Dropping the Bomb

[67hat34c]

Well as I anticipated, my Father who has been our main benefactor on the boat project is pulling the plug and putting Her up for sale. Dad got re married a few years ago after mom died and has been spending himself silly on her and her shitty family. they are a bunch of beggers and loosers, real trailer trash. The 4 of us are now second fiddle to them and suspect all of his assets will find their way into the pockets of "them".

We have just about gotten the boat to how we want her, I think as do many others that she is one of the finest examples of a 34c around about as close to perfect as a 40yr old boat can be. As many of you know I have poured countless hours, dollars, and everything else into her and now she will be taken away. Well the one saving grace is the market sucks right now, and he does not want to give her away. Suspect a rather high but not unreasonable asking price. Therefore she may be around for a while. However, I am reluctant to spend any more money aside from normal maint. Hard to go over and not want to do stuff, as you know it is addicting.

Well if it sells quicker than anticipated I guess I will have to help my buddy Scott (boatsb) work on his.

Well I could go on but that is just more ranting. No regrets except for the fact that the 15k that I personaly put into it will go towards the trailer trash.

Guess it was nice while it lasted-5years.

 

[MarioG]

Buy it yourself, give your father a modest monthly payment. Tell him he still has acess to the boat. you know as well anyone that there is NO WAY you will have another boat with the same care and quality without spending TIANTIC ammounts of dollars.

on a side note: tell that family that they are invited, but please bring 2 bags of concrete mix and two 5 gal buckets for each person. no shoes required, you will supply the shoes, then take them an a long trip.... (Just kidding, almost)

Sorry to hear it, good luck

 

[neosin]

If you like it that much buy it yourself. Man that just sucks...

 

[Wild Bill]

That is a down home, drop dead gorgeous boat. I concur with the others, step up to the plate and buy the boat. As I recall, your wife and kids enjoyed it. Do it for them, do it for yourself, do it for Scott, do it for me, do it for whatever cocamamy reason you want, just do it.

 

[67hat34c]

he was going to give it to my 2 brothers and I , that was original deal.

as far as buying it , if the other 2 could swing it then I would, cant do it myself, too many other expenses. I put as much into the house, in much larger amounts, as I do the boat. Have 11yr old daughter that the costs are just starting, such as competative cheer leader. this is more than you would think, minimum is 350/month, competition travel and fees ++++. She is damn good at it. she can do a "full" for those of you who know what that is.

16yr old son works so I dont have to support much of his stuff, auto insurance holy cow.

 

[Nick]

Bummer!! AI hope it does not irreparably ruin your family in the long term!!!

Take the high road! Your father will always be your father and siblings will be siblings! The rest....... well who cares.... Your father will realize it one day!

 

[67hat34c]

Man i saw this happen with others when parent dies and the other goes nuts and marries a bimbo or someone parts with their money etc etc. Never saw this comming, dad has always been a rock, highly intelligent etc. Retired areospace engineer. did a fine job saving his money and investing, having no dept etc. now going wild spending money on people that are not even what i consider family. He may realize what he has gotten into but can do nothing about it. Between being brainwashed bythe Catholic Church and being brainwashed by the "thing" he married, he is totaly out of touch with reality. He had to dumb himself way down to relate to them, others outside of the family have noted the same thing.

Moral of the story is be very aware of your parent or relative esp when they are careing for a dying spouse, need to spend extra time with them so they wont try to find it elsewhere, do not think it wont happen to you because it will.

 

[SoKeen]

Pardon me for my crazy suggestion but it might work:

SET HER UP!! Hire a very handsome, sexy male escort. Have him schmooz and romance her into an affair. If she's trash, she'll take the bait real easy. Make him appear like a successful stockbroker. Film it! Show it to dad. He'll happily return to the therapy and tranquility of boating.

OR, on the other hand, find a woman to schmooz your dad away from her!

 

[67hat34c]

i could not get my dog to do that, she is an old bag. best thing i could do is send her cases of cigaretts. Never been a smoker in our family home now dad built her a smoking room, enclosed the patio just for her and her retarded kids(40+yr olds) to have a place to smoke their brains out. Problem is that it stinks the whole house up and dad is having to breath the second hand smoke.

 

[Pascal]

have you tried having a talk with him and your brothers to make him realize how much time and $ you've put in the boat and remind him of his original plan ?

otherwise, there are many ways to make sure a boat doesn't sell... many things can go wrong on a sea trial...

intermittent problems can be very hard to pin point...

 

[krazy8]

I can feel your disappointment , but the 15,000 you spent was also enjoyed by you thru use of the boat , so it is not money lost to the trailer trash , did you ask your father if he would consider reimburesing you the costs you have incurred ? But it is his boat , his money and if what he is doing makes him happy , you'll have to accept it

 

[Jaxfishgyd]

How sad.......

You can pick your friends....Pick your nose....But cannot pick your relatives...

Have O.J. come visit when she's around..... And just tell him to bring one glove....... Or that she has stolen some of his stuff.......

 

[(Nobody You Know)]

Steve,

look, you were and always will be the good son. You did your duty. You supported your father and obviously were a very generous contributor to the success of the boat.

But now it's time to accept that your Dad is free to make his own decisions. Your task at this point is to get a life. Forgive me for being so crass (and seemingly condisending) about it, but you have every reason to be proud of your generosity and contributions in the recent past. But now your only hope for happiness is to channel your anger and energies into things that will make a positive impact on YOUR life and YOUR family.

Nothing wrong with purchasing a small boat and enjoying it, or whatever affordable "thing" that you are able to acquire that enables you and your loved ones to be together and enjoy life. Happiness and enrichment (fortunately) do not hinge on the size of ones toys (or wallet). (Damn son, I still got the same 1965 14' Starcraft aluminum john boat and Sears camping tent I courted my wife in in 1986!)

Detach yourself from the issue of your Dads pursuits, be happy for him if, even for just for a few moments, he thinks he has found some sort of long term bliss (or cheap thrill). Concentrate on making your wife and your daughter the happiest two people on earth. You will never regret it.

Life's full of mysteries. You have considerable control over how things turn out for you and yours.

("F" the gd boat!)

 

[Boatsb]

OK I have the solution. She would probably work out a trade for something she wants. Get her to agree to giving you the boat in exchange for the cargill cutter she would just love to have.

Short of that its a grand a month for the boat ( estimation ) and you have to decide if it's worth it to you and the family. Bob (Wild Bill) and I say it is.

Remember the market sucks. You are looking at a $20K boat maybe less if your dad feels generous. See if he will let you pay him $100.00 a week for 4 years or something like that.

I can say from experience that if it is that important to you find a way. Mine is there to get the kid away from the hood and the cult of competitive after school activities like football and cheerleading. Save the girl now. get her away from them and out on a boat.

 

[Sparky1]

i could not get my dog to do that, she is an old bag. best thing i could do is send her cases of cigaretts. Never been a smoker in our family home now dad built her a smoking room, enclosed the patio just for her and her retarded kids(40+yr olds) to have a place to smoke their brains out. Problem is that it stinks the whole house up and dad is having to breath the second hand smoke.

I hate things like this and have had this happen in my family. I dont get out much since my wife died so may be I can help you if your step mom likes older men and I still smoke like a chimney so may be we would get along but some of my parts dont work as well as they used to. I still have a good imagineation though so it might still work out ha ha. May be you can work a deal with your dad to let you keep the boat and make payments with no or small interest but I think he should at least give you part of the money if he sells it seeing how much you have put into it to make it worth what it is now. Does she drink?

 

[67hat34c]

she has medical issues out the ying yang, drinks like a fish, smokes like a coal fire power plant, eats fatty foods, candy etc. problem the old bitch is too nasty to die.

guys , dad is going to ask what will be considered a ridiculous price 75k. he said he does not want to give it away. well at that figure all he will get are tire kickers and I dont want the on board f ing it all up and scuffing the thing boarding her. everyone will want to look, she is parked right in front of the bar at the marina, first slip so there will be alot of curious lookers. Will make sure the broker knows not to just let people trample over it and showings will be by appointment with us being notified.

If dad pays for the materials, I will finish everthing that I wanted to complete. finish painting bilge, replace water heater, re finish saloon and a few minor things. Bottom is due so that will have to be done.

Yacht world has a few gassers like ours and they are asking low prices. however the boats are in poor condition. the diesels for sale are mostly in fair condition, no where near what ours is in. they have prices between 80 and 100k,,, of course selling is another issue. the guy with the gasser for 105k is out of his mind and been for sale for at least 4yrs. the boat looks like total ass.

 

[Boatsb]

Steve,

worst case scenario you are always welcome on my boat. I have seen how well you maintained your vessel and will always have room aboard for someone who puts so much of themselves into a boat.

You don't even have to bring your tools.