Beautiful 1986 CHRIS CRAFT CRUSADER twin stateroom, twin bathroom (head) with Caterpillar 3208's diesel engines in excellent running condition. Diesel generator.NEW OVERSIZED MICROWAVE OPEN in galley down.

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On Jul-14-16 at 20:56:47 PDT, seller added the following information:A Few Tips for New Boaters By Ian Paul Zimmerman If you are new or relatively new to boating here are some Q&A's you might find useful. There are a million books on boating and cruising and living aboard. Many of them are excellent and among my favorites are 1) How Boat Things Work, by Charlie Wing and 2) The Cruising Life by Jim Trefethen and 3) Nigel Calder’s book Cruising Handbook. When I finish a book I put the date I finished it on the last page. I’ve been reading books about the Cruising life for years. I recently reached for a book I had read to review something and saw to my astonishment and regret that the date written on its last page was seven (7) years ago! I still had not made my voyage. I was reading not boating. I read yet another article but this one admonished the reader to “go smaller, go slower, just go”. I understood that to mean to stop looking for the perfect vessel and just go now. So I bought a boat. On Ebay. It was not the perfect boat and is fact the boat I have for sale but it afforded me the opportunity I had been dreaming of. My advice to you gentle reader: Go Sooner. Go smaller. Just go. The below information is offered as neutrally and agnostically as possible. When it comes to boating everyone has an opinion. Don’t forget: the whole idea is to have fun. The bubby prize goes to the dock queens who never let their lines go free. Worse are the know-it-alls who sit on their aft deck spouting this and that. Screw em’ buy your boat and get out on the water. One day someone might actually like to listen to your stories. It depends on you and the story you tell. 1. What is the best boat? Anyone with half a chestnut of a brain will tell you it depends. But what does it depend on? The answer is 1) what you want to do and 2) what you think you might want to do. The second part of this answer should be tackled first because those of us who get into boating are well… dreamers-but in the best sense of the term-and have wondrous dreams about what we're going to do when we own a boat. Some accuse boaters of running away but we are people who run towards a dream. We are seekers. As Ian Fleming wrote the world is not enough. It can and is indeed better adventuring out on the water on your own hull. But some dreams or expectations are crazy and in fact get in the way. Perfection is the enemy of the good. For years I wouldn’t look at a boat unless the holding capacity of the fuel tanks was sufficient to take you across an ocean. When I set my parameters for my ideal boat the boat needed to have at least a thousand if not a 1500 gallon fuel tank. Needless to say I've never crossed an ocean or even come close to crossing an ocean. I did make a nine (9) day journey from the British Virgin Islands up to Annapolis in a sailboat and I also went from Isla Mujeres, an island off the coast of Cancun, to Fort Lauderdale (a four-day trip) but that was nothing approaching a true ocean cruise. In retrospect my parameters were ridiculous as were my requirements. I just finished a 1400 mile cruise up the inter costal. I only did a few overnights. I don’t think I burned more than 50 gallons in a single day. Who needs thousands? 2. Sail vs. Power As to the age old debate between sail and power let me add my own two cents There are few things more graceful and beautiful than a sailboat. But sailing is a bitch and its hard work and you have to remain vigilant nearly all the time. All the idyllic photos you see in the various glossy magazines are perfect moments captured in time. Those moments do exist but you have to work very hard for many hours in lots of different kinds of conditions in order to have them. Undeniably a sailboat is a purer way to travel on the water and you certainly arrive with greater street "cred" and it takes more skill and more knowledge to sail than it does to motor cruise but it comes at a rather steep price. You go significantly slower. You are more dependent upon the elements. Your space is significantly more confined (no matter how big a sailboat is it will always remain a tube that you walk down into). A powerboat or “stink-potter” is a bit like cheating but considering the fact that 99% of the people stay on terra firmer anyway you're certainly in the 1% whether you're doing it by sail or under power. Heck you're ahead of the game if you even take a ferry. Ideally, I would prefer to sail but I can't deny that I really enjoy motor cruising at the turn of the key. There is plenty to keep you busy while motoring. Vigilance is important but you have greater leeway. If you’re anchoring out and living off the hook it’s pretty much the same whether it’s a sailboat or power. You are out there, tethered and secured only by your anchor and rode. You’re off the grid. If you want to take the time to learn how to sail I think that's great and I would certainly recommend it for children because it is a life skill worth learning. On the other hand using a powerboat is no small thing either (you still have to know about navigation, radios, weather, waves, harbors, rules of the road, etc.). As you get older the demands of sailing become more real. Bottom line: who gives a flying fig? Do whatever floats your boat whether its power or sail power --just get out on the water. 2. How big should my boat be? The ideal boat should be big enough so that you're not cramped or uncomfortable living artificially that you eventually wish to get off the boat. If you’re not a happy camper you’re not going to go camping or stay out there very long. Old gets old very quickly on a boat. On the other hand if it's too big you're going to be reluctant to take her out. There is a distinct correlation between the size of the boat and its lack of use. I currently live on a 40 foot powerboat and frankly it's a bit too small for a full-time live aboard. When friends come and visit they tell me to stop whining and that the boat is plenty large but they don't have to live on it every single day and night. If you going to live aboard a boat I think the vessel needs to be at least 45 feet which is the equivalent of a small studio apartment or very small one-bedroom. I don't know the exact math but I would imagine that a 45 foot powerboat would give you approximately 200 to 300 ft.² of living space. That’s not a lot. That's a pretty small space but then again when you go to IKEA they have a space of approximately that size very efficiently decked out so it again depends on your needs. If you're not intending to live on the boat but want to do some serious cruising as in doing the Great Loop or Coastal Cruising I would recommend a boat of at least 40 feet because you are (after all) going to be living on it for weeks if not months at a time. You want to put off for as long as possible that second happiest day of a boaters life which is when you sell your boat. Why do people who love boating also love the very day when they finally sell their dream? Because boating has become a pain in the ass. Part of that pain comes from the significant costs in maintaining a boat which are approximately 10% of the purchase value according to the experts. That’s not the half of it. What they don't tell you is that it's one thing to shell out a lot of money (Bust Out Another Thousand) it's another thing to shell out all that dough the moment before you were preparing for a long happy weekend. That's frustration times two. There is an old maxim that says it's best to have the problem while you're at the dock-and that is certainly true-but it really stinks to be all packed up and ready to go only to find out that you're not going anywhere except to the bank or your laptop to transfer funds. 3. Gas or diesel? Again everybody in the boating world has an opinion and we know the old expression about opinions. The truth is 99% of the boaters will not use their boat in such a demanding way as to favor diesel over gas despite diesel's preferential status. True, gasoline is more flammable but if you're that stupid to fail to put the fan switch before you start up your gas engines you probably deserve to be taken out of the gene pool anyway. As to reliability, gas is every bit as reliable as diesel and cars today are easily expected to get 100,000 miles if not 200,000 miles before they need to have their engines replaced. Also remember that jet engines are essentially gas engines and their reliability and safety is well-known. Some overlooked issues in the gas- diesel debate: 1. Smell. Diesel stinks and old diesel smells even worse. The smell of diesel will permeate through the entire boat and into your clothing. You have to be scrupulous if you want to avoid the diesel smell which means cleaning your bilge regularly. Gas smells too but it's in an “aromatic spirit” but still an odor. It too can permeate your boat and your clothes but not quite as pungently as diesel. 2. Sound. Diesels sound clunky and clanking with the exception of the very newest ones. Gas engines run more smoothly with less knocking and they hum. I prefer the sound of the gasoline engine. 3. Fuel breakdown or degradation: Both diesel and gas fuel can degrade over time but when gas degrades or what is called “phase separation” you really have a problem on your hands. Diesel can almost always be polished; gas cannot be polished although additives can be added to stabilize. Conclusion: All in all I would choose the diesel (if for no other reason than to shut up the critics) but I would not turn my nose up to a boat just because it had a gas engine. The 10,000 hours or so that diesel engines promise are again something so astronomical that as a realistic matter you shouldn't be worried about that. The average boater does 100 hours of boating the year. Do the math and figure out how long it will take to get the 10,000 hours! 4. Ocean cruising versus coastal cruising versus day cruising? Most people fantasize about cruising across oceans and indeed there is something enormously compelling and exciting about that dream but only a very small percentage of another very small percentage of boaters ever cross an ocean. Coastal cruising is more likely what you’ll be doing if you have big dreams and you can just as easily get yourself into serious trouble going from one town to another as you can out in the ocean. Most drowning occurs just a few miles from shore. So you certainly don't need an ocean in order to get yourself way over your head. As a realistic matter (yes this applies even to us dreamers) is that most of the time you'll be simply day cruising going to your favorite place for lunch, picking up a mooring ball somewhere for the afternoon, anchoring out perhaps for the night at some new anchorage or tying up at some marina. It's all good. Before you go too far you really do need to develop the skills and confidence in yourself and your craft because otherwise you'll be scared to death and in turn you won't take your boat out. I know people at my own yacht club who are simply afraid of their boats and as a result they rarely take them out. When they take them out they don't have fun because they're scared and so the cycle repeats itself to their detriment until they finally get sick and tired of the whole thing and sell their boat. End of fantasy and story. As the old punch line goes “practice, practice, and practice” and that's what you need to do. Generally there is no shortage of people who are willing to take you out on their boats and if you're new boater you should take advantage of their generosity. Like learning an instrument learning to sail a vessel will take time and practice and trial and error. The best advice I ever received was “slow is pro”. A bump at 5 kts will costs thousands; a bump a 1 kts may cost nothing a few hundred dollars. That’s a big spread. Do everything slowly especially docking. Go obnoxiously slow and people at the dock or bar will be very impressed when you come in for your drink. Hey, you not in any rush. As one of my favorite boating sayings goes “I’ve got no plans and I’m sticking to ‘em”. Enjoy and go.