OMG Who would buy this?

Chattwake · Posted: Dec 20, 2009 12:41 pm Post subject: OMG Who would buy this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/American-Offshore-Cat-Deckboat-525efi-80mph_W0QQitemZ320462681428QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPower_Motorboats?hash=item4a9d107554

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

Apparently everyone at Havasu.... Wink

NKCrider · Posted: Dec 20, 2009 2:12 pm Post subject:

not for 85 grand i wouldnt

kyle f · Addict Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 835 City: Norris Lake

Its a useful speed boat. Not my cup of tea, but a lot of people on my lake love them speed boats, and for a guy who loves them but needs a family hauler so his wife will let him have a boat. This seems to be the ticket.

Jensen · Posted: Dec 20, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject:

Definitely a Havasu boat, hate those boats. Loud and annoying

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

Ditch that paint job, and make it more clean and classy, yes. If I had enough money to buy my Viking, Sailboat, Malibu, and houseboat first.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

most white trash thing i've seen today. and i was in florida this morning.

Craig-R · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Posts: 1676

it's not fast, and it handles like stuff because it's a cat.. the place i used to work at bought one so they could give tours and it is god-awful

Sinkoumn · Posted: Dec 20, 2009 9:09 pm Post subject: Re: OMG Who would buy this?

Tbonez · Posted: Dec 21, 2009 4:28 am Post subject:

I would love to have that boat...I wouldnt pay 80k for it but if it was 20k I would do it. To me it fills a perfect hole in the boat market..90% of the time I am on the water I find myself in a cove soaking up the sun or floating around the boat on a raft. I used to wakeboard most of the time but my little girl is too small for my wife to drive the boat, watch the little girl and try to keep an eye on me while I wakeboard. In as much as I am not fond of the graphics that boat would be perfect for what I use a boat for these days. It has enough power to be fun, enough space to pack people on it and stability for when the lake gets busy.

Chattwake · Posted: Dec 21, 2009 5:24 am Post subject:

Sinkoumn,

Watched that movie yesterday.

kyle f · Addict Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 835 City: Norris Lake

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

a family or a gaggle of bleached, implanted, and vacuous bikini clad bimbos. Either one.

ridininmd · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 1231

kyle f · Addict Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 835 City: Norris Lake

LS1_SE7EN · Criminal Joined: 17 Jul 2009 Posts: 92 City: Chattanooga

First thing that comes to mind is that some family in the sticks won the lottery and picked this up in place of their pontoon with a 9 hp Johnson on it.

kyle f · Addict Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 835 City: Norris Lake

kent2010 · Soul Rider Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 281 City: Needles

definately everyone in havasu and the colorado river

beretta5spd · Posted: Dec 22, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: OMG Who would buy this?

Tbonez · Posted: Dec 22, 2009 5:57 pm Post subject:

It's "cool" to be an individual right up until the point you actually stop being like everyone else... Laughing

nmballa · Posted: Dec 22, 2009 6:48 pm Post subject:

My buddies uncle just had a boat built that looks very much like that. Too funny. I'm not a fan either.

Ohioboarder · Addict Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 520 City: Over there

looks like fun to me... C'm-on..... front swim platform, rear boarding ladder... look its even called a BOARDING ladder how could you miss that ??? Rolling Eyes

and just think how much air you could get off of the rooster tail...... and think about it, it has TWO hulls that means FOUR wakes!!!!! Razz

Slap a tower on that bitch and hold on Shocked

Chattwake · Posted: Dec 23, 2009 6:42 am Post subject:

All I'm saying is that it's ugly as stuff. Why wouldn't you just go buy a fountain or a baja if you're looking for speed, fake tits, and loud noises. While I agree that people who don't know anything about wakeboarding lose their minds when they find out what these boats cost, at least our boats look awesome, and not like something a four year old on crack with a pack of crayons drew on a refrigerator.

kyle f · Addict Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 835 City: Norris Lake

jonyb · Addict Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 844 City: Paducah

I can't believe all the replies about that boat. Just because it's not "your cup of tea", doesn't mean it's just for the white trash... that's harsh, but what else would I expect from this crowd?

Those boats aren't Havasu only. There's 2 of them on KY Lake. Why would'nt you buy a Fountain? 1 of the owners of these boats here had a 42' fountain. He bought the 32' Party Cat and is much happier. Open deck boats are more and more popular these days. I've had a couple Baja boats and hated all of them now that I've got an open-bow boat. All of that cabin space is just a waste. It's too hot to be in there in the summer, and you can't sleep in it because the mosquito's will pack you off.

Bottom line is, those boats ARE other people's hobbies. There is more to boating that wakeboats and tower speakers. Sure, they get annoying, but not any more annoying than the harley's that pass my house with no exhaust, with the throttle pinned down like their fast....

BTW, the Malibu dealer in Nashville TN also sells these Advantage boats. They try to please more than 1 crowd.