Zzzzzz said..
Thought I would start a thread where the asking price is over the top .
www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/bonnells-bay/sail-boats/hood-20-sailing-boat-yacht-11mths-rego/1244295394

One too many zeroes there...

How about this one;

yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/roberts-40-spray/227717

If someone wants a certain kind of boat bad enough , they could pay anything for it . Its the way of the world .

Zzzzzz said..
Thought I would start a thread where the asking price is over the top .
www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/bonnells-bay/sail-boats/hood-20-sailing-boat-yacht-11mths-rego/1244295394

Ted Hood eh............try Warwick Hood.

Cripes we're a bunch of grim reapers eh.........probably a sign of the times.....

So we have a topic for "cheap boats for sale" (yeah which I launched after a suggestion to do so in order to differentiate such entries from "interesting boats for sale" - it has had 2 boats entered so far and looks like it will end there....unless every free boat gets listed)............as was suggested defining "cheap" could be the challenge......imho cheap in this context is a very good value for the money boat which is still serviceable to fix up over (say) up to 5 weekends of solid and focused work for one bloke and then go sailing. There are hundreds of yachts on moorings out there in this category.

I have done this with two Santana22s over the years, one an insurance write off and needing a new mast and sails which I cut down both from an Etchells, and the other a neglected old soul which had slipped its mooring and gone up on a beach but was sound - just had to shovel out a lot of sand............and ok I would now put a max of $5k on boats in this topic...

And also one for "never going to get the asking price".

So should we now start one for "hey that looks about the right value, that's a good deal right there" or does that sound too much like a recent house mortgage loan rate advert from that Jacobson bloke who was in Kenny 2006, Oddball 2015 and Charlie and Boots 2009...............

I'm curious as to what price people would have put these boats on the market for - not the price you would buy them for!

the buy price of the boat is pretty immaterial the real cost is what you pay after all the work is done to bring her up to ocean capable re rig new sails engine refit new electrics tidy up interior exterior . even if doing all the labour yourself you will get a shock at the price .that hood if in good nick could still be a cheap boat

boty said..
the buy price of the boat is pretty immaterial the real cost is what you pay after all the work is done to bring her up to ocean capable re rig new sails engine refit new electrics tidy up interior exterior . even if doing all the labour yourself you will get a shock at the price .that hood if in good nick could still be a cheap boat

That is a very valid point

Don't get me wrong, the Magic is a cool boat, but that's waaaay over the asking price for one of them. For that sort of dollars, you're starting to talk about getting a much bigger, sportier boat.