Well, sad to say, but as of a couple days ago, I am no longer a boat owner. I know this is a surprise to many of you, but it needed to be done for now. As another victim of budget cuts, etc, I had to be smart financially. Recently loosing a $4000/mo job takes a big hit on the wallet. With only one lake in the county now, the boat had only been out twice in the past 8 months. I know many other friends that I can hitch pulls with, and have a buds boat in my driveway anyway. We spend most of our time now in the pool at our new house, and stay cool for free. Just could not justify spending close to $700/mo just to have it parked in the driveway.
Hopefully starting my new job in the next few days and things will again be on the upswing. We have plans to hopefully have a brand new boat sometime next year. My Malibu was an incredible boat, and I have thousands and thousands of pictures and video of good times at Shasta, Powell, San V, El Cap, the river, and Mission Bay. She is already greatly missed.
On the upside, I have some really nice stereo equipment for my truck. Just can't figure out where to put the tower speakers inside the cab. Not enough headroom.