selling up

[Birdseye]

Its one thing to get rid of the boat but what do you do about the rest of a few decades of boaty bits, everything from generators to rope and oilies? Even things like a collection of stainless nuts bolts and washers.

Boat jumble? Any experiences of doing that?

 

[CLB]

eBay, gumtree, 'for sale' forum on YBW, boating Facebook groups. The stuff that don't sell in these places is probably not worth the effort of selling.

 

[bbg]

Its one thing to get rid of the boat but what do you do about the rest of a few decades of boaty bits, everything from generators to rope and oilies? Even things like a collection of stainless nuts bolts and washers.

Boat jumble? Any experiences of doing that?

Include them when you sell the boat. Except for individual, big ticket items, you have to decide if you are going to use them in the future or whether the hassle of trying to get rid of them is worth more than just tossing them in with the sale of the boat.

 

[mjcoon]

eBay, gumtree, 'for sale' forum on YBW, boating Facebook groups. The stuff that don't sell in these places is probably not worth the effort of selling.

But you may be able to give it away via https://www.facebook.com/Freegle/ or similar.

Mike.

 

[zoidberg]

Its one thing to get rid of the boat but what do you do about the rest of a few decades of boaty bits, everything from generators to rope and oilies? Even things like a collection of stainless nuts bolts and washers.

I'm likely to be interested in some of it. And you're not far away. Maybe send me some focussed fotos by PM?

Boat jumble? Any experiences of doing that?

I've 'sold' at several, and was a regular 'purchaser' at Beaulieu. It seems few are worth the bother these days.

 

[Wansworth]

Same here in the wildsof Galicia 480 meters above see level I have sails for a forty foot gaff schooner,not much demand locally!

 

[lw395]

Its one thing to get rid of the boat but what do you do about the rest of a few decades of boaty bits, everything from generators to rope and oilies? Even things like a collection of stainless nuts bolts and washers.

Boat jumble? Any experiences of doing that?

Traditionally, you leave it in a shed for your heirs to worry about.

Or you get rid of it all in a big panic when you move house.

Best to get rid of it for what it will raise on ebay.
Or give stuff away to people who will make use of it.
When I moved house, I offloaded some boaty stuff to the scouts, and a load of DIY materials to a disabled charity, after one of their helpers had won a couple of bits on ebay, he was pleased to take away a load of stuff which probably wasn't worth the effort of listing on ebay.

After you've got rid of your spectra rope and Harken blocks or whatever for a few small coins, you will of course need to buy some overpriced low grade equivalent for a washing line or something...

 

[peteK]

Take it down to a local traditional boatyard.

 

[Daydream believer]

Take it down to a local traditional boatyard.

You mean one of those places where the mouldy 25ft high buildings are almost derelict, full of rubbish, surrounded by wrecked & unwanted hulks. The only access is by splashing ankle deep in oily muddy bog to get to some small shed on blocks 18 inches off the ground, posing as an " office" in which there is a table covered in heaps of paper, old files, a metal filing cabinet, with the drawers stuck half open & some boxes, coils of wire, some heaps of junk of dubious origin, plus an outboard with no cylinder head. You cannot get in, as there is no room.

Nothing like "tradition"

You would be better off taking it straight to the tip & save the environment.

 

[PHN]

Recently I had to get rid of 30+ years of classic car remains. Same story. "Had to" because of house renovation and no intent to pay for external storage of stuff that I was most likely not ever going to use again. Internet sale raised extra funding for my house renovation. I have a very pragmatic appropach to storing stuff. When you did not need it in the last 10+ years and it is not about irreplaceable photo albums/heirlooms then just sell it and get rid of it. Buy new if and whenever you need it again.

 

[Graham376]

Buy new if and whenever you need it again.

Been there, done that, bloody expensive! Moved to house with small garage so sold most tools off. Then extended garage and went shopping. Old saw sold for IIRC £200, new one cost around £1,000, much the same story for bandsaw, mitre saw, drill press, planer thicknesser, etc.

 

[wombat88]

I really do not like Facebook.

I sold the boat on Facebook Marketplace. Intelligent and local enquiries in the main. Better than Ebay, Gumtree and even Apollo Duck. I could describe the differences in responses from each but perhaps not here.

Every time I find a bit of left over boat, be it tools, ropes or bits (shackles, poles etc). I put them on FB Marketplace and they sell to people who actually come and pick them up...and pay. No commission payable to FB.

I still don't like Facebook but it does appear to have its uses.

 

[PHN]

Been there, done that, bloody expensive! Moved to house with small garage so sold most tools off. Then extended garage and went shopping. Old saw sold for IIRC £200, new one cost around £1,000, much the same story for bandsaw, mitre saw, drill press, planer thicknesser, etc.

There is a context to my comment: "not having used it in 10+ years" plus the requirement of moving to paid storage.

 

[lw395]

I really do not like Facebook.

I sold the boat on Facebook Marketplace. Intelligent and local enquiries in the main. Better than Ebay, Gumtree and even Apollo Duck. I could describe the differences in responses from each but perhaps not here.

Every time I find a bit of left over boat, be it tools, ropes or bits (shackles, poles etc). I put them on FB Marketplace and they sell to people who actually come and pick them up...and pay. No commission payable to FB.

I still don't like Facebook but it does appear to have its uses.

Mixed experience of Facebook Marketplace.
I bought a racing dinghy through that site, all good, not too painful to communicate, no fees.
But I think the seller could probably have got more money selling it via other sites.

I've sold a few non-boaty, non-motorbike odds and ends via FB and repeatedly met a worse class of idiot than I've met via ebay.
I've sold a whole range of stuff via ebay and never once had that feeling of regretting inviting someone to my home.