Nice Sunseeker on Ebay. 55ft for £100K

We were moored right next to her until a few weeks ago. The exterior looks OK but would probably benefit from a good polish. The engines certainly sound good too. Navigators in regular attendance to give her a quick wash down and attend to other maintenance matters. Can't speak for the interior..
 
Murv said:
Hasn't that one been on the market for a long time (over a Year?) I'm sure I saw that before and wondered how on earth they expected to get anywhere near that price.
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yes indeed it has, but they are still asking 100k for it. Just beggars belief.

That SS, not my thing, but does look value.

edited bit... just thinking about it, its not my thing, and I doubt it is actually a lot of peoples, and 50ft of 21yr old sportsboat isn't going to be an easy sell... is it?
 
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Nice boat and with reconditioned engines and other refit work but in the end its still a 20yr+ old boat with a very limited market because there won't be many takers for a 55ft sports boat in the UK, even a Sunseeker. I'd be surprised if the seller gets £100k or close
 
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Nice boat and with reconditioned engines and other refit work but in the end its still a 20yr+ old boat with a very limited market because there won't be many takers for a 55ft sports boat in the UK, even a Sunseeker. I'd be surprised if the seller gets £100k or close
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I think if you offered £50 k he would take it a year from now and wish he had sold it today. I recall a 55ft mobo being sold for 35,000 Euro, it was on the market for 100k too. It was in Greece tho and it had been for 2 years unused.
 
Firefly625 said:
edited bit... just thinking about it, its not my thing, and I doubt it is actually a lot of peoples, and 50ft of 21yr old sportsboat isn't going to be an easy sell... is it?
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I think that could be exactly right!

If it was obtainable for 50K, that's the same sort of money I've just paid out for my 40', 30 Year old flybridge cruiser so, obviously, a bigger, shinier boat for the same sort of money initially looks very appealing.
But, of course, it doesn't...
I wouldn't stand a hope in hell of being able to afford to even dream of running the thing, whereas with the current boat I can, at least, take it for a couple of tickover runs once a Year and probably stretch to a drop of oil and filters now and again.
And I got to keep a kidney paying for the moorings which, again, wouldn't have been an option with the SS.

I guess that with boats like that, once they get to a few Years old, the depreciation must be astronomical? Anyone who can afford to run one, isn't going to faff around with an old one, so the market must be extremely limited.
I didn't look at the layout of it, maybe it would appeal as a liveaboard?
 
Murv said:
I think that could be exactly right!

If it was obtainable for 50K, that's the same sort of money I've just paid out for my 40', 30 Year old flybridge cruiser so, obviously, a bigger, shinier boat for the same sort of money initially looks very appealing.
But, of course, it doesn't...
I wouldn't stand a hope in hell of being able to afford to even dream of running the thing, whereas with the current boat I can, at least, take it for a couple of tickover runs once a Year and probably stretch to a drop of oil and filters now and again.
And I got to keep a kidney paying for the moorings which, again, wouldn't have been an option with the SS.

I guess that with boats like that, once they get to a few Years old, the depreciation must be astronomical? Anyone who can afford to run one, isn't going to faff around with an old one, so the market must be extremely limited.
I didn't look at the layout of it, maybe it would appeal as a liveaboard?
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yes indeed, if you can afford the running cost / berthing then your initial budget would higher, so this needs to be cheaper to tempt. But I guess he is starting high, he can always go down, a tad more difficult to go up.
 
Murv said:
I guess that with boats like that, once they get to a few Years old, the depreciation must be astronomical? Anyone who can afford to run one, isn't going to faff around with an old one, so the market must be extremely limited.
I didn't look at the layout of it, maybe it would appeal as a liveaboard?
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Actually quite the opposite. A 20yr old boat has done most of its depreciating, providing you don't pay over the odds for it, although of course its value will still continue to slowly deteriorate. What kills these older bigger boats is the running costs. You've still got the same berthing and fuel costs as a brand new 55 footer and probably even higher maintenance costs because its going to go wrong a lot more than a brand new boat. The average buyer with £100k to spend is going to run a mile from a boat like this and will be looking at something newer and smaller and with a running cost much more in line with his purchase budget
 
Whitelighter said:
That's not always true. I bought a very similar boat, and factored the running costs and berthing in
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I'm considering similar idea. would love something like that. But it's too big, single handed. A bugger to get a mooring in jersey. And the fuel bill would probably scare me. I do most of my own maintenance so that would not be an issue. My old girl has been pretty good over the last few years as it gets used. I think that's what hammers most boats is not being used.
Mines on the market, and will look for a 42 Mustique or a 47 Camargue. I couldn't justify a new one, (or afford one)
 
Stats007 said:
I've seen Carmargues go for £60k. Along with Apaches these are probably the hardest Sunseekers to sell.
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Sold consulted a couple of 55 Camargues in the past. It all depends the year.
About a decade ago if it was with the cherry three cabin interior, had the MTU 765hp engines, and had the telescopic passarelle (not the turning one) year built 1995 to 96 they used to sell and keep there prices quite well especially in South of France location. The 1993/94 used to sell for half price of these.

I think this holds true today, although I would imagine the real price value for these versions should be about 100,000 EUROS, go above that (120+) and you enter end 90s build 54 Predator which was its replacement. Practically the same boat but with the forward looking radar arch and windscreen looking as an open version of the loved 63 Predator.

Condition and good maintenance can also make all the difference in these boats, as spending 50k can be as easy as taking a shower, so it is not just about the asking price IMO.
 
Murv said:
Hasn't that one been on the market for a long time (over a Year?) I'm sure I saw that before and wondered how on earth they expected to get anywhere near that price.
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Yes, it's been hanging around for ages. IMHO it's worth a box of matches.
 
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