Nancy's F-32

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Nancy's F-32

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I went up to Burlington today and gave Nancy a deposit on her '78 F-32 that shes had for sale. What a nice lady and how nice shes kept her boat. Since she and John have had it hauled and winterized already we did the on land inspection today and will trial it in May. I mentioned to her I'd like to see it float and run before I take it the 5 hours down lake for a ride on land a half mile to splash in my lake. She was agreeable to those terms and we will close the deal in May.

So the purpose of this post is twofold I guess. First, to thank Nancy for being so prompt and professional for our meeting today despite I was running a little late. Second to introduce myself as the next owner of Nancy's former '78 F-32.

This is the second F-32 to come thru the docks here, the last one was an extremely well optioned '77 which regretably and stupidly was sold in 1985. Fast forward 26 years and several boats later and mysteriously we are back here in an F-32 again. Its the layout. Can't beat it. Only thing close would be a similar period Silverton 34, and while that is very very nice to me, its still not an F-32. Nancys' F-32 has taken me awhile to find. There are a lot of them out there right now, but when you distill price, condition, attention to known issues, and my stringent list of must have options this was the one.

Commission Point's list of must have factory F-32 options:

-Oven (not just stove, complete w/ rotisserie kit)
-Genset
-Enclosed forward V-berth
-Saddle Tanks
-Hydraulic Steering
-Center Vent Window (with working crank assy, not the wingnut type)
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Welcome to the forum and congrats on the purchase.
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Welcome to the forum . From the photos I have seen it looks like a very nice F32.
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Welcome.

Nancy's F32 is a gem. Congratulations!
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Great to see another 78' F-32

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I have a 78' F-32 so if you have any questions, feel free to ask away! There are a lot of very helpful people here on the forum.
Where can I see some photos of your F-32?
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Re: Great to see another 78' F-32

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TADTOOMUCH wrote:I have a 78' F-32 so if you have any questions, feel free to ask away! There are a lot of very helpful people here on the forum.
Where can I see some photos of your F-32?
Check out Nancy's website before she takes the ad down if you want to see a decent representation of what she sold to me. Right now the boat is on land and surrounded by other dry docked vessels, so I didn't take any pics of my own yesterday.

http://www.nhawley.com/trojanf32.htm

Thank you all for the nice welcomes.
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Welcome....nice boat!! Bet spring can't come soon enough for you...............John :wink:
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I've seen photos.

You're a lucky guy !

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A very nice well loved boat ,Nancy has been over at BoaterED for years and really showed pride in ownership, good luck. PS ask Nancy to remove the price and # from the linc and keep it up, reel nice pictures.
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Hey, MH! What a nice surprise to find you here. What - just that hint of a Trojan forum was all it took? :) Welcome aboard!

I enjoyed meeting you, too, and your dad as well, and am just as pleased as you that we struck a deal. On your list of must-have's, we hit 4.5 out of 5. I really don't think we ever had the rotisserie, and I've just gone and searched the boat department (lol - the cubbyholes at the top of the back stairs), and came up empty-handed.

She was shrunk today....

I'm happy that the boat is going to such a gorgeous lake. Hey, I checked out your web site...you hadn't mentioned this (side?) business. Great concept for the Adirondacks.

Thanks to all for the nice words about our boat.
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Nancy wrote:Hey, MH! What a nice surprise to find you here. What - just that hint of a Trojan forum was all it took? :) Welcome aboard!

I enjoyed meeting you, too, and your dad as well, and am just as pleased as you that we struck a deal. On your list of must-have's, we hit 4.5 out of 5. I really don't think we ever had the rotisserie, and I've just gone and searched the boat department (lol - the cubbyholes at the top of the back stairs), and came up empty-handed.

She was shrunk today....

I'm happy that the boat is going to such a gorgeous lake. Hey, I checked out your web site...you hadn't mentioned this (side?) business. Great concept for the Adirondacks.
Long time lurker, first time poster Nancy.

I agree it was a kindred thing and its nice for all of us the a deal could be struck and that such a nice boat gets to stay in the extended Trojan family.

SH said that you were gonna have her covered today. Thats great. She'll be ready for the thaw and the closing.

Yeh I gues I didn't mention the whole wilderness guide, obsessive hiker thing, thats a whole seperate expensive hobby. ;-)

Cheers. I'll be in touch soon.
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Congrats! You're about to find out our little "secret" LOL. These are some of the best made, heaviest, stable, widest, economical, maneuverable and easy to work on boats out there.

I noticed the engine hours on Nancy's Ad. I'm sure the rest of the group will join in to suggest you upgrade to diesels when the time comes....start saving now!

Enjoy that beauty!!! :D
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fireranger33 wrote:Congrats! You're about to find out our little "secret" LOL. These are some of the best made, heaviest, stable, widest, economical, maneuverable and easy to work on boats out there.

I noticed the engine hours on Nancy's Ad. I'm sure the rest of the group will join in to suggest you upgrade to diesels when the time comes....start saving now!

Enjoy that beauty!!! :D
1450 hours ? that nothing thats =to 50k miles a car I have yet to see a marine gaser where out ,time salt, poor mantance and lack of use kills marine engines
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