Sealine F34 Cost When New In 2002??

[Thepipdoc]

Does anyone know the cost of a new Sealine F34 in 2002 - with twin engined diesel, Eberspacher heating and bow thruster? I'm curious as to the depreciation such a boat would incur.
Is there a "rule of thumb" thst can be applied to boats as there is with cars? i.e after 3 years a car would be worth somewhere in the region of 45-50% of the original cost price - depending on the make/model/extras.

Thanks

 

[Whitelighter]

its much more subjective with a boat as even with in the same model they can vary wildly with specification and, perhaps mor eimportantly, condition.

There is no 'Green Book' for boat values, and to be honest even if there was for the reasons listed above they would eb pretty much useless.

I have always worked on the basis of VAT for year 1, 10% for year 2, then about 5% for every year after that until the boat is about 6 years old when condition plays a much bigger role. But even that estimate is flawed, as very rare/popular boats will depreciate less as manufacturers whack the prices up due to demand and less popular or unusual models may well plummet much more than that.

I dont know figues for the F34, but when the S29 was launced in 2005 a twin diesel boat was just under £100k. Last year when the went out of production, the same boat was closer to £125k and used 2005 boats were asking about £90k. Dunno what used boats were selling for, but even at £80k the depreciation against the purchase price was ok, but against the new price it was about 30%.

 

[[2068]]

F34 isn't in the 2002 price list: it came out late 2003.

2007 price list has an F34 with D4's at £185k with a basic spec.
I would guess the 2003 price to be something like £160k+.

 

[Alistairr]

I just threw a 2004 catalogue and pricelist out into the recycle bin less than an hour ago, so just been back out to get it.

Price of a F34 in 2004 is:
2x AD41/DP is £142,381 inc VAT
2x KAD43P/DP is £151,745 inc VAT

Bowthruster £3039
Heating D4L £1931
2KW Genny £5087
6kw Genny+aircon £12,812
Waste tank £1427.

Price of any other extras, just ask.

Cheers

Al.

 

[DavidJ]

I have the 2002 price list (it's when I bought my S37)
They did a F33 then which I'm not sure how it differs from the later F34 however:
with AD41's £135,601 incl VAT, KAD32's £130,944
Eberspacher £1800
No thruster listed but for mine it was £3039