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Saw a Chapparal Vortex VRX yesterday...

Thread starter DBamaC
Start date Aug 23, 2015

DBamaC

Jetboaters Captain

Aug 23, 2015

on my little home lake (Lake Michell in Alabama). I think it was a 223. Really beautiful boat and nice owner. Also saw a Seadoo Speedster. Rare I see any jet boats there so it was fun to not be the odd boat on the lake.

I stopped in for some gas and when I came out I though a guy was going to climb onto my boat for a closer look while his pontoon boat got filled. He and his wife ended up talked to my wife and I for 15 minutes or so with questions. They had a young family and we're looking for an all around family boat that he could do some lite water sports with. Guy was blown away when I told him it was a 19'. These boats are still so rare around where I live and it's a shame.