may be wrong. I understand that this are ver sturdy and well constructed hulls, can anybody comment on this?? Is there any wood on these boats??? It seems that the final decision will be between bigger/older or smaller/newer

Most things being equal (electronics, engines, etc..).... Is there any major difference in ride or hull characteristics between a 1995-6 Intrepid 356 Cuddy Cabin and a 2001 Intrepid 32 cuddy cabin?? I mean, is there any major improvement or change in construction, layout or materials between 95-96 and 2001??? are these hulls still made with Kevlar??? I would appreciate any other info Thanks..

I'm very bad at forecasting weather, so I was wondering if my fellow boaters could help me out... Want to take a friend to some of the shallow reefs at John Pennekamp tomorrow or Sunday for some shallow hookah dives, but I do not want to drive all the way there to find harsh sea conditions and have to turn around. The buoy at molases reef says.. Station MLRF1 NDBC Location: 25.010N 80.38W Conditions as of: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:00:00 UTC Winds: SW (220°) at 6.0 kt gusting to 6.0 kt Atmospheric Pressure: 29.92 in and falling Air Temperature: 84.0 F Water Temperature: 85.1 F Is this good? bad? or what??? can anybody help me out....

And here you can see the power head in action... http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine1.htm