Erie boat upgrade? 28' Baha

Scam or Stringers are bad.....

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Did someone steal his boat take it to Cleveland and put it on Craigslist?
 

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Why??  Whats so funny?

 
Nothing really funny, just that he had his Baha redone recently. New transom & stringers etc. He'll probably shed some light on the expense and potential problems with that make, model and size. From what I've seen his turned out great and looks nice on the water, but I'm sure it wasn't easy or cheap.
 
That's definately a decent price on that ride, but it's not for the faint of heart or wallet. Not a trailerable (daily anyway) boat, so it's not really for the budget minded among us. I would love it, but wouldn't be able to afford it after the divorce.

Looks like you need a 15 foot net to net eyes!!! That thing stands tall out of the water!!!

Yeah..Any resto is a lot of work....But I was referring to the stringers...Transoms are a pain, especially if it's a mercruiser cause you have to pull the engine and outdrive...

Well boys that boat is a steal IF IT'S NOT ROTTED! I bought my boat for $3500.00 it has twin engines and is the same hull as that one. The catch is I knew it was rotted so Happy Days picked the boat up and gutted it completely and $15,000.00 later in wood and fiberglass repairs, plus new downriggers, planer mast, rod holders, rocket launcher, 2 fish finders with gps, 2 vhf radios, new batteries, battery boxes, waste tank, complete tune ups and rebuild on carbs, new bilge hoses, blower hoses, fuel hoses, water hoses, wash down pump, auto pilot, new bilge pumps and more the boat now cost me almost $30,000.00. Still only have a piece of junk yard trailer th new loadmaster is another $7000.00. So all said and done $35,000-$38,000.
That boat is a good buy for someone who has the desire and facility to tear it apart and rebuild it on there own. 
i would do it again tomorrow, what other hull offers a 7'X8' fishing deck with no motor boxes? The boat is a great fishing boat. that captain probably had a survey done on the boat and it won't pass. charters need that every 5 years to continue the insurance policy. You do need a long net but boy do they handle the water good! 

 
THATS ABOUT WHAT 30 GRAND WILL GET YA!

Wow doug you sure live up to your name..... How is my boat i wanna go fishing

"How is my boat i wanna go fishing".
Good as long as the right oil filters are put in!

If you buy a loadmaster trailer for $7000...I will consider you the absolute dumbest person on this planet...Its like burning money on a steel trailer that will just rot away to nothing.....Bad enough you got $30k in the Baha no sense getting hosed down again...
 
Call up Pirate Marine up, Get yourself a nice Aluminum trailer and save yourself about $2000 bucks...Or give me $7000 ill get you a really nice trailer have it registered and deliver it right to you...
 
 

Wayne 
 
Come look at my trailer when you get a chance its sitting at camp...Loadmaster is FULL OF $HIT....Did they happen to tell you that surge brakes are illegal as well...they fed me the same BS when I called them...they almost scared me away from buying a trailer all together what they wanted!
 
Doesnt support the boat properly? My trailer has I Beam Aluminum with 2 huge solid oak bunks that run right up the stringers...The wheels sit almost dead even with the motor...I also have torsion bar axels, disc brakes on all the wheels, and LED Lights all the way around...
 
I guess Loadmaster They need some kinda sales catch I guess to sell a steel trailer with electric brakes for $7000...I paid $3999.00 for my trailer...They are the Loadmasters feeding you a load of Bull$hit...
 
I am done with my boat now...its fully rigged for the most part, and looks very nice (aside from a gimbal mount...lol)...I have about $27-28k in it plus my time and aggrivation...WITH the trailer (also includes freight, taxes, my dock for the season, and all other BS)....Keep in mind though I had the fishfinder, kicker, and auto-pilot already in stock...Just sold the other boat too so that helps matters out significantly as well...I like the motor box, nice place to sit when running or trolling.
 
NOW....Heres where you'll really be jealous...I ran 2 days for walleye with 5 guys 10-12 miles each way and trolled 6+ hrs a day with the kicker....$100 in fuel for 2 days....Gota love kickers and multi-port fuel injection....Full throttle she will go a touch over 33mph before I trim it out...Im happy!

No my trailer doesnt float...And it pulls very very nice.  You just need to have the hitch a certain height to accomidate the torsion bar axels...
 
I have a Load Rite 5 Star I beam trailer....Fenders are a little cheap on it bout my only complaint, but it works...
 
I would never own a steel trailer...no way no how...

Love mine...only 2 axels...5500 lbs each axle...Works pretty good...

stringers bad? even if the floor is bad woow what a pain ive done stringers and floors and delam hulls and not one was fun nooooooo shot cuts lots of time to do one right well if you had a job its a summer of work been there done that and if alum is bad why do they make planes out of it ??? do not see alot of steel planes over head

Cb be careful some whacko may take that serious. LOL
Why not say my dad will outfish your dad, thats alot less painful, Just sayn'
 
See you at the campground.
 
Leadman, Oh nevermind about the aluminum!