Other: How not to advertise a boat

People never cease to amaze me. I was idly clicking through the eBay listings and noticed this.

Trawler Boat Diesel | eBay

Judging from the interior condition he really doesn't want to sell it. 5 minutes with a big garbage bag would have made all the difference.

I wonder how the fuel tanks got changed - those engines haven't been moved for quite a while!

At least you know what your getting. No fancy camera angle or fresh paint to hide what your getting. I would call that boat a full fledge project boat.

I love the half-filled pot of coffee and trash bags hanging. Nice touches!

For less than 10K? That boats a steal.

You can cut tanks into real small pieces.

New fuel tanks, good FB covers, modern anchor, the boat has not been without some love. Wonder what the decks are like? Worth a look for sure.

Ah, BruceK you beat me to it, regarding the Rocna/Manson anchor! For ten grand it does warrant a look.

Cheers, Bill

Of course, there's still 6 days left on the auction, and the seller has reserved the right to cancel the sale at any time before the auction ends..............so, I'm thinkin it won't go for 10k.

The price says it all...

Shoalwaters said:

........I wonder how the fuel tanks got changed ............

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When I started looking for trawlers, the first few were what seemed to be really good deals. When the surveyor checked them - first place he looked was the tops of the fuel tanks. The teak decks above had apparently leaked for a very long time. The decks were rotted and delaminated and the fuel tanks had pin holes on the tops. Might be that same here.

"For less than 10K? That boats a steal".
The owner knows what he got. If anything is going to be stolen, it could be your money. The owner cant even throw away garbage, what makes you think he actually maintained the boat. It can cost a lot more than you think to pay someone to chop it up and dispose of it. Then again, I could be wrong.

I was going to buy it, but then I saw "trailer not included".

Bummer.

Tony B said:

When I started looking for trawlers, the first few were what seemed to be really good deals. When the surveyor checked them - first place he looked was the tops of the fuel tanks. The teak decks above had apparently leaked for a very long time. The decks were rotted and delaminated and the fuel tanks had pin holes on the tops. Might be that same here.

"For less than 10K? That boats a steal".
The owner knows what he got. If anything is going to be stolen, it could be your money. The owner cant even throw away garbage, what makes you think he actually maintained the boat. It can cost a lot more than you think to pay someone to chop it up and dispose of it. Then again, I could be wrong.

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New tanks bottom job zincs sanding and painting all sound like maintenece. The pics look like a project boat to me. Possibly growing tired of the effort.

The tanks may have already been leaking and had to have the boat pulled. In many trawlers, the engine has to be pulled in order to remove the tanks. While the boat was pulled it made sense to replace the zincs. The bottom job may have been as simple as pressure wash and roll out paint. The paint job was spotty. To me it sounds like a few things the owner did to make it somewhat saleable.
This could have been leaking in the harbor and he had to pull it.
The interior doesn't look all that bad, not counting the mess, however, photos can be misleading.
Amyway, it's all just a guess.

Can I just bid for the anchor and windlass???

Not the worst I've seen here on the forum!

This KK Manatee on YW is really a disaster.

1988 Kadey Krogen Manatee Power Boat For Sale - www.yachtworld.com

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I've seen WAAAAAY worse than that!

Donsan said:

This KK Manatee on YW is really a disaster.

1988 Kadey Krogen Manatee Power Boat For Sale - www.yachtworld.com

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that is just sad, I think the open butter in the galley and the mini plunger next to the head are " special " touches.. dude clearly doesn't give a crap about anything. That is a boat that needs more that just love.
HOLLYWOOD

I must have missed it. There's a boat hidden somewhere under all that junk????

He has a reserve price, meaning that if the reserve price is not met during bidding, it will not sell. I wonder what the reserve price actually is?

That poor Manatee has seen some things.

I wonder if the Hooters sign is included in the sale. No boat deserves to be treated that way.

The clock seemed to be working.

I kinda like the flare pistol hanging with the flowered lei's. Prepared for ANY emergency.