Dill et Bound
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I agree with previous posters... I have just checked out to see how many of the boats are still for sale that I looked at when I bought mine in August 2011... 3...out of 6
I am lucky I suppose.. I live on an island.. I am quite handy.. I don t want a boat over 26ft as I would nt be able to dry it in some of the places I go, or handle it easily on my own..
I paid £12 000 in 2000 for a Sealine 218 and sold it in 2010 for £11 000 just before I was about to take it out the water to spend probably £1 000 on it..
Every year I maintained the boat with a rolling maintainance programme which I estimated to be about, when averaged out to be about £1 700 a year including Fuel Insurance and mooring
I wanted a slightly bigger boat, and after some debate bought a Sealine 255 for £20 000 and then spent another £10 000 on it. New dinghy, outboard, bowthruster, holding tank, legs ..etc etc etc
Madness you may think.. But so far, as it is more economical than my petrol engined previous boat, and insurance wise and mooring wise only a little more expensive. I still have the same running yearly cost..
I also have a boat that performs all the tasks that I need it to do.. I took it out the water today, but have been out 5 or 6 times since Xmas, so I use it a lot..
Will I get my £30 000 back.. Probably not in the next couple of years, but in the future who knows...The ones still for sale are almost half the price, but petrol..
One of the benefits of owning a small older boat is that depreciation is not the main issue... Good maintainance is...
Boats are a money pit, or as my er indoors says. A holiday in the Maldives she does nt get..Now where did I put my polish...
I am lucky I suppose.. I live on an island.. I am quite handy.. I don t want a boat over 26ft as I would nt be able to dry it in some of the places I go, or handle it easily on my own..
I paid £12 000 in 2000 for a Sealine 218 and sold it in 2010 for £11 000 just before I was about to take it out the water to spend probably £1 000 on it..
Every year I maintained the boat with a rolling maintainance programme which I estimated to be about, when averaged out to be about £1 700 a year including Fuel Insurance and mooring
I wanted a slightly bigger boat, and after some debate bought a Sealine 255 for £20 000 and then spent another £10 000 on it. New dinghy, outboard, bowthruster, holding tank, legs ..etc etc etc
Madness you may think.. But so far, as it is more economical than my petrol engined previous boat, and insurance wise and mooring wise only a little more expensive. I still have the same running yearly cost..
I also have a boat that performs all the tasks that I need it to do.. I took it out the water today, but have been out 5 or 6 times since Xmas, so I use it a lot..
Will I get my £30 000 back.. Probably not in the next couple of years, but in the future who knows...The ones still for sale are almost half the price, but petrol..
One of the benefits of owning a small older boat is that depreciation is not the main issue... Good maintainance is...
Boats are a money pit, or as my er indoors says. A holiday in the Maldives she does nt get..Now where did I put my polish...