What is this boat? Worth £300?

[sam_uk]

Spotted this on ebay, the owner does not seem to know much about it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=250456191886

Can anyone identify the boat? What is the draft?

 

[westernman]

Looks like the draft is getting deeper!

 

[flyingscampi]

You can use it both fresh AND salt water - bargain!

Sorry, can't help with the id..

 

[FullCircle]

I suggest you go look at the sellers feedback.

 

[Anthony]

Thats looks like a big pit just waiting to be filled with money....

 

[Romeo]

Seller seems to know nothing about the boat, and wants payment within 24 hours. Might as well e mail your bank account details direct to Nigeria.

 

[exfinnsailor]

[ QUOTE ]
.. Relisting due to time wasters .. MUST PAY WITHIN 24 HOURS

[/ QUOTE ]

So someone has realised the error of his ways and backed out before it sinks and leaves a very big hole in his bank balance . .

Seller does not know alot about it ..

Wonder if he bought it on Ebay .. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif .. and is now trying to get rid of it himself ..

Perhaps he took SWMBO down for an idilic weekend on the boat and she found the heads in the cabin .. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Did notice the odd spelling mistake . . . . . . .

 

[lw395]

Bit of a project, you might be able to break it profitably.
I think the immediate payment is just a reaction to a non paying bid previously.
Probably cheaper to buy something that's ready to sail.

 

[jhr]

Boat's in Brighton, seller in Edinburgh, according to the feedback.

Actually, I think it may be genuine, it just doesn't sound quite right for a scam. £300 for a marine toilet, cooker, outboard (albeit of dodgy provenance) and other bits and bobs might be quite a good deal, though you'd have to get rid of the hull somehow.

She has a certain waif-like charm....

I reckon whoever is disposing of her has either bought in haste and is now repenting at leisure, or is disposing of her for someone's estate.

 

[Angele]

Having read the earlier posts my immediate conclusion was that this had to be a scam (and I have heard of similar instances which indeed turned out to be):

Seller living a long way from the boat;
Seller doesn't know much about it; and
Immediate payment required (hence before you have had a chance to look at it/check it even exists where it is supposed to be).

But, it looks like they want payment by Paypal. I'm no Ebay/Paypal expert, but I think that means you are protected against scammers. Is that right?

 

[Lakesailor]

Good points: "The boat is currently floating"

Bad points: The vendor would not let the previous buyer pay cash on collection, but payment was required within 24 hrs.

As a cheap knockabout boat for a few quid (marina fees will be more than that) it must be a goer. However The idea of paying before getting my hands on it doesn't seem sound. Does he even own the boat? Is there a lien on it by the marina (could be £1000s in unpaid dues)?
More info needed.

 

[ianat182]

Could be worth the money to get a vacant mooring.! Looks like it came from the Hamble area,but don't recognise the design either.

 

[Cliveshep]

I'd check if the boat owes the marina mooring fees, taking ownership of the boat will transfer the boat's debts with it won't it?

Also, the marina will know who purports to actually own it!

 

[AntarcticPilot]

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I'd check if the boat owes the marina mooring fees, taking ownership of the boat will transfer the boat's debts with it won't it?

Also, the marina will know who purports to actually own it!

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I rather got the impression from the eBay listing that it might be being sold to cover debts. If a marina has a lien on a boat they are entitled to sell the boat to recover their debt.

If you like waifs and strays, she's got that kind of appeal!

I do wonder if the seller appreciates the norms of buying and selling boats. It sounds like it is someone not very boaty who is selling.

 

[dombuckley]

Not sure the guy knows anything about the boats. She's been listed before - as a "classic wooden boat".

And the comment: "engine/motor fitted on board but I do not know its use - as an inboard or a bilge pump" /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
speaks volumes!!!

 

[Lakesailor]

[ QUOTE ]
If a marina has a lien on a boat they are entitled to sell the boat to recover their debt.

[/ QUOTE ] My point exactly. It's being sold by a very non-boaty person. So do the marina even know he is selling it? (making the assumption of course that they have any lien on it at all, it may be a perfectly straightforward sale)

 

[Cloona]

great way to start cruising/sailing - offer 200 used and get a receipt and some sellers id when handing over the cash -

happy days -

 

[Lakesailor]

If you read the Feedback on the seller he won't accept cash on collection.

 

[lw395]

If anybody wanted it, they could contact the seller and work something out.
They would be well advised to check with the marina.
Some people are funny about accepting cash, does not mean anything dodgy necessarily. It might just mean the seller wants to have a paper trail on the payment to prove he is shot of it, or to document the sale. Perhaps we should ask him?

 

[Lakesailor]

Feel free.