I bought a decent boat via that site a long time ago.
POF, or Craigs?
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twas craigslist back in the day when it was new and anything could happen. So I scrutinised the picture of the boat and was pretty sure I knew basically where it was, so I went to the marina I thought it was, snuck in, wandered around and found it. I went over it pretty thoroughly and found it was totally worth what he was asking in my opinion, and I would call him. I figured I could get there early and just watch to see if he looked super shady or something.
Well, he was actually totally cool and I gave him money and he gave me title to boat, and tossed in a pretty damned nice Avon dinghy with no title at no extra charge. He was a helmsman on a Catalina Express boat. Maybe he still is.
Good times. Jeez, speaking of, I should get off my ass and go do some more sanding and varnishing with what daylight there is left!
I scored a 1966 Islander 30' sloop off Craigs here in Hawaii back in 07, I painted and fixed and replaced and and...had so much fun (and so many beers) on that boat. Then my methhead cousin trashed it, and I sold it. One of the saddest days of my life. RIP KoolThing.
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