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I can't believe I bought it!!!!!

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djn
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Initially Posted - 04/16/2007 : 17:33:15

Hi All, did you ever look at something on eBay and say to yourself, "I'd buy it for XXX" and make a real low ball bid knowing full well that you would be outbid......well that happened to me this morning and 30 minutes ago I became the new owner of the Catalina C27. My wife is going to blow a gasket. Cheers.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=290104305518&rd=1,1#ebayphotohosting

Dennis
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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 04/16/2007 : 17:43:47

Dennis: I HATE to break this to you, but the dinette is on STARBOARD!! Now you're going to blow a gasket! How're you getting her home from MD?

Congratulations! ...I think...

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/16/2007 : 17:57:29

One thing about dennis - he doesn't stick around to dote over something.

Shoot first ask questions later ...

Congratulations on your newest.

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djn
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Response Posted - 04/16/2007 : 18:05:52

Hi Dave, Believe me, I thought long and hard about the starboard dinette, but I figured that, for the bid I put in, I was never going to win anyhow. I am not so much worried about the dinette as I am my wife...... An old lumberjack I worked with once told me "better to keep 'em pissed out, that way you don't have a problem with a split personality" The one bid I got so far for shipping is $1250.00 If I had a trailer to use I would go get it myself.

Hi Duane, I say it is better to ask forgiveness then permission. Cheers.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/16/2007 : 18:25:30

Good goin' Dennis...Amazing how things come to be!

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 04/16/2007 : 18:25:39

Duane... He's gonna be out there calling "Starboard!" when he's on port, jibing when he calls a tack,... By his own earlier admission, his brain is gonna be scrambled!

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djn
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Response Posted - 04/16/2007 : 18:28:14

It will make live more interesting. What does an insomniac, dyslexic, atheist do.....Lie in bed wake all night wondering if there is a Dog. Cheers.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/16/2007 : 18:59:50

it is easier to beg for permission than ask for permission

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 04/16/2007 : 20:32:08

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Duane Wolff
 it is easier to beg for permission than ask for permission<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Duane: Is the Ebay gambit a sign that you don't yet have permission?

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 04/16/2007 20:32:35

Oscar
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 : 07:59:44

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">it is easier to beg for permission than ask for permission<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Thought that was "it is easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission."

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 : 09:17:20

Dennis, you are going to love the head room. You know how to deal with old boats so you will end up with a beautiful little yacht.
As for wives, I am old school, she only gets to vote on houses and that is from the list I provide, other than that she is grateful for my wisdom and benevolence.

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 : 09:27:41

Hey Frank, long time no read. Eh, does the wife read this forum?

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 : 10:44:56

Obviously Not!

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existentialsailor
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 : 10:58:18

I wish you the best with this Dennis.

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dblitz
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 : 11:29:45

Dennis,
Are you also going to be working on the wooden boat you were getting? The one your brother-in-law was going to work on the engines for you?
If you are, all I can say is WOW.

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 : 12:22:15

Sounds like he may be LIVING on this....

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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 : 21:13:12

djn is on his way to getting a C34 -- darn, Frank and Gerry just can't sem to get the dinette in djn's "correct" position. Why they keep moving it is beyond me...

I just can't wait for Dennis to tell us how much more room there is in a C25 than a C27 down below...

Edited by - Stu Jackson C34 on 04/18/2007 21:13:51

esailor
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 : 21:23:44

OK I give why does Dennis have starboard dinette phobia? Some kind of freak starboard accident as a child.

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djn
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 : 21:50:10

Hi esailor, no accident, just a thing with me. It just looks and feels TOTALLY wrong. But I guess I will have to live with it. I got the boat for 1,135.00 so I will learn to live with it. As for the 45' motorsailer, that is going in the back yard and when launched (2015) will be pristein.

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