What is this boat? Worth £300?

If you are really interested, I would contact the seller at the end of the auction and make a private deal on your own terms. Whilst it probably isn't worth exchanging formal contracts for 300 notes, looking at the standard MCA contract document could give you pointers to the right questions to ask.
 
If it's genuine with no financial strings such as mooring fees owed etc then it could be a nice project.
What does the marina/boatyard say, as they have the right to 'hold/seize' a craft if dues are unpaid.
My pal bought a lovely Elizabethan for £4k three years ago where the owner had not paid his bills to the yard and the yard wanted it gone.
If you buy a boat this way make sure you also get confirmation and all the previous paperwork from the owner and don't just take the yards word for it.
 
Many years ago, I saw an old tub with a sign on it reading.....

MUST BE SOLD
Someone put another sign below it.

MUST BE JOKING
 
If it is not as described by the seller when you get to it - or there are MAJOR undisclosed problems, you can open a dispute thro; e-bay & Paypal will freeze the funds. Seller is given a chance to reply & if you can't work out a solution between you the transaction can be voided.

Not exactly a guarantee, but a reasonable chance to get your money back off a scammer.

As others have said, she looks low in the water, but that may be the result of overloading with junk. Might be worth a punt if you have the time to deal with sorting her out & cleaning her up - or to fight with seller via e-bay processes.
 
.........or there are MAJOR undisclosed problems........like the fact that the seller may not own it or have the right to sell it!

It is on the face of it a bargain buy, and low in the water may very well be because it's half full of rainwater because it's been sitting unloved for a while, not an insoluble problem with a grp boat.

I still say if you are interested you need to check provenance, i.e. talk to the Marina, tell them it's for sale and by whom and check as far as you can that it is legit with no hidden bills attached to it. Another thing to check is if it owes the Marina money, how much and what they are going to do about it if you become the owner.

I once had a Senior 31 offered to me by the owner, who had lost interest in it having bought another up-market boat anyway. It was lying ashore at a lower Thames yard, and needed a couple of outdrive legs which the owner had removed for service, and subsequently had stolen from the back of his pick up. It too was half full of rainwater and I spent several hours with my pump and generator pumping it out before the yard owner came across and told me that if I took ownership I would have to pay the yard fees of many thousands which were owed before they would permit it to be worked on or leave the yard. Naturally I was the one who then left both boat and yard.
 
Actually, the owner and his son took off the legs, chucked them in the back of a pick up, and on the way back to my friend's place stopped off at a pub. When they came out the legs had gone "walkabout". Due to the cost of legs and the fact that it was a boat needing a lot of tlc anyway he lost interest in it and when a nice newish sports cruiser came along bought that. He had pretty much abandoned the Senior when I was overheard to say I was looking around for a 30 foot twin screw so he told me I could have it f.o.c as a project. Due to what the yard was owed (£7k) plus what was needing to be spent on it, refit, legs etc, it just wasn't worth it.
 
On the i.d., I suspect that she started life a a low free board open boat onto which someone has bodged a plywood cabin, The height of the cabin makes her look lower in the water than she is. Type of keel is unkown, so our ace salesman has never seen her out the water.

By the way, I understood it was the potential purchaser who was in Edinburgh, not the seller??
 
seller would not accept cash on collection? wanted paying within 24hrs? eh??????
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Reply by ak47tokeon7 (01-Jul-09 21:56):
I LIVE IN EDINBURGH THE BOAT IS IN ENGLAND BRIGHTON

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right enough. The guy who sold him the tent says "great ebayer NICE PERSON TO DEAL WITH" in typical e bay fashion, although the liberal use of capitals makes me wonder if it is one and the same person, especially since it has only just gone up, after the negative feedback.
 
Looks like the seller has either not got much ebay experience or set up a new id to shift this boat.
Either is fairy nuff, a high feedback score for buying CD's at a quid each, does not make anyone a good person to buy a boat from sight unseen.
Caveat Emptor as always!
I doubt this is the worst boat on ebay.
 
That old wreck will cost you lots of time and money to sort out.At the end of it it will still have a very low resale value.

Look for a boat that is in useable seaworthy condition.There are thousands of small boats for sale for very little money.
 
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