On Nov 24, 12:27�am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

...
On Nov 23, 4:21?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:



Cheapie pricing? ?$90,000 for a 26 CC with a 250 Optimax isn't exactly
"cheap". ?I can add thirty thousand to that and buy Eisboch's Grand
Banks which is one hell of a boat.

---------------------------------------------------------

Isn't that his wife's 36-footer? He's only asking $120k? Is it a
woodie?
Even if, that might be cheap.

When the "buyer's market" goes into overdrive next spring, some
enterprising guy can probably make a good living hauling trawlers from
the east coast (where they are underappreciated) up to the NW. He
could backhaul sportfishers, for the same reason.

---------------------------------------------------------

Two boat brokers here in New England have told me of thier observations of
the general local market. �Boat sales are slow and those that *are* selling
are usually to someone out of state.

We actually had someone from your neck of the woods considering the
Navigator. �Apparently my asking price plus the estimated cost to ship from
the east coast to west coast was still less than the current market value of
a similar Navigator on the west coast.
Last we knew they were getting shipping cost details, but I doubt we'll hear
from them again.

I am still going back and forth on this but, for now, the Navigator is
officially off the market. �The cost to replace it is ridiculous and there's
nothing wrong with it or it's systems.

We'll try selling the GB again next spring. �BTW ... it is not wood ... it's
glass. �1982 vintage.

Eisboch

There are three 36 -foot glass GB's listed on Yachtworld in the
Pacific NW, 1980-1984. (It's ok to look at a range of years on most
boats, and the older the boat, the wider the range. Probably could
have done 78-86...)

One of them has a "sale pending", and the asking price was $169k.
Another is on the market for just under $160k, and the third is up in
BC- represented as "the finest example of a 36 Classic we have ever
listed" and they're asking $203k US.

At $120k, your boat could very easily sell to somebody from the W
Coast. My guess is that it could be trucked out for about
$20,000...but it's been a while since I've been involved with
transporting a boat and costs may be up more than I realize. Should be
able to use a 40-foot trailer, and with the flybridge cowling removed
it *might* clear a majority of the overpasses...can't say for sure.

The W Coast market is pretty active starting in January, when we hold
our big boat show. Waiting until spring, you will enjoy the seasonal
uptick in the general market but this year you run the risk of the
general economic climate getting a bit gloomier as the months go by.
When things slow down to a crawl, the desperate folks who *must* sell,
under any circumstance, will pull the market value down on all boats.

If you'd like to get some phone calls about your GB from the W coast,
send me an email. I have a way to make that happen for you.