My boat not only cost more than yours, it's now worth far more than
yours.
Yours is depreciating, while mine is appreciating, and demand for
gorgeous,
supremely-equipped examples like Clover mean she's sold before I make
the
decision to part with her.


Tell us again which boat you have so we can all see what it costs.
BTW, you're wrong about the 35s5 depreciating. Prices for them have
gone up over the last 5 years. A very nice 35s5 in about the same shape
as mine with better sails, but no air conditioning and no custom teak
interior sold for 71K recently. Prices more typically fall in the
57-67K range, but 35s5's were selling in the low 50's just 5 years ago.
People who like a 33.7 or 36.7, can spend less on one of earlier boats
and still get a fast boat with an even nicer interior. This has pulled
up the used market for First series boats. It's done the same thing for
the late 80's early 90's C&Cs as well...and to an even greater extent
because those boats are more rare. Regarding demand, all of the 35s5's
we looked at have been sold and almost all that I saw on Yachtworld
showed "deal pending" and then were sold. Seems demand is high compared
to the regular Beneteau boats.
So which boat do you have?


RB
35s5
NY