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Some nice sail boats, paddle craft, and Power boats….

….including this Cobalt looking more than OK  if you can get a replacement V-6 engine and  Alpha drive it needs. All are up for final auction to the highest bidder starting at 1 PM on Sat at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum off Talbot (the main street) Street, in St, Michaels, MD.

This speedster is a sanding night mare right now but should get you to where the fish are biting after that work is done.

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The new Grady-White Fisherman 209 is an exceptional 20′.

Highlights include a cockpit that is every bit as big as most 25-footers, a clever removable cooler that doubles as forward seating, access to the bow all at deck level, and a handsome, well-engineered optional T-top integrated into the console structure.                

“Our focus in re-engineering this center console was first and foremost to add a useful-sized head area,” says Joey Weller, vice president of sales and marketing for Grady-White. “But that was far from all. Grady-White builds a complete line of ten different center console models from 18 to 36 feet in length and we wanted to integrate some of our bigger center console features into this good-looking 20-footer including the optional T-top. Plus, we’ve made it ready for the new generation of highly efficient Yamaha engines coming to market. We think that a lot of things come together in the Fisherman 209 to create a terrific choice in a smaller Grady-White center console for young families.”

                        “The new Fisherman 209 is designed, of course, to be powered by a single Yamaha four stroke engine and the super-efficient new generation 200 or 250 HP engine is a great match for this boat,” continues Weller. “Combine this efficient power with Grady-White’s exclusive SeaV²® hull, and you really have a wonderful, safe and solid ride at almost any speed and condition.”

                        “We looked to our new 23-foot Fisherman 230 when we worked on creating the head area on the Fisherman 209,” says David Neese,

LOA without outboard 20’ 4”, beam 97”, Max Hp 250,  82 gallon fuel tank

Chris Craft has been …OMC Chris Craft, Murray Chris Craft, Chris Craft Industries, Inc., NAFI Chris Craft, Chris – Craft Corporation (the longest time-30 years-), Chris Smith & Sons Boat Co., Gar Wood / C. C. Smith Boat & Engine Co., C. C. Smith Boat & Engine Co., Smith – Ryan Boat and Engine Company, Smith – Ryan Boat Co., C. C. Smith & Co., C. C. Smith Boat Builder, Smith Bros. Boat Builders

photo not of this event

13th Annual Boat Auction

Get a great price on one of 75 plus boats

Saturday, September 4, 11am to 3pm
Boating experts and novices alike have the same opportunity to bid on the boat of their dreams! Offering everything from wooden rowing skiffs to classic sailboats and modern power cruisers. Included with Museum admission. Food additional cost.

  Help support the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum             

                                            and your new boat makes you feel better 

                                                           ——More boats and motors every day!——-

NOTE:   Please feel free to have your choice of boats inspected by a third party or yacht 

               Surveyor if you wish as all sales are “ as-is “.

Please check our web site www.cbmm.org

Please see Lad Mills for details

410 745-4942

lmills@cbmm.org

8-30-2010 LAM

Figure on a hand full or two  of power runabouts and cruisers, about fifty sailboats, a few jet skis, a few outboards, and about ten of so row boats. All need some tender need attention and if you are handy it is a great way to get out on the water.

The 44 Hardtop Express is unlike any CABO that has come before!

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Messing around with boats often includes what to do in bad weather

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Chris Craft wanted the two cockpits forward with the engine and its shafting behind them.

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Introduced originally with a cuddy cabin, a second Top Fish model followed last year with an open bow design for additional seating or improved “fishability.”

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Your 330 model name boat is 35’ 3” LOA  and your competitor slaps a  330 Sun Dancer label on his 33’ 4” boat. AND then, a 350 model name on his 35’ 6” boat.

What to do. You have a 350 model that has a 37’ 0” LOA. Why are yours so big?. So you look to boat beam to see how you stack up. Your 330 model has a 11’ 3” beam, their 330 a 10’ 5”  and their 350 a 11’ 6”. So there is no hope there.

In the end they bumped the 330 to read 340 and that is another some what interesting seabuddy boating business story.