Leo, a retired architect from Chicago, decided he wanted both of those days to happen in the same week. He didn't want a yacht; he wanted a "character." He found it on a backwater canal near the Miami River —a 1974 wooden skiff named The Gilded Gator . The seller, a man who smelled exclusively of saltwater and cheap cigars, swore the engine hummed "like a siren’s song."
He was right—buying it was a thrill, but selling it was the best sunset he’d ever seen. buy boat miami
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