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06-26-2018, 10:03 AM
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 8,812
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TomandJeri
I still sail, but am down to a trailer boat for various reasons*, and both age and health are the main reasons I'm in the market for a trawler now. Plus, the admiral hates the 'down in a hole' feel of a sailboat saloon, while I rather like it. But that's another issue.
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A few years ago I had a free weekend and was going to take the sailboat out. My wife was tied up with something so I asked my Mom to go with me. She is a better sailor than I ever was. We were anchored in a nice quiet bay in the evening and we were standing in the saloon doing dishes or something. I glanced out the side portlight and spotted an eagle and mentioned it to my Mom. She wasn’t tall enough to see out.
That is when the idea of being down in a hole really struck me. My wife is tall and could see out those windows just fine when standing. However, neither of us can when seated. I do love being able to sit now in the saloon and have the great view around me from our trawler.
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08-23-2018, 07:12 PM
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#62
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Guru
City: Seabrook
Vessel Name: Boku
Vessel Model: 1996 Mainship 37 M/Y
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 905
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Remember this conversation?
Here's another example.
https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/bo...675219627.html
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I have a 42' Chris Craft that I am looking to trade or sell. This must be sold ASAP. I started restoring it but due to a family emergency, it's not going to be an option. I have over $15,000 invested in it all ready. One engine has been rebuilt and one has not. I have LOTS of extra parts including 2 paragon transmissions. Every thing on the boat is original, all the way to the a/c which works great. It has a 7.5 Kohler generator. This needs magneto. Clear title in hand. I would like to trade for a classic car or rat rod. However am open to all trades. Trade value is of course higher than cash. Willing to sell $4,000 obo.
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Must not be THAT bad of a family emergency.
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08-23-2018, 07:15 PM
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#63
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Guru
City: Quebec
Vessel Name: Bleuvet
Vessel Model: Custom Built
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,189
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Funny today I went over a Hatteras, for sale for something around 450K and it was mentioned that the owner started a total refit but now want to sell so the deal was buy the boat, buy what is missing and the owner will finish the refit free for you. This is what I call a xmas gift!
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08-23-2018, 07:44 PM
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#64
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Senior Member
City: Flanders, NJ
Vessel Name: Bassey
Vessel Model: 17' Bass
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 222
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Originally Posted by toocoys
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Its twue they say.....
https://goo.gl/images/18WWfd
My first failed attempt at adding a gif image.
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08-30-2018, 09:08 PM
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#65
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Guru
City: Caimanera
Vessel Name: Seafarer
Vessel Model: 1926 56’ Winslow RDMY
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,235
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We sold Ebbtide because we moved to Cuba. If we hadn’t moved I would have never sold her. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction!
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What kind of boat is that?
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08-30-2018, 09:27 PM
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Guru
City: Quebec
Vessel Name: Bleuvet
Vessel Model: Custom Built
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,189
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Originally Posted by Bob Cofer
We sold Ebbtide because we moved to Cuba. If we hadn’t moved I would have never sold her. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction!
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Why did not you moved there with her? Excuse the question if this is too personal, not my intend to be an inquisitor.
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08-30-2018, 09:41 PM
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Guru
City: Caimanera
Vessel Name: Seafarer
Vessel Model: 1926 56’ Winslow RDMY
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,235
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A couple of reasons actually:
1. It would have taken us a very long time to sail her down here.
2. Toredo (?) worms.
3. She was not set up for cruising in this part of the world.
4. Moorage on a military installation is tricky.
When we finish up our projects here we will get a boat more suited for this area. Planning on a couple of years of cruising then who knows.
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What kind of boat is that?
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08-31-2018, 09:29 AM
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Guru
City: Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, (or where the anchor drops)
Vessel Model: 1973 42 Bertram MY
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,264
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Right now, the only thing I can picture causing us to sell our boat down the road, would be health issues. That and none of the kids wanting it.
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"It's the tides. They can work for you, and they can work against you. And, confidentially, I've had this problem with the tides before." Captain Ron
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08-31-2018, 11:40 AM
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Guru
City: Trenton
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,302
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More depressing are the ads that state the boat is completely outfitted for a world cruise but the owner died and the owner's wife is selling.
Just go. Now.
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Al Johnson
34' Marine Trader
"Angelina"
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08-31-2018, 02:46 PM
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Guru
City: Ingleside-On-The-Bay, Texas
Vessel Name: Papillon
Vessel Model: 1978 Mainship 34 Trawler #95
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 643
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alormaria
More depressing are the ads that state the boat is completely outfitted for a world cruise but the owner died and the owner's wife is selling.
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Mine was ready for a circumnavigation and had made a false start several months before when the wife got sick. She is no longer able to do foredeck duties. I gave it away. She suggested I go solo but after 60 years of marriage I was not going to go solo. So I bought my 1978 MS-34 trawler so she can sit in the salon and knit while I play Captain. Its sad to see it sitting in the slip deteriorating because the current owner apparently doesnt care.
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08-31-2018, 02:57 PM
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#71
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Senior Member
City: Florida
Vessel Model: 420AC Sea Ray
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 354
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There are only going to be three reasons why I sell my current boat.
1. We are actively looking to buy house in the Bahamas. If this takes place that I have no choice but to sell the boat.
2. We find a larger boat that has a walk in engine room and we decide not to buy the house in the Bahamas.
3. I get sick or injured and I’m no longer capable of using the boat.
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08-31-2018, 04:16 PM
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#72
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Veteran Member
City: Texas
Vessel Name: Miss Adventure
Vessel Model: DeFever 49 CMY
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 57
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AusCan
"Health issues" was the reason I was given. I think that was partly true, as the owner was in his seventies. He didn't want to say "because it has a 30 year old raw water cooled Volvo". Whatever. You just take in what you see and what you hear and make up your own mind.
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Bingo!
The PO of my boat said he lost his first mate (She had died) and was going back to a sail boat. I listened. I looked. The boat was in good shape and unmolested. It was the make and model I wanted. I made up my mind and it's in my slip.
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Be careful out there.
And remember; You can never have too much money or too many boats, you'll just never have both...
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08-31-2018, 05:55 PM
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#73
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Guru
City: Victoria TX
Vessel Name: Bijou
Vessel Model: 2008 Island Packet PY/SP
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,893
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Cofer
We sold Ebbtide because we moved to Cuba. If we hadn’t moved I would have never sold her. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction!
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I’d like to know about your experience living in Cuba. How did you manage that visa-wise? Maybe you could start a new thread.
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08-31-2018, 06:20 PM
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#74
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Guru
City: Caimanera
Vessel Name: Seafarer
Vessel Model: 1926 56’ Winslow RDMY
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,235
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We are contracted at Guantanamo Bay. No visa required.
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