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SALTY SAILOR
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Initially Posted - 02/20/2003 :  20:47:45  Show Profile
GENTLEMAN,
SINCE I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT INFLATABLES I NEED YOUR HELP. THERE IS ONE FOR SALE ON EBAY. IT IS AN OMC BRAND AND NEEDS SOME TLC. TO WHAT EXTENT CAN INFLATABLES BE CLEANED,REPAIRED, REVIVED, ETC ? IS THIS ONE WORTH BIDDING ON OR WOULD IT BE MORE WORK THAN IT IS WORTH ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2404110371&category=26434
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 02/20/2003 :  20:59:29  Show Profile
Here are the particulars,

<img src="http://ebay2.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_a12954e0463243c421517b373cf29e36/i-1.JPG" border=0>

<b>OMC Exprss 8ft Inflatable Boat No Reserve!!</b>


You are bidding on a early 90's model OMC Express Inflatable Boat. This dingy is a project boat and is in need of some minor repair. The tubes hold air well but there are a few leaks.The floor has seperation and can easily be fixed with the included patch kit. I have an extra kit with rubber material for patching I will include. Otherwise the boat is great just needs a little love and time.

Retail on the boat is $1200.00


Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b2cc32b3127cce92e981259d130000001010" border=0>
Cradled on the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie


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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 02/21/2003 :  08:59:58  Show Profile
The first question to ask: Is this dinghy HYPALON or PVC? If it is PVC, forget it! A 10 year old PVC dinghy will be more trouble than it is worth. The PVC will likely be brittle, especially if it has been exposed to gasoline, and difficult to patch or repair. If the boat is Hypalon, and you can get it for less than $300, it's possibly worth it. Just keep in mind that you would be buying the boat sight-unseen and having to judge it's condition based on a couple of photographs. If it is really in sad condition, you might have to spend so much time and $$$ to recondition it that you will wish you had bought a new one. Also, an 8' dinghy is really small when you actually sit down in it. My Apex dink is a 10' model and I wish I had bought a 12' or 13' model. My 10-footer is barely enough for two people in calm water; in any kind of chop, or with 3 people aboard, you have to slow to a crawl or water just pours in over the bow.

Larry Charlot
Catalina 25 #1205 "Quiet Time"
Sacramento, CA
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 02/21/2003 :  14:11:21  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
I need a dinghy and wouldn't bid on this one at any price. It's leaking and the floor is seperated.

As to size, I had a 8 foot West Marine dinghy with a 5 HP Johnson 2 stroke on my year long cruise. Not a RIB. This dinghy was used every day with 4 people, a dog, supplies, fishing stuff, snorkeling gear, anchor and line, and more. It worked great. It would plane whenever I was not aboard! (Weight distribution is critical). It was my wife's boat - she always started the motor and took the tiller. I drove the big one. The key to making room on board is to throw away the inflatable thwart seat and don't look back.

I made a canvas cover for the bow so that there was a dry spot to carry groceries. We used to run this thing for 5 miles or more in all kinds of weather. This was our "car" for the year. We used about a gallon of 2 stroke gas per month. By the way, carry a handheld VHF.

I don't think my family needed any more length. If I had the money, next time I would buy an 8 foot RIB and go with a 9.9 HP motor so even I could plane it.


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10timesSaltier
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Response Posted - 02/21/2003 :  18:20:49  Show Profile
Jim,

I'd like to hear about your one year cruise...in your catalina 25?



Brian.
Great Salt Lake (10-times saltier than the ocean)
"SAFARI", C25 TR-FK #2275
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 02/23/2003 :  21:04:00  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
No, our one year cruise was on a powerboat, a 35' semi-trawler. We shipped her by land from San Diego to Milwaukee, then cruised the Great Lakes, Trent-Severn canal, Erie Canal, Hudson river, New Jersey, Chesapeak, Potomac to Washington DC, ICW south to Key Largo, and then 3 months in the Bahamas. 5000 miles total. No accidents or breakdowns I couldn't fix. Home schooling on board. The works. Sold the boat in Florida because we wanted to switch to sail. We would go again in a heartbeat!

The whole trip is on line at http://www.indiscipline.org including lots of photos and my log. Plus photos of the next Indiscipline. The "new" Indiscipline is a 1978 Catalina 25 - we are switching to sail and a more simple crusing life.

After about the next 10 years on a Catalina 25 and sailing everywhere possible in Southern California while getting my girls through college, I am thinking of getting a Westsail 32 (or similar) and heading out again.
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