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06-26-2018, 08:12 PM
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Guru
City: Kilmarnock VA
Vessel Name: Wandering Star
Vessel Model: PSN40
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,395
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I want to click the "buy it now" button!
This seems like a nice boat for 60k. What am I missing?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2004-42-Cus...0AAOSws-tbJP7d
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06-26-2018, 08:16 PM
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Guru
City: Port Townsend
Vessel Name: The Promise
Vessel Model: Roughwater 35
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,569
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A survey?
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06-26-2018, 08:22 PM
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Guru
City: Queensland
Vessel Model: Milkraft 60 converted timber prawn trawler
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 5,482
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Plastic boat
Low hour engine
Looks clean enough
Cheap cheap
Are you there checking it out yet?
If not why not?
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06-26-2018, 08:23 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 28,148
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based on the writeup...trim issues, temp fuel tank and water damage...5 years of neglect...
$60,000 sounds about right....probably plenty more to fix....
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06-26-2018, 08:32 PM
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Guru
City: Kilmarnock VA
Vessel Name: Wandering Star
Vessel Model: PSN40
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,395
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Quote:
Originally Posted by psneeld
based on the writeup...trim issues, temp fuel tank and water damage...5 years of neglect...
$60,000 sounds about right....probably plenty more to fix....
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Stupid me! I didn't see the rest of the description. The fuel tank issue scares me a little but still, I think it would make a nice boat with some effort.
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06-26-2018, 08:37 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,565
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Volvo engine.
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06-26-2018, 08:39 PM
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Guru
City: Quebec
Vessel Name: Bleuvet
Vessel Model: Custom Built
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,375
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At first sight she shows some blemish:
On the bow, there is a wood rail on starboard, not on port?
The starboard hatch looks broken.
Inside, the ceiling panel looks damaged (water?)
The helm lower helm console is missing one screen and water damage on the sole. Also some instrumentation missing on the bottom right section of the console.
Galley sole shows water damages.
Aft cockpit does not look in good shape.
V berth show damages each side of the bed (water?)
Same with small cabin
Fuel tanks not installed, neglected during 5 years.
I guess this is more a project boat than anything else, and even at 60k not sure I would jump in.
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06-26-2018, 08:41 PM
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Guru
City: Kilmarnock VA
Vessel Name: Wandering Star
Vessel Model: PSN40
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,395
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Simi 60
Plastic boat
Low hour engine
Looks clean enough
Cheap cheap
Are you there checking it out yet?
If not why not?
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Actually...we have a house in South Carolina that my wife & I just happen to be checking on this weekend so who knows...perhaps we'll make a detour. Maybe come Monday I'll have a 42' down east for my new profile picture!
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06-26-2018, 08:46 PM
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Guru
City: Kilmarnock VA
Vessel Name: Wandering Star
Vessel Model: PSN40
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,395
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Yes, the Volvo engine is a red flag for me too. I'm not going to be a 2 boat owner anyway. I still might take a look at it to satisfy my curiosity.
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06-26-2018, 08:51 PM
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Senior Member
City: Seattle
Vessel Model: 55 Offshore
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 124
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Lost me at “I cut out the transom”..... but if you have time, skills and another $50k to put into it you’d have a boat worth $110k.
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06-26-2018, 09:15 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 21,186
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The transom cut out would be the big one for me to take pause on. If he didn’t know what he was doing it could make the boat structurally unsound. He didn’t just cut a gate into the transom, he took it out from one side to the other. What sort of support did he fabricate to replace the lost structure? And it has a Volvo...
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06-26-2018, 09:38 PM
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Guru
City: Queensland
Vessel Model: Milkraft 60 converted timber prawn trawler
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 5,482
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RT Firefly
Volvo engine.
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Yeah, turn off for me but some like the green death
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06-27-2018, 12:54 AM
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Guru
City: Boston Area
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 2,610
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Its nice to buy a boat that was owned by someone who was very handy and capable....but this might be a little too much. Its using a 5 gallon bucket for a fuel tank ???
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06-27-2018, 12:59 AM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,559
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Hmmm. Minimal decks and no railings. Still, absence of a flybridge isn't a negative.
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06-27-2018, 01:04 AM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 13,329
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Benthic2
Its nice to buy a boat that was owned by someone who was very handy and capable....but this might be a little too much. Its using a 5 gallon bucket for a fuel tank ???
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On what was done I question "handy and capable", eg entirely removing the transom. On the plus side, inspecting the fuel tanks could not be easier.
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2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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06-27-2018, 01:44 AM
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Guru
City: St Augustine,Fl
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,798
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I think its a deal. I wasn't crazy about volvo engine...500 Hours?,nothing. It is a real find for a diy type person in my book. Nice downeast type boat for sub 100k or so...
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06-27-2018, 05:31 AM
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Guru
City: Kilmarnock VA
Vessel Name: Wandering Star
Vessel Model: PSN40
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,395
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Maybe the transom removal isn't a structural big deal. Lot's of Nova Scotia built boats don't have a transom for fishing. I hope the current owner had the good sense to consult with the builder before going at it with a sawzall. I woild bring all of the pieces he ripped out & put most of them back, especially the transom.
One of my favorite boats ever is theWesMac 42. I had a friend who had one and she was a sweet running boat. This one is very close to that style. Would it be a lot of work to restore it? Heck yes. I still thing it's a sweet deal. A gem in the rough.
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06-27-2018, 07:27 PM
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Guru
City: Tri Cities, WA
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,406
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bradenvlp
Lost me at “I cut out the transom”..... but if you have time, skills and another $50k to put into it you’d have a boat worth $110k.
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Or you might have a boat worth $60,000 that you're in it $110,000.
Several years ago I had a boat that was totaled by a BUI boater. His insurance cashed me out and the boat was hauled away to an auction house. I got a call a year or so later by a guy who bought it at the auction. He said "I got a real steal on it. I only paid $50K for it and I've only spent about $60K repairing the damage and I'm almost done."
I didn't have the heart to tell him the boat was only worth about $75K in good, un-wrecked condition.
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1981 Boston Whaler 13'
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06-27-2018, 07:32 PM
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Scraping Paint
City: nowhere
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 934
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07-02-2018, 06:58 PM
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Guru
City: Southport, FL near Panama City
Vessel Name: FROLIC
Vessel Model: Mainship 30 Pilot II since 2015. GB-42 1986-2015. Former Unlimited Tonnage Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,984
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That transom removal is about the dumbest thing I ever heard of. Hadn't the guy ever heard of a thing called reserve buoyancy. Unless the whole back end of the cabin and cockpit can be made as strong and water tight as the original transom, this is a disaster waiting to happen. Run away, do not walk!
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Rich Gano
FROLIC (2005 MainShip 30 Pilot II)
Panama City area
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