Caraway
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You don't get the trailer. (It looks like a car trailer)Aside from the sails and the trailer wheels,what you can see of the boat actually looks alright. Wonder what it’s been painted with?
Dreadful photos of boats for sale (please contribute examples)
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johnalison
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We always left hire boats on the Broads as clean or better than when we started. When we collected our new boat our neighbours had employed two delivery crew. the first thing the crew did was turn the owners out, check the boat, and tape over all exposed edges or hand-holds inside.
davidpbo
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I am not talking about repairs-domestic spillages and breaks, glass etc. - clearing up after themselves. They will get a pretty shit reputation if they don't.
john_morris_uk
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There’s a missing crew member under that lot.
seansea
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Note the watermark on the photos. I think I would have removed those if I was the broker but each to their own..
Greenheart
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Isn't that the broker's own watermark? It seems to be on the Boatshed website...wouldn't you expect Boatshed watermarks?
Sticky Fingers
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I would. And I’ve generally found that Boatshed photos are pretty good. Log in to see the full set usually at least 40 per boat. The boat itself may be a skanky mess thought ?
penfold
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Yes, BS are unusual in consistently giving you a decent spread of photos, well-exposed and well composed; other brokers could learn from them.
Greenheart
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Plus, Boatshed adverts (more usefully, the photos) are available long after the boat is sold.
Usually I find it a damn nuisance when I search for a specific type of boat for sale, and am taken to a broker's site where one was for sale; I am recommended to look instead at 'these comparable boats' which bear not the remotest similarity, aside from floating...
...and as well as not providing what I was looking for, those brokers don't even give a glimpse at the specification and images of the sold boat I had clicked there to see. But if you want to get an idea of what a design looks like inside and out, Boatshed's 'archive' of sold boats is very useful.
Usually I find it a damn nuisance when I search for a specific type of boat for sale, and am taken to a broker's site where one was for sale; I am recommended to look instead at 'these comparable boats' which bear not the remotest similarity, aside from floating...
...and as well as not providing what I was looking for, those brokers don't even give a glimpse at the specification and images of the sold boat I had clicked there to see. But if you want to get an idea of what a design looks like inside and out, Boatshed's 'archive' of sold boats is very useful.
zoidberg
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A few years ago I was asked to sell a boat by a friend who'd gone abroad.
I listed all that was right with it but, before that, I listed all that was wrong with it - with yard and DIY costings to make right. The pics showed a mix of both.
I had four inquiries in a week. The boat sold.
I listed all that was right with it but, before that, I listed all that was wrong with it - with yard and DIY costings to make right. The pics showed a mix of both.
I had four inquiries in a week. The boat sold.
Stemar
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An honest, detailed ad would always be the one that gets my attention. If there's a recent survey available for an expensive boat, so much the better. I started to organise the sale of a deceased friend's boat, so I got a survey done, figuring that we'd then know if it was worth spending money to fix things, and, if not, at least the buyer would know what they'd need to do. Unfortunately, it revealed some expensive damage to the hull around the keel, but better to know that ahead of time than have the buyer's surveyor discover it."Needs some TLC" = "Don't need to look at this one" It MAY be a bit of a polish and some new string, but it's more likely to be a top to bottom refit