Jump to content
Welcome to the Reel Boating Forum.
From Trailer Boaters to Captains to Marine Industry Professionals, the Reel Boating Forum welcomes you to join in with other boaters and fishermen discussing topics including sportfishing, marine electronics, boating safety, boat engines and more.
Use our FREE boat classifieds to sell your boat or fishing gear.
Marine Industry Vendors are also welcome to register a username and freely post their products or services

Erie Skipper

Registered
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    94

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Erie Skipper

  6. Buying a Used Boat

    in Boating and Fishing Discussion

    Posted

    Brokers are governed by laws to provide you with free and clear titles; but make sure they escrow the dollars pending producing said clear title--or better yet maybe you should escrow the dollars at a bank of the sellers choice; might work with a private sale as well. Arrange so the dollars are only released once a clear title has been provided and signed off lien free.

    • Like 1

  11. Hello?

    in Boating and Fishing Discussion

    Posted

    Well helloo there Sea Bob & Erie Skipper. I was just asked to jump on this forum by a client and low and behold - here you two are! Dosen't seem to "busy" here or is it just me?

    Hi Joe: don't visit this one all that often and been out of town in fla for a few weeks; this forum is a little more calm and friendly if you get what I mean; but then that's also why it is a little more dormant as well.

  14. Hello?

    in Boating and Fishing Discussion

    Posted

    Yep back is on the mends since my two surgeries. I had titanium pins put in both pelvis to the SI joint. now finishing up physical therapy. Doing fantastic. Can't wait to hit Erie this fall. I'll call you when I head that way.

    I'll look forward to it!

    • Like 1

  16. What got you started into Boating?

    in Boating and Fishing Discussion

    Posted

    Ok, I'll go first. Maybe it was watching Sea Hunt with my Dad; Lloyd Bridges boat was too cool with the outriggers and all. Maybe it was Flipper; maybe it was all the old war movies I watched with my brother about the Navy. But what really sticks in my mind is going to Sandusky, Ohio and, while my Mother shopped she'd give me 50 cents to go and ride the ferry boats back and forth to Cedar Point amusement park. I'd even get to steer the boat on days that they weren't real busy.

    Later we bought a home on the river and that finally iced the cake for me---what about all of you?

    • Like 1

  17. Hello?

    in Boating and Fishing Discussion

    Posted

    Ah my old buddy Erie Skipper! How've ya been? Haven't heard from you in a long time. I finally got my back pains under control now to get my bank account in a good place and I'll be hitting Erie again reel soon!

    Hi David; been a while. Hope your back is good enough for Erie; the walleye have turned back on, no algea at all and the perch bite is definitely going well; it's that time of year; get here soon!

    • Like 1

  20. Thinking of buying a Bayliner 275

    in Boating and Fishing Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Erie Skipper

    For years Bob, they were the number one boat builder in the world, as you know, and I believe they are still number 2 to Sea Ray in terms of sheer numbers. There are bound to be a few detractors like you see herein when there are that many boats out there. Salespeople have been running them down for years just because they couldn't value compete any other way; and that is really the main reason so many people who have no clue as to the quality of the product cast stones. You tell someone often enough something is bad, they begin to believe it.

  23. Thinking of buying a Bayliner 275

    in Boating and Fishing Discussion

    Posted

    Erie, you're right in one respect in that I have not been in a bilgeliner factory in some years, 2002, in fact and then, they were still chopper gun boats with the exception of the first and last layers. They were poorly-built, poorly-equipped, low-end production boats and, given their low price point even today, are no more than introduction boats at best. You ASSume that I think that's a bad thing, but I do not. If you understand what you are buying, great, go for it. The OP is talking about a 2005 boat. IMO, he'd merely be inheriting someone else's end-of-life boat problems. They were and still are a low-end product. If that bothers you, well, that's life...

    CMP

    I can see that you are certain of yourself so I'll allow you to remain that way. Bilgeliner? ASSume? cute.

  24. Thinking of buying a Bayliner 275

    in Boating and Fishing Discussion

    Posted

    I'd look into something else. They are chopper gun boats, easy entry price but not well built, well laid out, well appointed. Keep looking...

    CMP

    Chopper gun boat? Says who? It's built right alongside the Sea Rays and has been for a while. And, by the way, the first thing you see hanging at the head of the layup line in every boat builder I have ever visited is a chopper gun.

    Your remark tells me you have not been in a build facility or you wouldn't describe the process in that manner.

    The "skin coat" is applied to the gelcoat, which is the first layer into the mold, with the chopper gun.

    Bayliner is as good a boat as any; does it lack gingerbread like a Sea Ray has? Sure; but it shares windshields, cabin applications, hardware and engines and drives with the very same Sea Ray and both are owned by Brunswick. Your chopper gun story is a worn out old wives tale used in the eighties by salespeople who had no clue how to sell against a value based builder--hence the terminology of "chopper gun boat"

×
×
  • Create New...