New Boat Purchase (Importing V's Local)
Will start at the beginning.
I have been looking to upgrade my boat and had jumped on the importing bandwagon.
8 months had passed and I had got no closer to a purchase than when I started.
I was looking at the Walkarounds (Seaswirls, Trophy’s, Proline, Grady Whites & Whalers)
I had my heart set on a 2301 or a 2601 Seaswirl Striper.
Anyway after countless hours on the net and dealing with Brokers over there It all seemed to be a waste of time and I was getting nowhere. (Nearly 1 year later)
Getting p*ssed of with the dealings over there I started to look around in the local classifieds and Boatsonline etc etc etc.
I did a search on this site’s “For Sale Section” and spotted something I liked.
I ended going around and having a look (and a few beers with the previous owner Rick)
Liked what I saw and organised a seatrial. All went well and 2 weeks later I was the proud owner of my new “Leeder 240 Tomcat”.
So firstly I would like to thank Rick (Great guy and loves a beer) for selling me the boat and also “This site” for finding the boat.
In the end the boat was about 15kms from where I live so I guess it pay’s to look in your own backyard first (Would of saved me 100’s of hours of searching and a few headaches as well.
Can’t wait to get some blood on the deck and some hours on the motor.
Hopefully see some of you out there soon.
Cheers……………….
davidbland50
Posts: 392
Date Joined: 24/07/11
Bewdiful
Totally awesome looking boat. I reckon its going to have a lot of hours clocked up with a lot of enjoyment to match.
Know what you mean. Found my rebuild in the next suburb after looking through hundreds of websites. Couldn't be happier.
See you on the water.
Wherever you go, there you are
till
Posts: 9358
Date Joined: 21/02/08
Grats on the new tub, it
Grats on the new tub, it looks the business!
alfred
Posts: 3097
Date Joined: 12/01/07
Nice!
Nice!
MattMiller
Posts: 4171
Date Joined: 15/06/09
Great buy mate
those Tomcats are an awesome rig
chris raff
Posts: 3257
Date Joined: 09/02/10
Patience is a virtue
obviously done your homework ...exceptional looking boat..i might have to upgrade the ole guardian one of these days...I presume its an inboard motor on it
“Intelligence is like a four-wheel drive. It only allows you to get stuck in more remote places.”
doublej
Posts: 169
Date Joined: 08/07/09
Yes mate
It is a brand new 4.3ltr Mercruiser.
Dizzy
Posts: 753
Date Joined: 21/02/11
Sensational Rig. And
Sensational Rig.
And certainly far less hassle & risk involved compared to Importing a used boat. ....
Cammos
Posts: 606
Date Joined: 30/06/09
Love the Tomcats, very sexy
Love the Tomcats, very sexy boat.
Brucesta
Posts: 1721
Date Joined: 29/05/09
great looking boat and if
great looking boat and if they ride anything like a 650 leeder she'll be bloody sweet, i wish i could have found one when i was looking 8 months ago
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Swan River Fisher
Posts: 877
Date Joined: 03/05/11
Very very niceLookin forward
Very very nice
Lookin forward to see some Wahoo's landed on the 'Wahoo"!