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Tropic Star Boat for sale
Posted: Sep 29th, '10, 19:22
by captbone
http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/boa/1979937825.html
My question is why is it for sale? Are they getting rid of it because the FBSF is better suited for there duty?
Isnt this the one one?
Posted: Sep 29th, '10, 20:30
by In Memory Walter K
My guess it's a combination of the Sportsfisherman suiting their standard Captain/2 mates operation better and the Isuzu engines being different from what all the other boats have.
Posted: Sep 29th, '10, 22:27
by In Memory of Vicroy
It has been used as a standby boat for a while and when I was there a few weeks ago was told they were shipping another FBSF from Texas down that week to be customized to match the rest of the fleet. The Bahia was not used on a regular basis and Walt hit the nail on the head - the FBSF, as customized by TSL, is the ideal boat for them.....and one reason the place runs so smoothly is all the boats are identically laid out so the captains and mates know exactly where everything is. The engines are mostly DD 4-53s with a few exceptions and my feeling is they are zeroing in on the 4 cyl. John Deere 150 hps for ultimate replacements for the 4-53s as the parts for the 53s get harder and harder to obtain.
The fleet size of 16 is pretty much the max they can maintain in the middle of the jungle, and its amazing they can do it so well. A swap out.
UV
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 07:34
by Bertramp
Bahia Mars ... you flybridge folks always treat us like "red haired step children" !! :-D
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 09:49
by mike ohlstein
Don't be silly. You're the blond haired step children.
The B28 guys are the red heads.......
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 10:53
by Jack
And what does that make a 28 Bahia Mar owner?
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 10:55
by CaptPatrick
Jack wrote:And what does that make a 28 Bahia Mar owner?
Strawberry blonde...
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 14:15
by kipp
Hate to ask, but what does that make the owner of a B31 center console with outboards?????
Kipp
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 14:26
by In Memory Walter K
Topless.
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 15:57
by Dug
Depending on a few key qualifications, topless can be a wonderful thing...
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 16:42
by Bruce
topless can be a wonderful thing...
Never seen a female 31 owner so you must be into man boobs..............
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 16:53
by Brewster Minton
I saw one once in Point Judeth. So there is one.
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 17:07
by Bertramp
Sorry .... I think I initiated this thread on the road to degradation
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 18:51
by randall
it happens....i can think of at last one female 31 owner.
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 19:02
by Raybo Marine NY
Bertramp wrote:Sorry .... I think I initiated this thread on the road to degradation
the dirty talk started when someone mentioned outboards
Im a fan of the moppies, express, and sedans myself- maybe because I never see them and they have sleek look about them
Posted: Sep 30th, '10, 19:40
by In Memory Walter K
It's the hull...everything else is personal taste. I wouldn't walk away from any of them.