If you want to sell a boat

[derekgillard]

Do you think it is better to have it in the water or out of the water?

Del buoy

 

[Lakesailor]

In the water so they can fall in love before all the grubby work.
Inspections and surveys only reduce desire.

 

[Marmalade]

yep - in

 

[Chris_Robb]

And they can also run the engine, and get that chestnut out of the way.

However, the boat must be accessible - ie a mooring with a long dingy trip may be awkward

 

[David_Jersey]

In the water.

But I would also have to hand the cost and the contacts for the boat to be lifted out (obviously you need to be happy with the folk lifting, but the lift and return is usually the buyers cost) - make as much as you can simple for buyers (esp. those outside of the area).

 

[Becky]

That is funny. I asked this question a few days ago ( or maybe a week or two ago) and was recommended to lift the boat out so the prospective buyer could look all around to see what the boat was like under the waterline.
I didn't and when I announced that the boat would be on the market when we had everything finished, someone came and bought her /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Poor Cornish maid is now officially UNDER OFFER /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Not something that makes me particularly happy. Makes life simpler, I suppose, but it s very FINAL

 

[Cutter]

oh Becky......
delighted at one level but sooo sad
xxx

 

[Talbot]

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[AIDY]

that was quick, noted the ad on the muddy owners site this afternoon too

 

[Searush]

Only ever sold one & arranged to meet buyer at Ardrisaig. I sailed up the Loch with the cruising chute up. Dowsed it, set fenders, rounded up & dropped the main - all single handed & offerred him my mooring warps. He had mentally bought the boat while I was half a mile away! He agreed the full price on the spot, paid my fee through the Crinan to deliver it & threw in a pair of kippers for supper.

We still exchange Christmas cards & newsletter every year tho' sadly he has had to give up sailing and I have lost track of the poor old boat (Arghiro, a Westerly 25), tho' it still has a VHF callsign registered under the name Hailes.

 

[solentsailor]

I sold a boat last September, Left in and sale agreed on a test sail with prospective buyer. Sold from YBW internet ad (magazine ad generated no calls)

 

[PeterGibbs]

Getting top $ for your beloved is a question of selling the sizzle that made you buy it in the first place. Now is this best achieved tapping the prop and swinging the rudder on the hard, or sitting afloat in the cockpit with a mug of tea stroking the timber thwarts, handling the lines, whilst the distaff side is admiring the view from the galley...?

Besides, boats lined up on the sales hard look to me like joints of meat at the wholesale market - a long remove from a steaming plate of appetising grub in the restaurant!

I'm sure I need say no more...


PWG

 

[NickiCrutchfield]

I think 'in' is correct, although I would rather view a prospective boat out of the water.

 

[Becky]

I think that what swayed the deal is the vase of roses I left on the saloon table. Against the advice of the broker, I might add.

He saw CM when we had loads of tools lying around and new cupboards half-finished. In four days we finished the woodwork, made three new pilot berth cushions from a couple of old redundant ones, and cleaned up, varnished, polished and generally got everything pretty-much straight. And I had to go to the Surgery for 2 of those days.

I did all the insides, Richard did the outsides. It was hard work. There is a little left to finish off.

V sad /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif