How much does a spinnaker add to the value of a boat?

[Kelpie]

We've got our old boat up for sale just now. At the same time, we are considering various upgrades to the new one, and of those would be add a second spinny pole. We have plans to head off bluewater sailing with a twin headsail rig, and I like the idea of using two poles instead of just using a block on the boom, as I think it will give more options (e.g. the ability to fly the main sheeted hard in, to reduce rolling).
I've been looking for a few months now for a suitable spinny pole to come up second hand, but they're always at the wrong end of the country.
I know that getting a new pole ordered will be likely over £500.

So I can't help looking at the pole that goes with our old boat- it would be a pretty good fit. Would it be sensible to just drop the asking price a bit and keep the pole... or would that make the boat harder to sell?

 

[cherod]

just dont mention it

 

[prv]

Assuming you haven’t advertised it with the pole, or shown it to a potential buyer who’s still interested, I would just take the pole off and leave the price unchanged. I wouldn’t expect the presence or absence of a pole to make a significant difference in the asking price of a boat.

EDIT: This assumes a cruising boat where a spinnaker and pole would be considered optional equipment. If she’s a more performance or race-oriented design then its absence might be more of a concern to a buyer.

Pete

 

[Quiddle]

I bought a 4m spinny pole off ebay for £80 and paid £15 to have it delivered 250 miles away. Personally, I see a pole as a 'must have' piece of kit, if only for use with the genny, and would factor it in to any purchase; not just the cost but the hassle of procurement and installation.

Edit: curiosity piqued, just checked and Tuffnells will deliver UK 'mainland' for £21

 

[Kelpie]

I bought a 4m spinny pole off ebay for £80 and paid £15 to have it delivered 250 miles away. Personally, I see a pole as a 'must have' piece of kit, if only for use with the genny, and would factor it in to any purchase; not just the cost but the hassle of procurement and installation.

Edit: curiosity piqued, just checked and Tuffnells will deliver UK 'mainland' for £21

Interesting! I did once have a Wayfarer mast delivered for £45 but that was only from Glasgow to Lewis, by a local courier.
I don't particularly want to asset-strip the boat, but at the same time I don't want to let go of a perfect pole and then have to spend hundreds replacing it.
I'll continue the search secondhand for just now, but I think it will take some persuasion to get a seller to agree to anything other than local pickup. Living where I do, I have a lot of experience of being disappointed by people who are unwilling to go to the slightest effort to package something up.

 

[Simon__]

Honestly, I imagine zero. I’m thinking of upgrading next year too and although I know the cost and value of peripherals I can’t imagine realising their value. It doesn’t sound great but if you’re at the lower end of the market with an old boat I’d leave it fairly bare and re-use or sell the kit.

For reference I’m in an old Vega and maybe that drives my thought process.

 

[TernVI]

You might get the pole ends and the tube separately?
There are people who sell anodised tube and are competent at getting it shipped.

 

[chris-s]

Ty the ‘boat scrapyard’ guys,
I’m sure they posted some poles on their Facebook page last week or so.