In article , Jim Cate
wrote:

katysails wrote:

This new guy said: one of the brokers I spoke

with last week bragged that the owner of that boat had only taken the
boat out some 10-12 times in the past ten years.


Number 1, stop listening to brokers. There are only a very few honest
brokers out there...the rest are tantamount to used car salesmen ir Kirby
vacuum cleaner salesmen. Number 2, who cares how often the boat was taken
out per year? The important thing is: as the boat well maintained and will
it go through a sound survey? Number 3, stop looking at sailboats as
investments. For the average sailor, they are a hobby...something nice and
fun to do when you're not working or putting a new roof on your hou
se. When you do get a boat, sail it as much as you personally can, and then
when you move up or away or whatever, hope that the new owner finds as much
enjoyment and pleasure in it as you did.


In addition to speaking with the brokers, I'm getting some helpful
inputs from the charter company that I may leave the boat with. - They
want to be assured that the boat is reliable, in good working order,
safe, and "saleable" to their clients. My thought is that if in their
experience no one would want to charter a particular boat, the boat
might have resale problems.

Jim, the correct way to place a resale value on a boat for personal use
is to assume it'll be zero. That way you'll be under no delusions that
it's an investment and can enjoy it for what it is - a toy to provide
pleasure.

If you do end up selling it, anything you get will be a bonus.

Peter Wiley