Fishy craigslist ad for Mamba
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Topic: Fishy craigslist ad for Mamba
Posted By: swiftwater15
Subject: Fishy craigslist ad for Mamba
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2013 at 7:23pm
Fishy Craigslist ad in Portland for a red Mamba 8.5.
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/spo/3552349966.html
Stolen?
ballast bags?
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Posted By: mokelumnekid
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2013 at 11:24pm
"Hull has no skeg mounting," yeah that does sound clueless. And what is a "Strap kit for car transport"? But you never know...that does seem a bit high tho for the old model Mamba, as this one has the old school flip switch back band adjustment.
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Posted By: chipmaney
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2013 at 7:35am
sounds like a sea kayaker who thought he would try his hand on the river and decided it wasn't for him....maybe. besides, i need a mamba!
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sitting all alone on a mountain by a river that has no end
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Posted By: Dale
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2013 at 8:02am
Sketchy craigslist ads usually don't show pictures of the boat and certainly not people, will purposely call the boat by the wrong name or not name it at all and will be dirt cheap for a quick sale.
This ad doesn't look sketchy to me at all.
Often times, folks will buy all the stuff for any given hobby, but never really participate enough to get to know the lingo like all us cool kids.
Like Chipper said, this guy sounds like more of a sea kayaker and I suspect probably not a native born American, which often means kind of odd language.
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Posted By: Mark47n
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2013 at 11:30am
sea kayakers know that ww boats have no skegs. This is no sea kayaker, either. just someone who got a boat and learned some of the words.
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You mean I'm supposed to wear something UNDER my spray skirt? Where's the fun in that?
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