45ft sailing Yacht for £1200 on ebay anyone?

My only thought is it's a hull made in 2000, still in the yard 11 years later, at £30 per week.

the boat yard is doing nicely, £17K in storage fees so far.

Better get it fitted and floating before you rack up a similar bill. I guess the seller wants to offload it to stop him shelling out those fees.
 
It is a ferro cement hull so that will put most people off
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...it also means that you would be unlikely to be able to recoup any money you spent on it, and would later find it hard to sell on - and £1500 a year in yard bills could end up as quite a significant financial millstone.
The other problem is that you'd be crazy to take something like this on without an expert hull survey, I guess that would cost a lot as well - it's very difficult for a layman to judge the quality of a ferro hull.
 
Bargain. A few bean bags, a couple of hammocks, and it'll be a very comfortable boat. Stick an outboard on the back, an old sheet on a broomstick, and bring me that horizon.

Seriously, if I was the 99p bidder, I'd be worried.
 
Perfect - slug 2

great for ditch crawling - full standing headroom

lots of room for the beast

ideal for exploring the wash

I'm up for it

be ready for the next leg of the journey by August 2nd at the lastest

Dylan
 
I look out on to a boatyard where a ferro hull appeared about four years ago. The owner spends loads of time on it and plenty of money and seems to be doing a really good job.

But when o when will he actually get to sail it?
 
ProDave said:
My only thought is it's a hull made in 2000, still in the yard 11 years later, at £30 per week.

the boat yard is doing nicely, £17K in storage fees so far.

Better get it fitted and floating before you rack up a similar bill. I guess the seller wants to offload it to stop him shelling out those fees.
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It says boatyard terms and conditions at £30 per week. Does not say if it has been paid up to date or not. As it does not look like abandoned I would suspect that there are other reasons for selling and your comments do not apply. I agree--go for it.
 
MrCramp said:
It is a ferro cement hull so that will put most people off. Would make a very cheap liveaboard as ferro is a good insulator.
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Hi, Mr Cramp,
I would like to very politely comment on your reply to the posting about the cheap ferrocement boat. Being retired I probably have too much time on my hands but would like to inform you that the material this boat is made of is universaly considered to be one of the best. Also it has almost the same thermal conductivity as steel so is infact a very poor insulator. Good hull insulation when building is therefore essential and has probably been done. Chris.
 
greenalien said:
...as you can tell, by the vast number of ferro boats about, compared with those made of 'inferior' materials, like, say, GRP...
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Just an observation on the way forum users seem to take or mistake other users meanings. could you please read my post again. I never said that GRP is inferior. In fact in my opinion it is superior. What I said is that ferrocement "is universaly considered to be one of the best". Read carefully, That's all folks.
P.S.
 
My tongue was firmly in my cheek!

Actually, I agree that ferro has some advantages, particularly for larger boats - hull build cost and ease of finding repair materials in far-flung places being just 2 - but despite this, it has never had mass-market appeal. Why not?
 
Money no object !

Unfortunately my 99p bid has not yet reached the reserve price......maybe I should go for the whole £1.00 ??

Thoughts?

if anyone fancies a 'real' bargain check out my Dauntless for sale on e-bay right now...99p start and no reserve.....
 
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