New boat

We had an Elan 362 for nearly 10 years. Absolutely brilliant boat.
Sailed well, fast but never furious (especially after fitted third reef and foam luff on genoa).
Very spacious and practical interior, with lots of solid wood. Bill McKay was involved in advising the factory, so even had an oilskins locker that the Slovenians could not understand the need for.
Well built but will be getting on slightly so obviously worth checking the condition.
Struggled to find anything to replace it. Feel free to PM me if want more info - or ask on here of course
 
Can't comment on that specific model, but friends of mine wanted to do the Pacific and when an Elan came up, they jumped at the chance to upgrade from their perfectly good, and younger, Beneteau. They're currently somewhere in French Polynesia and couldn't be happier with the boat.
 
Can't comment on that specific model, but friends of mine wanted to do the Pacific and when an Elan came up, they jumped at the chance to upgrade from their perfectly good, and younger, Beneteau. They're currently somewhere in French Polynesia and couldn't be happier with the boat.
There are very big differences between the different generations of Elan’s, and more recently the different series - as the mainstream models got more performance than cruiser focussed them they spun off the Impression series as much more accommodation focussed, then ….
 
My somewhat eclectic short list is as a result of taking my partner to look at a bunch of boats and getting her sign off on type. This now leaves me free to find any good examples of her various preferences thus giving me a degree of peace of mind...

The list in no parti:ular order:

Dehler 35 Cruising (just a tad on the small size but still acceptable and liked)
Dehler 37 Cruising (only two for sale, one overpriced, one not nice enough)
Elan 362 (see above, I have now engaged a surveyor to go check the decks today before either walking away o making an appropriate offer)
Sun Odyssey 37 (highly favoured by madame, however the first viewed was somewhat tired but several others on the market, would ideally prefer two cabin, but definitely not shoal draft and / or in-mast furling)
Feeling 36 ( also highly favoured, very nice well equipped boat but little known in UK so slight concern as to how easy it would be for me to sell on in the future)

Tomorrow we check out a Bavaria 36 then close the list and focus on finding a god example of one of the above !

It's a shame that sellers don't realise what their boat is worth until it's been sat unsold for 6 to 12 months (or more)
 
Tomorrow we check out a Bavaria 36 then close the list and focus on finding a god example of one of the above !

It's a shame that sellers don't realise what their boat is worth until it's been sat unsold for 6 to 12 months (or more)
Wow, a Bav!! Not sure whether to laugh or cry, look forward to ongoing comment.
A very sage and fair comment about second hand pricing. Chatting to mates in the trade, the second hand market is in good shape for CORRECTLY priced boats. Over pricing just kills off all interest.
 
Well I can share with those interested that I've had the surveyor down to checkout the the teak deck this afternoon as a result of which I'll be putting on my walking boots...

In summary the decks of this "nice example" are a major liability waiting to happen, apart from lots of wear, unless and until the teak is stripped off you won't even know big the bill is going to be, the moisture readings are high in several areas !

Moving swiftly on...
 
Wow, a Bav!! Not sure whether to laugh or cry, look forward to ongoing comment.
A very sage and fair comment about second hand pricing. Chatting to mates in the trade, the second hand market is in good shape for CORRECTLY priced boats. Over pricing just kills off all interest.
Who's to say what correctly priced is - I guess a boat is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it.
IIt's a shame there isn't a CAP or Glasses guide to used boats !
 
Who's to say what correctly priced is - I guess a boat is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it.
IIt's a shame there isn't a CAP or Glasses guide to used boats !
The brokers pay for access to a data base of all transaction prices, almost a yacht glasses guide.
 
Who's to say what correctly priced is - I guess a boat is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it.
IIt's a shame there isn't a CAP or Glasses guide to used boats !
Even the source that brokers use is only a rough guide. The problem is that the used boat market is what is known as "thin" - that is very few buyers and sellers of specific boats at any one time or even over a reasonable period of say a year. Of your list I would guess that except for the Jeanneau and Bavaria there have been more than one or two of each changing hands recently. Add to that the wide range of condition particularly older boats (the knackered deck one will sell for maybe half what a pristine one would) means any known sale price is almost specific to that transaction. The database is also voluntary and only captures a portion of sales. Very unlike the car market where there are thousands of recorded transactions every day.

Judging by the boats on your list I guess you are in the +/-£50k range, maybe more on the minus where there is a lot of choice so all you can do is look at what is available and decide yourself what you are prepaed to pay for. If it is any consolation both sellers and to an extent brokers have exactly the same dilemma when setting an asking price!
 
Now look here. By compiling your own list you have robbed the forum of the opportunity to enjoy a ‘which boat?’ thread. Please delete your list immediately and start a new thread where we all get to pontificate about what boat you need.
That would be a first for this forum, being stopped from telling people what boat they need by a simple list.
I am quite certain a Starlight 39 would be ideal, vastly superior to anything on his list. If it has to be around 35 feet, there is always the Starlight 35.
 
Good luck with the sale, I like Elan boats. What made you want to change, something newer?
Having turned 78 last month, I thought I'd find something a bit smaller and more comfortable to see out my sailing years... My Lightwave served me well for 20 years carrying us quickly and safely over many 1000's of miles, albeit once I'd given up racing not ideal as a cruising boat.
 
That would be a first for this forum, being stopped from telling people what boat they need by a simple list.
I am quite certain a Starlight 39 would be ideal, vastly superior to anything on his list. If it has to be around 35 feet, there is always the Starlight 35.
I'd love a Starlight, sadly a nice one would be out of budget by some measure...
 
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