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g Veteran Austin Boater Offline Posts: 338 Banished to an island	New guy Dec 8^th, 2011 at 12:03pm Checking in from San Antonio. Usually boat on Travis. Sold my Baja last summer and just, last week, picked up a 2006 Sunsation 32 SS MCOB. Look forward to meeting everyone next summer.
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Jay Gadsby Lake Captain Offline Naturally Obsessed Posts: 613 Killeen TX Gender:	Re: New guy Reply #1 - Dec 8^th, 2011 at 12:58pm Welcome to the club G! Congrats on the new addition to the family. Our head honcho around here just picked up a Dominator, now we have a pretty speedy crowd around here. Oh, pics are mandatory btw.
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SEA TOW Veteran Austin Boater Offline Free Towing For Members!!! Posts: 270 Central Texas Gender:	Re: New guy Reply #2 - Dec 8^th, 2011 at 1:14pm Welcome to the site.
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Wake man Lake Captain Offline Austin Boater Posts: 687 Gender:	Re: New guy Reply #3 - Dec 8^th, 2011 at 1:57pm Looks like we have two Nordics and two Sunsations around here! Nice numbers. Occasionally a Nordic Rage too.
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: New guy Reply #4 - Dec 8^th, 2011 at 4:14pm Welcome to our happy disfunctional family. we do love pictures of boats and lakes and all that comes with the two.
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Reply #5 - Dec 8^th, 2011 at 5:59pm

g wrote on Dec 8^th, 2011 at 12:03pm:

Checking in from San Antonio. Usually boat on Travis. Sold my Baja last summer and just, last week, picked up a 2006 Sunsation 32 SS MCOB. Look forward to meeting everyone next summer.

Welcome welcome! Glad to have you here. That's pretty cool, glad to have another Sunsation on the board. Looks like we are getting a pretty good representation of the performance boats and a few cruisers. We just need some wake board boat friends so I can get out when I'm in the mood for boarding.

What kind of power did you go with?

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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: New guy Reply #6 - Dec 8^th, 2011 at 8:26pm hey captain keep the Monterey on a trailer add a wakeboard tower and there you go. you could pull it dehind the sensation like a dingy.
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Nitro1 Austin Boater Offline Faster than you Posts: 244 Devil's Cove	Re: New guy Reply #7 - Dec 8^th, 2011 at 10:14pm Let's see this other Sunsation!!!
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Reply #8 - Dec 9^th, 2011 at 6:57am

Thanks for the welcome! Glad to be here. Captain Yarrr, congrats on your Sunsation as well. You got a great boat. I really like the color and rigging of that boat. Glad to see that it came to Texas.
Details on my boat: The boat has the 496HO. SS Hull, Monster Livorsi Instruments, Fusion Stereo w/wet sounds amps. Blue LED's throughout the entire boat. Underwater transom LED's.
Two things with the boat that almost made me back out on the deal; first was the non-stock interior. The last owner replaced the Sunsation interior with a blue piping interior that he preferred and matched his "blue" theme. The other thing was the name, which is a decal that is clear-coated over...I either have to get used to the name or spend some big cash to have it removed! Ok, pics. These pics were taken at the sea-trial down on the Gulf Coast last weekend. I have not had the chance to take it out for a proper day on the water yet (are there even any ramps open?).

thanks!

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Jay Gadsby Lake Captain Offline Naturally Obsessed Posts: 613 Killeen TX Gender:	Re: New guy Reply #9 - Dec 9^th, 2011 at 7:08am Nice man! The interior isnt that bad! I bet she will haul butt for sure! Congrats!
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: New guy Reply #10 - Dec 9^th, 2011 at 7:11am nice boat!! no publc ramps left at travis but you maybe able to find a marina that has a ramp or could get it in the water for you.
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Hula Boat Care Veteran Austin Boater Offline What Rocks Your Boat? Posts: 302 Lakeway, TX. Gender:	Re: New guy Reply #11 - Dec 9^th, 2011 at 8:02am Hey G Welcome to the family.
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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: New guy Reply #12 - Dec 9^th, 2011 at 6:00pm Gorgeous boat, sounds like we have similar tastes. I also was checking that one out. I decided I couldn't swing the big blocks and the fuel bill. I absolutely love the look of that hull, I am curious how different it rides.
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Reply #13 - Dec 10^th, 2011 at 6:57am

Captain YARRR wrote on Dec 9^th, 2011 at 6:00pm:

Gorgeous boat, sounds like we have similar tastes. I also was checking that one out. I decided I couldn't swing the big blocks and the fuel bill. I absolutely love the look of that hull, I am curious how different it rides.

We do have very similar tastes. I was also checking out your boat. I even spoke to the seller in Florida a few times. I'm anxious to get it on the lake. The sea trial was on Clear Lake, which is really not a lake at all, but more of a bayou of Galveston bay and only about 4-6 feet deep. The dealer hired a professional driver for the test drive and I had my boat surveyor with me who drove the boat as well. We spent about an about an hour on the water and even a few WOT runs. Rock solid through the chop and boat wakes of Clear Lake. I drove as well, but since I was unfamiliar with navigating the Clear Lake area, I only had about 15 minutes at the helm. The boat is so much different from my old Baja 252. Powerful, faster, more stable, and the fit and finish are hands down superior to my 1998 Baja. I really loved the Baja, but I may have had a boat that was on built a late Friday afternoon

So I can't wait to see your Sunsation in person. The red graphics are stunning! You are a lucky man to have scored that boat!

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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: New guy Reply #14 - Dec 11^th, 2011 at 5:05pm I have only been out twice on it and a handful of times I've hung out on it on dry land doing some things. But every time I notice new details that make me appreciate it even more, the quality and attention to detail is simply outstanding.
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