. Show the new buyer the survey and get up to date oil samples done. 
Deleted User's comments were very much AOTBE. If the low hours boat is tatty, wrong colour, lying Vanuatu then of course it is worth less. But Deleted User was clear that he was commenting on a AOTBE footing
Haha thanks for the compliment but I get nowhere near MYAG's hours. He is the king of hourage on this forum:encouragement:. My previous s78 was born same day as MYAG's Y80 (both were exhibited at LIBS2011) and if I add together my hours on that boat and my subsequent (current) boat I get nowhere near MYAG's hours. I would be at 800 hours on each genset; MYAG has 8,000 on each one. Chapeau to him! I don't know his engine hours but I'm at a mere 720hrs both boats combined
Absolutely.
Maybe it was at the right price to reflect its hours? Self evidently engine hours are less important for D boats with low revving under stressed engines whose wear life is measured in tens of thousands of hours rather than thousands. Once again I ask would you pay the same money for the Flanders N46 with 20,000 hours or whatever compared to a N46 with 5,000 hrs?
Well the original discussion point was whether high hours boats are worth less. Of course we can all point to instances where high hours boats have sold well or we can all point to high hours boats that are in first class condition. Sorry to keep labouring this point but, in general terms, hours do matter and they do affect the value of the boat and as another poster pointed out, if hours didn't matter, why do brokers quote hours in their promotional material and why do they highlight the fact that a boat is low hours when they are selling it? Its not for no reason. Conversely as well, they often 'forget' to state the hours of a high hours boat in their promotional material as wellNot sure about Egret specifically, but I've yet to come across a long range cruiser where the asking price (or also the actual selling price, for that matter) was significantly affected by the engine hours.
Particularly over the Pond, where the market for these vessels is somewhat larger, it seems to me that "tried and tested", obviously together with "properly maintained", are much more appealing selling points, compared to low engine hours.
In fact, I came across a few brokers dealing specifically with these boats, and they are always somewhat embarrassed when dealing with particularly low hours boats, go figure!
That said, the answer to your last question is pretty obvious, but it's the 100% AOTBE assumption that is purely theoretical.
I doubt that two completely identical vessels, equipped and maintained exactly in the same way (whose only difference is in the engine hours) even exist - let alone come across them during a boat search!
So, realistically, the question is how much value are you willing to place on low engine hours vs. other factors.
To some extent, it's an each to their own thing of course - I'm sure that the better half of some of us could tip the balance in favour of an higher hours boat just because of some scatter cushions or whatever...!
'Fiuaskme, in petem boots, just seeing some slightly better maintained outdrives in an 800 hours boat would be sufficient for me to choose her over the 600 hours one.
And that's the first example that pops to my mind, but I could make dozens of others...
Indeed it is. Everybody keeps talking about the 'strength' of Sterling against the Euro but now it is only back to roughly where it was before the recession started at the back end of 2007 and not forgetting the fact that in the past it did briefly touch €1.70/£
Well, obviously also Guinness has good reasons to tell us that their beer is good for us!