pilothouse king
Guru
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2013
- Messages
- 525
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Make
- 15' Hobie Power Skiff w/90hp Yamaha-owned 28 years. Also a 2001 Bayliner 3788 that I took in trade
As I promised back earlier this month, I would give an update on the 40' Schucker motor sailer (more a power boat with a mast for off the wind opportunities) after a 76 yro client/friend visited her on my recommendation. He just emailed me that the vessel was mint condition, and he bought her for $50K. It was arduous travel from Costa Rica, but apparently worth it. This is a great place to buy boats, as it's literally the "end of the road", people make it to "paradise" (Hawaii is similar, but a LONG beat back to USA), then relationships (not many American women will hang a long time, where shopping opportunities are crude and humid, the Florida Keys is chockablock with mansions with single guys in them, as K Mart doesn't cut it after awhile) fall apart, people hit the bottle more than normal, they die, run out of money etc., and then boats well fitted for the journey can be bought for a fraction of the cost of the refit expense alone. I had been eyeing her for awhile, but my paradise is Miami Florida, not central america. I was glad to know my eyeballing rewarded somebody else. He plans to sail her to Brazil. THAT should be fodder for future stories.
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