Boats up for auction

[john_morris_uk]

MST Auctioneers

Their 23 Sept auction shows “ Sailing Boats: Pandora 700 23ft bilge keel 4 berth yacht c/w outboard engine, on trailer.
Corribee 21ft 4 berth bilge keel sailing yacht (project).”

No connection except I subscribed to their mailing list as our cottage is within walking distance. I’ve bought a few bargains there.

 

[Bajansailor]

The boats are at the end of page 7 in the link given by John.

Here is a link to the Pandora - the bidding starts at £400 and the estimated selling price is £500 - £700
MST Auctioneers | Timed Online Auction of Plant & Machinery, Engineering, Builders Plant... | Lot 2395

And the Corribee - the bidding starts at £150 and estimated selling price is £200 - £400
MST Auctioneers | Timed Online Auction of Plant & Machinery, Engineering, Builders Plant... | Lot 2396

In the Corribee photos, they show a couple of near antiques - a Seavoice VHF radio and a Seafarer echosounder - and also a 4 hp Honda 4 stroke O/B motor.
She doesn't look too bad really - and she would look so much better if they had simply tidied up a bit down below before taking the photos.

The Pandora has a rather elderly Evinrude O/B motor sitting in a well, a Navico VHF, and NASA speed and depth logs
She also would have benefited from being tidied up before the photos were taken.

 

[Tintin]

I love MST - nice guys too

 

[Giblets]

I love MST - nice guys too

Some of their 'Additional Fees' for online bidding on some items at 44% seem to be a bit strong though.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Some of their 'Additional Fees' for online bidding on some items at 44% seem to be a bit strong though.

i hadn’t spotted that. I used to go an pay my £1 to register to bid in person.

 

[MikeCC]

Some of their 'Additional Fees' for online bidding on some items at 44% seem to be a bit strong though.

Depends on the lot as that includes 20% VAT as well as buyer premium. Lots from private sellers don't have the VAT. There's an online auction platform element as well.
It's a good facility to have not too far away, bought quite a few things there.

 

[Fimacca]

my grandfather, a retired merchant navy sea captain, used to tell me if you really dislike someone, gift them an old rotten wooden boat to deal with......................