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HTurner said:
Picture intensive, interesting boat from Australia:


Airwave


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A little Fairchild Scout in there....with a chopped top! FS also made three that had mast. Cool little boat, I have the best one in my opinion, highly modified. Here it is on a trailer.
 

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phillippeterson said:
Sort of.....

When you go to sell you will get less than a used Fleming. Sure, you may be ahead in the short term. When a used Fleming sells it will get bring a higher price reflecting the higher initial price.

"There's nothing more expensive than a used boat" also applies to airplanes. I've seen friends buy a bargain airplane, put $100K (or lots more) into it and when they sell it doesn't get back all they put in it. I've bought some used, but almost new, planes for a premium that required no additional repairs and sold every one two or three years later for what I paid for it even after putting several hundred hours on it.

I feel I came out ahead of my friends.
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I can't complain with my boat or aircraft purchases over the years. About 30 of each. However, the aircraft sold for MUCH higher and in all of my planes I sold them for more than paid, and sometimes enough to pay the operating costs for a few years. Not so with boats. Only sold a few for what I paid, but I totally expect that. However, that's what they cost and have zero regrets.



They all had value for me.
 
Seevee said:
I can't complain with my boat or aircraft purchases over the years.

They all had value for me.
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You certainly understand the meaning of life. It's nice when the spreadsheet works out in your favor. But, there's much more to life than the numbers.
 
phillippeterson said:
You certainly understand the meaning of life. It's nice when the spreadsheet works out in your favor. But, there's much more to life than the numbers.
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True, but the thread was about cost. Granted, it's nice to sell for what you paid and not "loose" money, but the experience is priceless, hoping it's a good one. I certainly can't complain about that, either.
 
1973 Hargrave Custom 65 in Florida. twin DD 871s.
 

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@BruceK: that is a beautiful vessel. No pics of engine room or the auxiliary engine—and what IS that fender doing up there???
 
Kit_L said:
@BruceK: that is a beautiful vessel. No pics of engine room or the auxiliary engine—and what IS that fender doing up there???
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At 118 hours the ER is likely "as new" but yes, pics would be nice. The "get home" mention in the advert isn`t very informative, again, pics would be good. Maybe more to be added.
Different advert, more pics, still no ER shots. White leather upholstery rules it out for me.:)https://www.tradeaboat.com.au/details/10685-2018-defever-570-lr
 
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BruceK said:
At 118 hours the ER is likely "as new" but yes, pics would be nice. The "get home" mention in the advert isn`t very informative, again, pics would be good. Maybe more to be added.
Different advert, more pics, still no ER shots. White leather upholstery rules it out for me.:)https://www.tradeaboat.com.au/details/10685-2018-defever-570-lr
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Gorgeous! That's ~$935k USD; seems like a steal for basically a new boat. Irrelevant unless I can convince the wife and fam to sell the house & move aboard... in AU... I'll give it a shot.
 
20 kts in 2 m seas, long range luxury

What a stunner! Of course, when you're the grandson of an auto manufacturer of noteworthy history, I suppose you can afford such things.
 
socalrider said:
Gorgeous! That's ~$935k USD; seems like a steal for basically a new boat. Irrelevant unless I can convince the wife and fam to sell the house & move aboard... in AU... I'll give it a shot.
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I`m a tad suspicious about low hours,lack of photos,and what seems an unusually reasonable price.
 
Kit_L said:
@BruceK: that is a beautiful vessel. No pics of engine room or the auxiliary engine—and what IS that fender doing up there???
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Zoom, can you not use it? There's a guy handling the fender.
 
Glad we`ve beaten the least important to death.
 
socalrider said:
Me too! Seems like she would do well in the PNW. Wonder how she got there? Couldn't have been on her own bottom, right?
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Maybe not on her own bottom, but sure could have made it under her own power. They little Gardner would make the trip many times over!
 
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