Saying goodbye tearfully

[bigeasy1]

Well I'm saying goodbye to the 20' 1969 Seafari that I had on the for sale board.
Its now on its way from Massachusetts to California (Newport beach). I really wanted to do a minor restoration but not with my back. I'm glad someone could use it.
After placing it on craigslist and getting several of the certified check scams,I got a pm from a gentleman who sent me a PM on this site.He explained that although not a member he would follow the classic seacraft site quite often.He explained that Seacrafts and especially seafari's are very hard to find on the west coast.
We hit it off and I ended up selling him the boat.He overnighted me cash money,and arranged pickup with a boat transporter.I was lucky that my ex employer let me use their facility their equipment and also their workforce to get the boat on the boat transport trailer.

I have to say that this buyer was a great guy to deal with,I even think he's in the same business as our member Strick.(Equine vet).Maybe it's a California thing and people are just nicer there than the curmudgeons in New England (I'm one of the curmudgeons).

Here's a few pics of her being loaded for the trip west.