Help & advice: Inherited a 30ft yacht

[Wizz]

Hi,

we appear to have inherited a 30ft yacht (Hurley 30) from my wife's Dad - leastways it is part of his estate.

The boat is currently out of the water at a marina in southern Spain. She needs work doing to her - at the very least, the usual maintenance and the interior needs a damned good clean. There may be other stuff - he was living on her and she probably hasn't left the marina for a handful of years. In short, she's not sailable at present.

Whilst we could probably do some of that work ourselves, the location, time and cost make it impossible. With the renewal of annual marina fees looming, we're in a bit of a pickle as to what to do.

Would appreciate any thoughts as to what our options are?

TIA
Wizz

 

[JumbleDuck]

Would appreciate any thoughts as to what our options are?

Find a way of scrapping it. It has negative value and when bills start coming it will get negativer. Sorry.

 

[maby]

That depends very much on how attractive the idea of sailing is to you. That Hurley is a nice enough boat, but even in excellent condition it is not worth very much. It sounds like this one needs quite a lot of TLC - are you willing to put in the effort and, having done so, are you going to use it enough to justify the effort and cost?

If you do fancy the idea of boat ownership, and are willing to invest the time and money to get her back into sailable condition, where would you want her? Southern Spain is a long way from Britain so, unless you are retired and inclined to spend a lot of time there, your opportunity for usage will be limited. Bringing her back to Britain by road would be expensive - probably almost as much as she is worth. Even in excellent condition, that is quite a demanding passage to make by sea - do you have friends who are experienced sailors and have a few weeks to spare to help you bring her back here?

 

[Wizz]

Find a way of scrapping it. It has negative value and when bills start coming it will get negativer. Sorry.

Yes, that's what we think will likely have to happen. Is it possible to have a boat scrapped in Spain, or will it have to come back t the UK does anyone know?

(I've tried googling boat breakers \ yacht scrapping etc - can only seem to fine boatbreakers . com who are in the UK. Anyone had any dealings with them?)

 

[NickRobinson]

You have no desire to keep/sail it I guess.
Does it have any value greater than its upcomingfees?
If not an advert on Ebay here and Ebay.es starting at 1euro clearly listing the new owners responsibilities as well as keeping the yard in the loop. Proof of transfer paperwork essential to avoid a dreamer bidder and a bill to follow from the yard.

 

[maby]

Find a way of scrapping it. It has negative value and when bills start coming it will get negativer. Sorry.

"Negative value" is a bit unfair - a Hurley 30 in decent condition would cost over £10k - but I would agree that her value is limited unless you want to become a sailor based in Southern Spain.

 

[Wizz]

That depends very much on how attractive the idea of sailing is to you. That Hurley is a nice enough boat, but even in excellent condition it is not worth very much. It sounds like this one needs quite a lot of TLC - are you willing to put in the effort and, having done so, are you going to use it enough to justify the effort and cost?

I'd love to do more sailing - only done a little round Falmouth and a flotilla in Greece.

But logistics and cost of renovtion beyond us where she lies now.

 

[Wizz]

You have no desire to keep/sail it I guess.
Does it have any value greater than its upcomingfees?
If not an advert on Ebay here and Ebay.es starting at 1euro clearly listing the new owners responsibilities as well as keeping the yard in the loop. Proof of transfer paperwork essential to avoid a dreamer bidder and a bill to follow from the yard.

I hadn't thought of ebay.es - the main problem with that is I haven't got any photographs (when we went out priority was funeral arrangements), and the marina people, whilst lovely have about the same English as my Spanish.

 

[Wizz]

You have no desire to keep/sail it I guess.
Does it have any value greater than its upcomingfees?

Keep it - we work full time - logistics of Spain & cost wouldn't work.
Value - absolutely no idea.

 

[maby]

I hadn't thought of ebay.es - the main problem with that is I haven't got any photographs (when we went out priority was funeral arrangements), and the marina people, whilst lovely have about the same English as my Spanish.

Where is it? We have Spanish sailing friends on the Med - they may be able to offer advice. My Spanish is pretty fluent if you need anything translated.

 

[Wizz]

Where is it? We have Spanish sailing friends on the Med - they may be able to offer advice. My Spanish is pretty fluent if you need anything translated.

Oh, thank you. It's at Marina Isla Canela - right down by the Portugal border.

 

[maby]

Oh, thank you. It's at Marina Isla Canela - right down by the Portugal border.

Hmmm, too far from our friends for them to offer practical assistance, but I'll ping them a message to ask if they can think of any outlet for it. I assume that you would not be looking to make a profit on it?

 

[JumbleDuck]

"Negative value" is a bit unfair - a Hurley 30 in decent condition would cost over £10k - but I would agree that her value is limited unless you want to become a sailor based in Southern Spain.

It's not the sort of boat people want for hot areas and it's in rough condition. Getting it cleaned up, recommissioned and moved to somewhere where someone might pay £10k for it would, I think, costs more than £10k. Hence negative value. Shame, but there we go.

 

[Wansworth]

The boat selling market seems to. Be picking up a bit inSpain.Contact the yard and put a Se vende,for sale sign on her.

 

[Carmel2]

Just a thought, is there a local sailing school you could donate it too?

 

[Wizz]

Hmmm, too far from our friends for them to offer practical assistance, but I'll ping them a message to ask if they can think of any outlet for it. I assume that you would not be looking to make a profit on it?

Not at all - we have asked the folks at the marina if anyone local would want her - for £1 to make it a "sale". They did say there were a couple of people interested, but not relly heard anything further.

Realistically, ignoring silly pipe dreams, we need to close the hole in the ocean before we end up tipping ££££s in to it and potentially being in the same pickle we're in now.

 

[Wizz]

Just a thought, is there a local sailing school you could donate it too?

There might be - our limitation is lack of Spanish.

 

[Wizz]

It's not the sort of boat people want for hot areas and it's in rough condition. Getting it cleaned up, recommissioned and moved to somewhere where someone might pay £10k for it would, I think, costs more than £10k. Hence negative value. Shame, but there we go.

I tend to agree. at moment, the only possible solution we've thought of is getting boatbreakers . com to bring her back and scrap her. I image that's going to cost thousands

 

[DownWest]

Since it is close to Portugal, why not put a small ad in the Algarve Resident? English language paper, so no problem dealing with them.

 

[Wizz]

Since it is close to Portugal, why not put a small ad in the Algarve Resident? English language paper, so no problem dealing with them.

Cool, thank you. Will look at that.