Decided! Bought a Boat! Yipee!

gimmeumpqua · 10-31-2002, 02:56 PM

Look out next spring for a brand new 21ft N.R. Seahawk with 225 4s Yamaha and 15 hp kicker on an offshore bracket lurking about the Umpqua and and Coos bay areas. I may even have to bring it up to Tillamook and the Columbia and have one of you "show me around!

What a relief!

Kurt

Wright Angle · 10-31-2002, 03:05 PM

Show us pictures.

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k9jeff · 10-31-2002, 03:10 PM

sounds like the official boat of the He Man Woman Haters Club!

gimmeumpqua · 10-31-2002, 03:15 PM

LOL ...Pictures when It's Built!...and my wife loves to fish and helped me decide on this after 9 months of research!

Kurt

Jettin' Fool · 10-31-2002, 06:01 PM

[img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] North River [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

You wont be dissapointed

Fool

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TheRogue · 11-01-2002, 05:47 AM

Hey, that's awesome!! What's your build time?? Last I heard it was around 14 weeks?

And, being a Roseburg resident, you get a little extra something knocked off the price as well??

TR

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tailchaser · 11-01-2002, 06:24 AM

Let me know when you'll be around, I'll show you some hot spots. I even make the trip up north to chase some spingers and oversize in the columbia every now and then also and can share some insight.

tc

CATCH AND EAT · 11-01-2002, 06:46 AM

Horse power ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...!!!More ponies good yaahhh??? ARRrrrrrrrrrr!!! :grin:

fishing is life · 11-01-2002, 06:47 AM

way to go, got to love America. We are so fortunate here.

gimmeumpqua · 11-01-2002, 07:10 AM

Build time is about 4 months, which is fine for me...She'll be ready for ocean Salmon when I get her. I'm busy collecting electronics now, I can get them for quit a bit less than if bought with the boat. I'm looking at Lowrance lcx 15MT...I'm used to them as that is what I have on my present boat, I have an Icom radio, and hopefully a Raymarine sport autopilot, so I can leave the helm relatively safely when my 6 year old son and I are busy reeling in monsters.

Thanks!

Kurt

Full Freezer · 11-01-2002, 09:03 AM

[img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] So Cool!

I remember waiting for mine. I lost lots of sleep dreamin' of the places we would go & the fish we would catch :smile: . This is going to be a tough wait for you!

I drove my wife completely crazy for 6 years as I researched and changed my mind about a thousand times

. I had visited every aluminum jet boat manufacturer in three states & had narrowed it down to 3 boats which I then spread out on an excel spreadsheet to compare apples to apples [img]graemlins/idea.gif[/img] . I then faxed this spread sheet to the salesmen & bonked them all down to as low as they could go, playing them off on themselves. Ended up getting 1ft. of lenght, 20 more h.p., free kicker, welded/removeable hard top & a couple of extras thrown in for $4K less than the nearest competitor! The Winner? NORTH RIVER of course! :grin: The Abrahm's Tank of Jet Boats. Yeah.

Bobby Ray · 11-01-2002, 09:12 AM

Full Freezer,

Wow, That's what I call Research. I like that spread sheet idea I'll have to do the same thing when I buy my first real boat.

Thanks for that Idea

BnB

'ZZZZzzzzzz' · 11-01-2002, 09:20 AM

Nice Choice. Congrats. You will love her.

Empire · 11-01-2002, 09:59 AM

Hows things in Roseburg? I grew up there (class of 1987), lived right on the Umpqua down below Umpqua Community College. I have not been back in a few years and I miss the town.

Congrats on your new boat, you might find it hard to sleep for the next few months.

Threemuch · 11-01-2002, 10:13 AM

Kurt-
We'll show you around! The salty dogs will take you out and show you the Halibut and Tuna grounds off Newport, Depoe, and Garibaldi!
KB

Full Freezer · 11-01-2002, 03:14 PM

Hey Big-n-brite. I had one chance to do it right & the ol' lady didn't want to hear me have buyer's remorse or complaining about a choice I had made. North River simply offered the biggest bang for the buck w/ no hard pressure. And it sure looks sweet. Did the same thing when i bought my camper too.

Jettin' Fool · 11-03-2002, 10:29 AM

Hey G.Umpqua, I was looking into the TR-1 and was put off by the 2k price tag and it was to late to finance it in. Can you tell me a little about the RayMarine Sport Auto Pilot? How does it work, features, cost, ect.

Thanks

Fool

big guy · 11-03-2002, 06:38 PM

your going to love your new boat, good choise