What does £250,000 buy you?

[Magic]

Is it me or does this sound like news for the sake of news?

http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/auto/newsdesk/20070401141506ymnews.html

I mean what does £250k buy on a tub like that?

 

[Seven Spades]

2 sets of school fees

 

[theforeman]

a new set of boarding ladders and a dining table perhaps /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[ronsurf]

Drake's Island in Plymouth Sound sold for that much about 8 years ago...

 

[Judders]

It would buy you half a terraced house where I live...

or this:-

http://ybw.yachtworld.com/core/uk/listin...boat_id=1600778

which might make a half decent tender or support vessel?