"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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I kinda funny that Jim considered "several months" as a sign that macs are
hard
to get. Most builders don't considered themselves really "back ordered"
unless
its at least 6 months or more. And a custom boat often takes 4 or 5
months to
build, but that's clearly a far different class from a mac.

That too, but I know those dealers load those things up with crap. I
remember the for sale ad in the Sunday Detroit News several years back,
fellow had a year-old 26x that he said he paid 28k for and was selling for
22k. I noticed a fair percentage of the ads at "yachtworld" and
"trader-on-line" were asking prices in the mid-twenties. Out of curiosity I
did the search again and found a "dealer" in Fla. that was advertising "new"
26m's for $18,990 add $7000!!!!!! for your choice of 50 h.p.engines
installed. So I was probably slightly underestimating the "out the door"
price of one of these quality boats loaded up with all the goodies that the
suckers who buy 'em can't seem to resist, based on any number of the "for
sale" ads I've browsed through. Amazing what folks will pay for the
privilege of owning one of these things, considering what you can purchase
for that kind of money.
http://www.sungrill.com/Sailboat/MacGregor26X.htm#2001
Damn, I might have been a little further off, this poor ******* ended up
dropping his price from $22k to $18k before he sold it. Wonder how much he
actually got? Let Jim do the math for us, what percentage did this boat
depreciate in less than 3 years?
John Cairns