WA
184 posts
Quick, someone tell Len76.. No wait, he's already spent his money on the Ferro. Certainly looks like a great buy. Exmouth is an awesome spot too.
SA
4803 posts
Yeah right just step on after 20 months and turn the key....! 42ft for $20k! well I would say the interstate truck driver must be rolling in the cash as if he wasn't he would be asking at least $40k if not more ? My guess is the motor is seized!
QLD
12365 posts
I really hate the current yacht market. Too many bargains.
SA
4803 posts
I would call them projects not bargains Cisco. I looked at a 52 foot steel ketch 100k with split system aircon. Looked great on the outside but going down below told the real story!
QLD
12365 posts
Yes, there are plenty of projects on the market. Fortunately I sold one of mine but I still have one to go. I am going to Maryborough tomorrow to make an objective assessment of it and determine the least costly way of dealing with it.
Fix it up or cut it up?????????????
NSW
818 posts
What is a bargain?
Iv had mine on the market more than a month now and iv been looking around and talking to people of yacht values
To get an idea.
Well there are few ready to go cursing boats out there, eg. Met a guy who just return from SA with his new 32ft Hartley
Ferro that cost him $34,000. A very tidy boat with a late model engine, but had a wood mast and rigging needed doing!
He looked up and down the coast here and could not find a clean boat to buy! Now I know your thinking its a Hartley but
As I walked through the three main cabins I'm thinking this an area you can live in, plus wide decks.
Ferro! Well it was solid and I expect it will float for a 100 hundred years, but for me a stone boat goes against the grain.
He would of brought mine in a heart beat if he saw it first he said! Just missed the listing.
Next up a guy came from Melbourne to lake mac to look at a 50ft ferro for $20,000 but the blockers fooled him into coming up knowing
That one was sold. Then pushed him onto a mangrove jack for $32,000 that looked a bit rough! Never sailed before I gave him his first sailing lesson and was surprised at the room of this boat. No experience in boats and he is ready to sail back to Melbourne. Must say the boat suits him and his budget.
There is a flood of cheap small yachts and eBay shows their real value quick, but anyone who has gone shopping for a boat
Soon finds out how rough some are.
The work involved to bring them up to sailing standard is a lot.
I believe there are very few buyers now days and I don't blame them for a big boat is a lot of work and really only worth it if you live on board or go cruising.
As for mine! Well I hope to make back home today in port stephens and back on the mooring, the good thing of listing her was catching up on all those jobs I put off!
The bad thing is the birds will try and sh-t all over her and all. As I will hook up my little caravan and cruise the land.
QLD
880 posts
More cheap boats.... $7k
What about description ...
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/melbourne-region/sail-boats/11-meter-long-steel-hull-twin-keel-yacht-for-quick-sale/1036705674
Twin keels or bilge keels are two keels that emerge at an angle from the hull of a sailboat (and some ships), at or near the bilges. The angle allows the boat to have a shallower draft while still allowing for minimum leeway while sailing. The placement of the twin keels also allows the boat to stand upright when out of the water without additional support, as opposed to a single-keeled boat that would fall over if water levels dropped. Twin-keeled boats are typically used in coastal areas that experience extreme changes in tide. When the tide is low, the boat will sit on her keels and remain stable and upright.
Twin keels are meant to make sailing safer and easier in shallow or extremely tidal waters while preserving the stability and performance of deep-keel vessels. Yet, twin keels are often shown to provide better theoretical performance on paper, and, in realty, are only slightly slower performing when compared with single keels on identical vessels. They are also said to be safer in downwind conditions as they are more resistant to rolling, and hence should not broach as easily.[1] (Broaching can occur when a boat "surfs" down a wave and its stern gets lifted and pushed by the wave, causing the vessel to turn sharply, and is then rolled over by the wave.)
8 posts
i tried to contact this guy.. very iffy..
I asked when are you going to be up in ex mouth next so i could come check out the boat..
Reply: I wont be there i live in perth and drive interstate
So how do you expect to sell a boat you can't even show people.
Reply: you can go look at it at the marina you can get inside through the front hatch.
the conversation went down hill after that.. he was a very akward person to talk to.
very noice price!
