Selling a boat in parts?

[jontifosi]

When does the boat market pick up?
I really have little interest in keeping my Centaur much longer, it has been well kitted out in the past but the market seems dead for buyers.
It's crossed my mind to have the boat put on my drive and i could sell the parts? probably make more than the whole boat as one do people do this?

 

[ukmctc]

When does the boat market pick up?
I really have little interest in keeping my Centaur much longer, it has been well kitted out in the past but the market seems dead for buyers.
It's crossed my mind to have the boat put on my drive and i could sell the parts? probably make more than the whole boat as one do people do this?

slap it on Ebay, take whats offered

 

[Erik C]

Once you sell the good parts what's the value of the rest?

 

[Niander]

I have no idea what you value your boat at?
add up the value of all the good bits
engine looks very good 3 cylinder diesel
exhaust line
prop shaft prop
cooker etc
what electronics do you have?
roller furling
sails
auto pilot
winches
anchor/chain
deck fittings
hand rail and stanchions
etc etc etc
they will all sell easily on the bay!

 

[LittleSister]

I have no idea what you value your boat at?
add up the value of all the good bits....
they will all sell easily on the bay!

You'll probably make enough on the good bits to pay to have the rest taken away!

 

[Niander]

Depends how handy he is could cut it up into discreet pieces with a small grinder
and into the wheelie bin or tip...

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

I know the feeling. Mine is 55 boats later than yours, with less than 500 hours on the engine. No interest at all except from time wasters. I am now resigned to keeping two boats until they pass on to my heirs, one each, to dispose of as they wish. Meanwhile, they give me something to keep me occupied.

 

[onesea]

Sadly that's the way the boat market is great for buying bigger, but for selling...

I think people have lost the knowledge or the time to run a boat on a low budget the whole sport is seen as a rich mans sport.

Not helped by the expectation you should have every expensive safety gizmo on the planet..

Plus the difficulty in obtaining local affordable moorings..

Just my musings on the matter.

 

[prv]

Plus the difficulty in obtaining local affordable moorings..

That's the real killer, at least round here.

Pete

 

[Lakesailor]

If it has a decent trailer and a lead keel, plus all the other bits you can make enough on breaking it to make it worthwhile.
Mast, sails, deck fittings (pulpit, pushpit etc) winches, motor shaft, rudder, there are loads of bits which may be the answer to other owner's prayers.
If you have neighbours the ultimate stage may be a bit antisocial.

 

[Leighb]

I would have thought that finally disposing of the hull is going to be the biggest problem? Even after everything else is removed it must be a ton or so of GRP.

GRP dust is very irritating and dangerous to inhale, so you would need good protection when cutting up with a chainsaw, perhaps rather better than in Lakey's picutures?

 

[Niander]

Nice pics!
Not nice but could be the way for some
especially if paying storage fees as well!

 

[Searush]

You could offer it to the local Scout group - NOT! Given the recent thread on the group that required a donated boat to be coded for commercial use!

Trouble with giving stuff away is that it is seldom valued. At least if someone parts with a little money they do tend to appreciate it a bit more. Breaking a boat is a lot of hard work, cost in the manhours you spend & I suspect it will be a serious loss maker compared to a cheap e-bay sale.

The trailer may be worth a few hundred, I sold one for a hundred that was useless to me but an absolute bargain to the guys that bought it - even tho they were having to do a fair bit of alteration to it.

 

[Lakesailor]

GRP dust is very irritating and dangerous to inhale, so you would need good protection when cutting up with a chainsaw, perhaps rather better than in Lakey's picutures?

You put in your box trailer and take it to the Public Amenity Waste site.

I used a welding filter mask, but as you have so helpfully pointed out, not for the picture I posed for here.
Actually I used an angle grinder for a lot of the cutting and the dust from that was horrific. Far worse than the chainsaw.

 

[ridgy]

How much are you asking?

 

[ghostlymoron]

The problem with the boat market at the moment is that sellers still have an inflated idea of the current value and refuse to sell at less than last years price. This has led to many boats staying 'for sale' for years costing their owners in storage fees and further depreciation. It's not a case of 'I bought it for 'x' have spent 'y' on it so it must be worth 'x+y'', a boat, like anything else, is worth what someone is prepared to pay for it and sellers must be realistic.
My recommendation to the OP would be to ebay it and take what he can get. It's going to be an awful lot of work and hassle selling the valuable bits and he will be left with an unsellable hulk on his drive. That way, he will be shut of his unwanted item and someone else will be able to enjoy it at reasonable cost.

 

[fastjedi]

It looks like a really nice boat .... there is a buyer out there somewhere.
Realistic price, take every opportunity to market your boat, it WILL sell.

Don't resort to an ebay auction until May / June

 

[jontifosi]

Cheers all

I really couldn't bring myself to break her, she's too good for it, but it is at the back of my mind. Someone mnetioned about hand rails and things like that onboard, so when i think on it there;'s bound to be a great deal more value in breaking as the engine is not that old really.

I've had a few viewings, the last one being quite annoying as it was some buyer just wanting to see what a Centaur was like.

 

[ghostlymoron]

Cheers all

I really couldn't bring myself to break her, she's too good for it, but it is at the back of my mind. Someone mnetioned about hand rails and things like that onboard, so when i think on it there;'s bound to be a great deal more value in breaking as the engine is not that old really.

I've had a few viewings, the last one being quite annoying as it was some buyer just wanting to see what a Centaur was like.

You could have told him that a centaur is a member of a composite race of creatures, part human and part horse.

 

[V1701]

How much are you asking? What avenues have you already tried to sell her? Do the pictures you've linked to reflect her current condition? Where's she located?