Lenny
11-09-2005, 08:37 PM
I talked to the fella today. I have friends in Pt. Roberts, 2 families actually, and after Farmer Tex emailed me the saved pics from Ebay, I emailed them to these families to see if they have ever seen it as the place is sooo small, they must have or at least recognize the house. So about one hour after my email I get a call from one of these people saying it is "just down the Road". As it turns out, it was a neighbour. Worse, I have partied and shot pool MANY MANY MANY times about 500' from where this cabin (trailer) is. As in the other post we had when it was first listed, this is where it is.
http://www.donzi.net/forums/showthread.php?t=42389&highlight=corsican
I called the fella today, and we chatted about the boat and its' history a bit. It is a '72. I will get the hull number on Sunday if it is visible. The fella, Dick, has owned it for about 5 years and has used it little (if at all really). Dick is a pilot for Mega-Yachts (retired I believe) and used to run one of the local multi-millionaires boats around here. Then he went to work for the Conrad family in Newport Beach, CA and pilot their 123 footer :rolleyes: . That took him to Mexico, where he ran the large yacht for years for the owner.
Upon leaving that position, and a farewell to the family, he was greeted at the dock, by the owner with keys and title in hand for a little boat. This little boat was stored in an aircraft hangar for 10 years in California, and as it was, it was a DONZI Corsican as a parting "gift" to Dick. He brought it up to where it resides now.
Sounds like it has a pile of garbage in the fuel tank but he says it doesn't smell at all (I was telling him about deck removal etc.) He mentioned about 1" of vanish on the bottom of the tank and it definately has been sitting for years. He says it runs fine and then starves for fuel. Sounds like the pick up to me.. ??? The only aftermarket thing on it is a ring by the center of the rear seat deck for skiing I presume. I have not seen it yet. He said the deck is solid as a rock (he did not know about coring etc) and everything is there. The Volvo 270 has been painted black :( That is all I know.
He informed me that the reason it was pulled off of Ebay, (by Ebay) was the ad was put in by his son and included a P.O.Box # and something about homeland security issues by doing that. He also said that a fella from Ft. Lauderdale has offered him $25K unseen and he is the only offer so far. I asked him if he wan't me to post it here for others that have an infliction for them? He said he didn't mind, I warned him about a lot of calls etc, he said fine. So, with his permission here are the pics from Ebay. He can be reached at 360-945-2377 again, his name is Dick. Tell him Lenny from Victoria referred you to the ad.
If anyone wants, I am going by the area on Sunday around noon and can take all the pics you want. I can upload them from somewhere once I get to Florida on my way to the Worlds.
We are 3 hours before you guys on the East Coast so don't phone before 11am please. If you are on the West Coast, then no problem. 8am in Florida is 5am in Pt. Roberts.
http://www.donzi.net/forums/showthread.php?t=42389&highlight=corsican
I called the fella today, and we chatted about the boat and its' history a bit. It is a '72. I will get the hull number on Sunday if it is visible. The fella, Dick, has owned it for about 5 years and has used it little (if at all really). Dick is a pilot for Mega-Yachts (retired I believe) and used to run one of the local multi-millionaires boats around here. Then he went to work for the Conrad family in Newport Beach, CA and pilot their 123 footer :rolleyes: . That took him to Mexico, where he ran the large yacht for years for the owner.
Upon leaving that position, and a farewell to the family, he was greeted at the dock, by the owner with keys and title in hand for a little boat. This little boat was stored in an aircraft hangar for 10 years in California, and as it was, it was a DONZI Corsican as a parting "gift" to Dick. He brought it up to where it resides now.
Sounds like it has a pile of garbage in the fuel tank but he says it doesn't smell at all (I was telling him about deck removal etc.) He mentioned about 1" of vanish on the bottom of the tank and it definately has been sitting for years. He says it runs fine and then starves for fuel. Sounds like the pick up to me.. ??? The only aftermarket thing on it is a ring by the center of the rear seat deck for skiing I presume. I have not seen it yet. He said the deck is solid as a rock (he did not know about coring etc) and everything is there. The Volvo 270 has been painted black :( That is all I know.
He informed me that the reason it was pulled off of Ebay, (by Ebay) was the ad was put in by his son and included a P.O.Box # and something about homeland security issues by doing that. He also said that a fella from Ft. Lauderdale has offered him $25K unseen and he is the only offer so far. I asked him if he wan't me to post it here for others that have an infliction for them? He said he didn't mind, I warned him about a lot of calls etc, he said fine. So, with his permission here are the pics from Ebay. He can be reached at 360-945-2377 again, his name is Dick. Tell him Lenny from Victoria referred you to the ad.
If anyone wants, I am going by the area on Sunday around noon and can take all the pics you want. I can upload them from somewhere once I get to Florida on my way to the Worlds.
We are 3 hours before you guys on the East Coast so don't phone before 11am please. If you are on the West Coast, then no problem. 8am in Florida is 5am in Pt. Roberts.