[quote=tdsurf]Well....here is what happened. I made a decision and went for the Supercat. drove 3 hours got there at 9am. The boat was apparently sitting for several years along with a Nacra 5.8 sitting maybe longer with crushed hulls due to snow load on trailer and a monohull on blocks. I looked at the SC17 and there were vertical stress cracks in the port hull from under the forward cross member to the bottom of hull. Then go to the other side to find a horizontal crack about 8" long side of the hull between the stays and the forward crossmember. I press the hull and hear crunching sounds. The guy looks at me and says....oh thought that was just a scratch.....I f#cking hate stupid d-bags. The guy knows I was driving 3 hours you would think he would be straight up about the condition. So off I go. Drive down the street and call the woman selling the H17 sport and tell her Im running late then drive another 3 hours further north to see that boat. I show up and find the H17 Sport in near mint condition, fresh water boat very lightly sailed. I knew the sails were going to be delimitated and was prepared for that but as she pulled out the sails from the garage she also pulls out a sail bag and boom and say "oh, this is a racing sail we never used.....I almost fell over. So I quickly pulled out the cash and hooked up the trailer and drove 6 hours home. What a day, but one HELL of a find. Im actually glad it turned out this way. I love the look of the H17 and can't wait to take her out.
On the way home I also sold an old set of H16 sails to a guy which we arranged for $300. The H17 was $1000 so I actually got it for $700.....Im a happy man!![/quote]
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