Remember that Sealine that sunk in Plymouth or Falmouth
- Thread starter neale
- Start date
halcyon
Well-Known Member
jimg
Well-Known Member
Return policy
SHORTAGES OR FAULTY GOODS MUST BE REPORTED AND RETURNED WITHIN 21 DAYS,
SHORTAGES OR FAULTY GOODS MUST BE REPORTED AND RETURNED WITHIN 21 DAYS,
aquapower
Well-Known Member
I saw this boat at Falmouth yacht brokers about 3 weeks ago when I was there
[2068]
...
I'm not sure how this makes sense for anyone to buy:
Hull: Knackered
Engines: Submerged, detailed condition unknown
Interior: All doors, woodwork, fittings, carpets and cushions need replacing or refurbishment
Wiring: Total rewire required
Flybridge Helm Seat Cushions: Immaculate
Hull: Knackered
Engines: Submerged, detailed condition unknown
Interior: All doors, woodwork, fittings, carpets and cushions need replacing or refurbishment
Wiring: Total rewire required
Flybridge Helm Seat Cushions: Immaculate
Last edited:
strakeryrius
Well-Known Member
[2068]
...
So its basically worth what the cushions are worth!
Adding in the value of the upper helm steering wheel seems fair
kashurst
Well-Known Member
Is it just the one careful owner....
oldgit
Well-Known Member
I'm not sure how this makes sense for anyone to buy:
A quick search produces a 1997 boat down in Denia with new engines(bit weedy) priced at £82k,lets call it high seventies when you go down with your newly aquired bag of cash(assets realised due to impending capital gains tax hike)So unfair.
First you will need somwhere to keep it say at at £100 quid a month and know the right people.
Provided that the boat goes close to the current price of around £30k it is def worth a keen and very determined DIYer taking a chance and sorting the boat.
Decent sized boat on the briney for around £50K.Will probably do all work herself retaining anything that still works and not replacing stuff wholesale.Get in the odd expert bod on a spare time cash at weekends basis using her employers gear and diagnostic stuff.
Get it floating.... then moving.... then sort out second line stuff over the next year,again using own labour and cash in hand peeps.
Use boat until bored or next project comes along,sell at well under market price,cash sale and no silly surveys with bit of a profit,while forgetting to mention previous history.
Hey Presto a few years cheap boating in nice big boat and as for those engines,unless they are full of electronics, a strip down and rebuild could possibly be all they require.
Worth a punt ?
Fly in the above ointment is keen enthusiast offering silly money,buying boat,spending a retail fortune then ending up with an old heap complete with bad history.
Almost tempted mesself,its just having to hack off that fly to get it under East Farleigh bridge......
A quick search produces a 1997 boat down in Denia with new engines(bit weedy) priced at £82k,lets call it high seventies when you go down with your newly aquired bag of cash(assets realised due to impending capital gains tax hike)So unfair.
First you will need somwhere to keep it say at at £100 quid a month and know the right people.
Provided that the boat goes close to the current price of around £30k it is def worth a keen and very determined DIYer taking a chance and sorting the boat.
Decent sized boat on the briney for around £50K.Will probably do all work herself retaining anything that still works and not replacing stuff wholesale.Get in the odd expert bod on a spare time cash at weekends basis using her employers gear and diagnostic stuff.
Get it floating.... then moving.... then sort out second line stuff over the next year,again using own labour and cash in hand peeps.
Use boat until bored or next project comes along,sell at well under market price,cash sale and no silly surveys with bit of a profit,while forgetting to mention previous history.
Hey Presto a few years cheap boating in nice big boat and as for those engines,unless they are full of electronics, a strip down and rebuild could possibly be all they require.
Worth a punt ?
Fly in the above ointment is keen enthusiast offering silly money,buying boat,spending a retail fortune then ending up with an old heap complete with bad history.
Almost tempted mesself,its just having to hack off that fly to get it under East Farleigh bridge......
Last edited:
Anthony
Well-Known Member
I think that is the gamble, whether the engines can be economically got back into a decent state, or if they need replacing, if they need replacing then I suspect the budget has just been blown.
Also presumes that the hull damage is repairable, or at least practical to do without cutting out most of the interior.
Ants
Latestarter1
Well-Known Member
US Spec Sealine with Cummins 370B's........
MMM Engines run, but what will wiring looms be like in a year or so, everything is a bargain till you get it home. Just a thought on subject of possibly being an inport from the U.S. is it CE marked?. Likely not a big deal to get it done, however I did not think it was legal to sell without without?
Tidnock
Well-Known Member
you could not pay to have all the work done, it would be uneconomical, so there would be DIY involved. My guess, if it was FOC or just above, by the time you had finished it in two years time, it might stand you at a little less than a contemporary original one.
Elessar
Well-Known Member
too old for CE.
photodog
Lord High Commander of Upper Broughton and Gunthor
Looks like a good boat for a viking burial.....
Nautical
Well-Known Member
Waste of time, thing will end up breaking your heart (and bank account). if it was a giveaway you have a slight chance but that lump will be nothing but trouble from the day you launch her, resale time you will virtually have to give it away or certainly (in current market) half price, too many other bargins around to buy a DIY'd fixer upper that has been drowned and bashed up good style.
ALL IMHO of course !
ALL IMHO of course !
gjgm
Well-Known Member
market value of £100k, but we need the space...
Pesky boatyards get so filled up these days.
Pesky boatyards get so filled up these days.
jfm
Well-Known Member
I agree. It makes sense at say £1,000. Not a penny more. Its resale value will always be about 60% of a non-sunk comparable boat
Firefly625
Well-Known Member
love that fact the ad mentions
...surely just more wrecked junk to be thrown into the large skip you would need to have hired when you made the horrible mistake of buying this boat...?!
rr_123
Well-Known Member
Bodge up the hull, give it a clean, stick an old taxi engine in it, and use it on the Thames.
All your friends and neighbours will think you're minted
's ovbvious innit
All your friends and neighbours will think you're minted
's ovbvious innit
mikefleetwood
Well-Known Member
At £26k (not met reserve) last time I looked, you'd probably have to be "minted" anyway
But, as others have said, a few hundred quid for a dented hull and a couple of suspect engines and you have the makings of a reasonable DIY project for someone with lots of time on their hands. Pretty much everything else is only likely to be good for the skip!
But, as others have said, a few hundred quid for a dented hull and a couple of suspect engines and you have the makings of a reasonable DIY project for someone with lots of time on their hands. Pretty much everything else is only likely to be good for the skip!