My 28 with twin 502's needs to go NOW. $20k FIRM.

[baddogz28]

http://www.seriousoffshore.com/classifieds/index.php?page=out&id=255


Yeah, so I need to pay my bills. She's gotta go. Open to interesting trades + cash of 24' Pantera or other offshore boat around that size to conform to my shrinking budget.

Chris

630.379.7169

[Dude! Sweet!]

Good luck. Now is a very rough time to be looking down the barrel of a "must sell" situation. I hope it works out for you...

[baddogz28]

No kidding. Thank god I have a desireable boat or I'd be f'd.

[Buoy]

There you go Sean, you don't have a twin in the stable.

Good luck on the sale Chris.

[Expensive Date]

Boat is a steal at that price

[baddogz28]

Thanks guys, I think it is too. My price whore ads on the various sites are generating some action, I think she'll be gone quickly.

[Perlmudder]

i wish i didnt have school debt...

[JO - PANTERABOAT]

Great deal for someone.

JO

[djmadmatt]

Here's mine. I want to step up to a 28. My girl wants a Porto poti. Oh and yeah ... She wants some Green Eyes too. Now susposedly, If she gets Green Eyes, I get something ON DEMAND any time I want it.

http://www.seriousoffshore.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6585

[baddogz28]

Here's mine. I want to step up to a 28. My girl wants a Porto poti. Oh and yeah ... She wants some Green Eyes too. Now susposedly, If she gets Green Eyes, I get something ON DEMAND any time I want it.

http://www.seriousoffshore.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6585

Hahaha. That's funny.

That's probably older than I wanted and I did want to stay with a pantera... Here's what i'm looking at: Selling my boat for $20k and giving Love Machine $12k for his boat.

So, I'll have eight g left over and I'll get the boat I want... Your deal would probably have to be sweeter bc I wanna stay with a Pantera. PM me with an offer and we'll see if we can put something together.

[baddogz28]

Great deal for someone.

JO

Thanks Jo, love the boat but my finances dictate I go to a 24 Pantera. :ack2:

I'm looking forward to staying in the family though... Got caught in some 8-10's last summer on Lake Michigan and she handled like a champ... Guys in 38 Top Guns were turning around and we went right on through 14 miles of the ruff stuff from East Chicago, IN to Chicago. :USA:

[Dude! Sweet!]

There you go Sean, you don't have a twin in the stable.

Good luck on the sale Chris.

The o/b boat has twins... And heck there's still a possibility that the 28 will end up rigged with a pair of smallblocks after all... Stranger things have happend.

Good luck Chris! Hope it works out for you.

[Pantera24]

How about my 24 from 1980?
In great condition.
The boat is in Sweden.... But i will pay the shipping :)

[rchevelle71]

The o/b boat has twins...
Good luck Chris! Hope it works out for you.

Twin yamahas dont count:sifone:

[baddogz28]

How about my 24 from 1980?
In great condition.
The boat is in Sweden.... But i will pay the shipping :)

Nice looking boat. PM sent.

[Shawn]

I Don't want to lead you on, because I can't commit to anything for a couple weeks, but take a look at my 24 on page 3 of the owners gallery on the Pantera sight. 1980 330 TRS. Mechancally real good. Black with eyes! Any interest in a swap? I'm only 3 hours away (2 by Pantera)! My wife wants another foot of beam!

Shawn

[baddogz28]

Shawn, that boat is sharp as hell man. If I still have it, I would be interested in a trade plus $$$ deal on yours. It's looking like it'll be gone this weekend as I have a bunch of pretty serious buyers on the line.

[Tomas Wallin]

How about my 24 from 1980?
In great condition.
The boat is in Sweden.... But i will pay the shipping :)

:sifone: Stefan - stepping up are you?!:26:

Your 24 is a great boat so Baddogs won't be disapointed!!!

[baddogz28]

It certainly looks sharp... It looks like mine is going to be gone this weekend though. :(

[Pantera24]

:sifone: Stefan - stepping up are you?!:26:

Your 24 is a great boat so Baddogs won't be disapointed!!!

Thanks Tomas :)

Yes i Think i`m soon mature enough for a 28 :drool5:

[Trim'd Up]

Damn, That is a hell of a deal. If I didn't have my boat still not finished and too much money tied up in a motor I would be all over it. What about a trade for a 24' baja and you keep both of your motors. :D

[Shawn]

Shawn, that boat is sharp as hell man. If I still have it, I would be interested in a trade plus $$$ deal on yours. It's looking like it'll be gone this weekend as I have a bunch of pretty serious buyers on the line.


Thanks for the compliment on the boat, Chris. I wish you luck in your sale! If things happen to fall apart in a few weeks....We may talk again.

Shawn

[baddogz28]

OK sounds good Shawn. TTT.

[baddogz28]

As many of you know, I checked my oil a few weeks ago after our first time out of the year and it was milky on the port side.

Here's an update:

Talked to my father and a couple of friends about how I should run the boat yesterday on the fresh oil...

We determined that, since everyone I talk to that's interested in the boat is treating the port motor as worst case scenario and suggesting it 'may need a motor' or a complete rebuild, (which I understand) it made no difference whatsoever if I ran it on the clean oil yesterday to see if the milky oil came back. My rationale was that with potential buyers treating it as if the port motor doesn't even exist, what difference does it make if further damage is done?

This may seem nuts to some of you, but the price is what matters to me, and if I hurt it worse it's not like the price is going anywhere.

SO:

Ran it pretty hard in 3-4 foot rollers from diversey harbor to the playpen and back, saw about 68 or so in repeated jaunts to WOT (was paying attention to keeping her flying level than the speedo to be really honest.)

And, whattya know? Checked the oil afterwards and it still looked new. No milky oil whatsoever. I made my friend take a video of me checking the oil at the marina once the boat was on the trailer, and it clearly shows that the oil looks good. I'm not playing any games and I'm not going to jack the price back up, but she appears to be more or less turn key (although I'd still get it looked at if I were to buy it.) If it doesn't sell this week, and it looks like it will, I'll be on it on the fourth. For sure. I wonder if what happened was that I had some water enter the engine through the exhaust at some point that first day out?

And FWIW, the boat looked great getting pulled to the lake yesterday... It was almost as much fun driving through Lincoln Park in Chicago and getting all the thumbs up and chicks waving at us and whatever as it was floating around on it with 5 girls on it yesterday. :D

If anybody wants the video of me checking the oil, send me a PM.

http://usera.ImageCave.com/baddogz28/10205910946_ORIG.jpeg
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[bigboat28]

You sell it yet?

[baddogz28]

Working deals with 4 or 5 different potential buyers.

She's still available though, and I'll be on it saturday and sunday.

PS: Checked the port oil today and it was still clean.

[Shawn]

Hey Chris. How did your Holiday Weekend go with the boat? Is the water in the oil issue still not an issue? Is she sold yet?

[baddogz28]

Ran great this weekend... No water in the oil in the last 3 outings.

Here are some pics... Speedo shot is from saturday. Port tach is on the blink. Saw 1-2 mph faster than this yesterday in 1 fters.

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs139.snc1/5935_100276796771_505491771_1970583_283075_n.jpg
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[baddogz28]

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[baddogz28]

Wow, this is blowing my mind.

She runs almost 80 last weekend with 6 people aboard, 3 loaded coolers and 2/3 a tank of gas, and still no takers?

[Buoy]

So, has she sold yet?

[baddogz28]

Possibly today, I'll post up if it goes

[JFM]

Congrats on the sale. Just saw a post on the other site. Time to go shopping.:sifone:

[Dude! Sweet!]

Just saw on the other site that Brad Zastrow bought it. I'm very curious to see how this ol' girl turns out considering how his MTI and 32' Skater looked. Could we see sixes and big PSI blown monsters on it? :reddevil:

[baddogz28]

Just saw on the other site that Brad Zastrow bought it. I'm very curious to see how this ol' girl turns out considering how his MTI and 32' Skater looked. Could we see sixes and big PSI blown monsters on it? :reddevil:

Haha no kidding.... That guy's pretty serious. Great guy to deal with too. No bull$hit.

I asked what his plans were for the boat, and he said he was going to keep the power as-is, that he just wanted a nice wave crusher for the chain.

I was skeptical. :USA:

[Dude! Sweet!]

I laugh everytime I scroll down and catch "I checked my oil yesterday..."

Anyhow, what's next? You going to look at that black boat?

[Buoy]

Congrats on the sale!

So now Brad is a part of the familia.
Sean, you gonna teach him the handshake?:biggrinjester:

[Dude! Sweet!]

Congrats on the sale!

So now Brad is a part of the familia.
Sean, you gonna teach him the handshake?:biggrinjester:

I'm under doctors orders... Not currently allowed to speak to anyone who owns an air-entrapment hull boat, for reasons related to my own personal safety and domociliary well being... :sifone:

[Buoy]

I'm under doctors orders... Not currently allowed to speak to anyone who owns an air-entrapment hull boat, for reasons related to my own personal safety and domociliary well being... :sifone:

Yeah, probably not a good idea for you.

That would be like Kirstie Allie walking into Pizza Hut at lunch time buffet at 11:00 am when they brought out the first pies.
Vallerie B might walk that road as well.

[Dude! Sweet!]

Yeah, probably not a good idea for you.

That would be like Kirstie Allie walking into Pizza Hut at lunch time buffet at 11:00 am when they brought out the first pies.
Vallerie B might walk that road as well.

Unbuttons her pants, sits down and growls "bring it on, MF'er" at the waitress... :26:

[Bobcat]

I'd still throw a leg over both of em!:sifone:

[baddogz28]

I laugh everytime I scroll down and catch "I checked my oil yesterday..."

Anyhow, what's next? You going to look at that black boat?

Looked at the Bad Boys 24 thursday... Looked all there to me, but outta my price range.

Have a deal to buy this checkmate enforcer 240 this weekend pending a sea trial... It sat for a while and the carb is all gummed up, so he's getting it cleaned today so we can water test and close the deal hopefully sunday. I wanna be on the water this weekend! :drool5:

(thank god the WHARF RAT graphic is a sticker! :ack2:)

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v5204/162/66/580727720/n580727720_2684552_6174141.jpg

[Trim'd Up]

Your gonna miss that Pantera ride. :D

[baddogz28]

My bank account won't.



And you know I'd be able to stuff a jon boat with high-quality puzzy. :D

[Craney]

From a Pantera to a Checkmate:(:(

[Buoy]

Is the Checkmate a 24 degree deadrise?? For some reason I don't think it is.

I always liked checkmates when I was a kid, but it's probably because they were built in my backyard, and there were a lot of them around.

Certainly not the same thing as a Pantera.

[Trim'd Up]

I don't think the Enforcers are 24 degree hence my comment above. My buddy had one very similar. THey are pretty fast though.

[Buoy]

I don't think the Enforcers are 24 degree hence my comment above. My buddy had one very similar. THey are pretty fast though.

For some reason, I think they are a 22 degree.
But, I'm going off of memory, and I've been known to kill brain cells every weekend.
Still, they are a cool LOOKING boat.

[DAREDEVIL]

My bank account won't.



And you know I'd be able to stuff a jon boat with high-quality puzzy. :D

I tell ya u will stuff the enforcer before u get any in the boat !!!!:(