Bottom line: I've been offered more than you paid for your boat. Nuf
said.


C'mon, Maxi. If some whacko offers you 15-25K above market it's rare
and you know it. You're not going to be able to get 60K for the
Seasprite based on some previous offer. True values are usually well
below 45K for ANY Seasprite and no one pays much for 2nd hand
electronics these days.
Now get over yourself!

Maxi...if you ever get down this way come for a sail. The 35s5 is a
blast and there's good company (I mean Suzanne and Thomas of course.)

RB
35s5
NY

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Bottom line: I've been offered more than you paid for your boat. Nuf
said.


C'mon, Maxi. If some whacko offers you 15-25K above market it's rare
and you know it.

Open your eyes, Bubbles. "Market" varies from locale to locale. As you
pointed out, there are lots of such boats where you are. Here there are
almost none, and the demand for them is high. Brokers leave their cards
under my dodger, with a note stating that they have buyers for my boat.

You're not going to be able to get 60K for the
Seasprite based on some previous offer. True values are usually well
below 45K for ANY Seasprite and no one pays much for 2nd hand
electronics these days.
Now get over yourself!

We have another SS34 in our port, an owner-finished one, albeit a beautiful
job inside and out, at the marina next door. The guy paid $66K for it in
Maine, and I think he got a bargain. So does he. His is a masthead cutter
rig with a bowsprit that really doesn't look right on a CCA-type boat, but
it is functional and sails well. His equipment is minimal, but in good
condition.

Max

Open your eyes, Bubbles. "Market" varies from locale to locale. As
you
pointed out, there are lots of such boats where you are. Here there
are
almost none, and the demand for them is high.


Maxi, you can tell all the stories you want, but your boat does not
cost more than mine and is unlikely to fetch more on the used market.
This is the first time anyone ever talked to me about a sailboat being
worth considerably more in one area near another. Any smart buyer
simply goes to where the better prices are and pays a bit more to ship
or sail home if he has time. I bought my 35s5 in Florida. My friend
bought his Tartan 37 in Maryland. Someone paid 77K for a 35s5 in Texas
last year. Does that mean 35s5's are worth that?
C'mon, Dude. No one is paying 60K for your boat. They can have a Cape
Dory 36 for that.


RB
35s5
NY