Whats wrong with this boat?

[excaliber]

In the last year or so of browsing dreaming and drooling, I had spotted this boat which is now on ebay. It looked like just about the perfect shorthanded livaboard in the event that I should hit the lotto, but hasn't sold. Now on ebay it has a current bid of only $320k. I don't get it. What appear to me to be inferior boats sell for much more all of the time. I was thinking maybe people who have that much cash just prefer to have a custom, but I'd really like to know. Anyways, heres a link.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...&item=2489592018&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT

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[ShipsWoofy]

Would you like us to look at your boat then.

Plonker!


Do you understand the currency in the UK is £. Ah no, that might involve thinking.

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[excaliber]

I wish it was my boat. The first thing that bothered me was that after taking delivery it had never been sailed. The guy selling it on ebay is the builder selling it for the owner, I asked him thru ebay why the guy never sailed it, and he said cuz the guy had a hip replacement about the same time as he took delivery and couldn't move good enuff to sail it. Sounded reasonable.

He also said if he were to build it over he would remove the lower wheel area and put a nav station/pilot berth in, also not paint it. He also said he'd make some other changes I didn't understand, but I couldn't see where those problems would bother a sale.

Me, I'm next to broke and tryin to learn about boats and sailing in case I hit the big one, everbody needs a hobby.

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[capricorn]

"everbody needs a hobby", yeah I hear trolling is quite popular.

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[excaliber]

Um, wouldn't be just as easy to form an opinion as it is to be cynical? At the anchoryachts web site is a guy who says the ultimate sailboat in his opinion woiuld be an aluminum c/c ketech. Yet here is one which hasn't sold in a long time, and can't generate much interest at auction. I ask a simple question because I'm trying to learn and the only response I get is from ********. Ok, point taken, now does anyone have an actual opinion about the boat?

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for what it's worth, my ebay name is donald_b_shaw with a good feedback history, it would be pretty silly for me to forgo my rep to try to sell a high dollar anything now wouldn't it?

 

[brianrunyard]

1. It hasn't reached the reserve price yet.
2. Most people don't bid until very near the end of an auction, otherwise they just push up the price. Best to bid just before the end so no-one can outbid you.


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[Col]

Without bio filled in people are bound to be a bit suspisious aren't they?
Anyway........Welcome,

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[excaliber]

Did my bio. Tried earlier when I also tried changing my password, but got the cookies wrong error and quit trying.

As far as the auction, I do expect there may be some bidding late, but the guy selling it told me they were 'light years away' from the reserve and I don't expect it to sell. This boat has been on the market a long time though and that's the part I don't understand. I figured the best way to try and get some feedback about the boat would be while it was on the auction and people could see it.



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[EdEssery]

Quote: "The guy selling it on ebay is the builder selling it for the owner, I asked him thru ebay why the guy never sailed it, and he said cuz the guy had a hip replacement about the same time as he took delivery and couldn't move good enuff to sail it. Sounded reasonable."

The hip replacement must have gone wrong - poor bloke. My brother-in-law who has sailed for nigh on 20 years was having more and more discomfort until he missed a season and had his hip replaced - since then he hasn't looked back and has sailed even more than he did before...

Doesn't sound quite kosher to me this deal. Caveat Emptor.



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[excaliber]

She didn't sell, no last minute bids. I'm guessing that since no one said anything negative about her there must not be any obvious flaws, so maybe that's about all a boat like thats worth.

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[duncan]

few points -
1. not many people considering the purchase of a craft like this are going to do it on the spur of the moment
2. whilst eBay gets you to a wider audience few will buy something like this without a trial and the wider audience works against you because of travel - they will fly in against a fixed price but not for an auction item

so

I would suggest another auction with a buyitnow price

Finally I have bid for 4 boats on eBay and all ended up withdrawn despite there being no indication that the reserve hadn't been met - 3 specifically said no reserve. In 2 cases the craft were re listed within weeks. ie difficult to get seriously engaged.

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[snowleopard]

don't be surprised at people taking a cynical attitude. we see quite a bit of this scenario:

new user
nothing in the bio
first post is a link to another website, usually selling something.



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