"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Bottom line: I've been offered more than you paid for your boat. Nuf
said.



Dude, if someone offered anywhere near 60K for your boat and you didn't
take it, that is a sad sad story. You must know that such a price would
be far above average even for a S34 in show condition. You can have a
lot of nicer boats than yours for that kind of money.

I've rejected over $70k for it--twice. I paid more than you paid for yours
for it. BUC prices and your value formulas are irrelavant when pricing such
boats. The market controls the price paid for such boats, and around here
there is high demand for traditional, good-looking boats, and a virtually
non-existent supply. The fact that mine is a pristine factory boat with
every conceivable upgrade and addition only makes it more desirable. The
survey we commissioned when we bought it specifies a new-boat replacement
cost in excess of $200K.

-your boat won't win any beauty contests

In most aspects of more classical boat design, you're mostly right. But
we do get a lot of compliments. I myself prefer the looks of most older
boats, so the 35s5 is a compromise in that respect. On the other hand
her hull is nicely shaped and her cabin trunk tapered and unique.
Compared to most other "modern" designs she has an interesting look
that most find attractive.

Is that what people tell you: "my that's an . . . interesting-looking
boat"?

Even more striking perhaps were the later
versions with UFO ports and I don't find that unatractive either. My
idea of a beautiful boat currently in production....Robin Hood
(formerly the Cape Dory 36), Alerion 37 Yawl (maybe these aren't built
now) and some of those Marshall cats....but as for modern boats most
prefer my 35s5 over any modern Catalina, Pearson, Beneteau Oceanus,
Hunter, Express, J Boat and so on.
But no matter. The great thing about boats is that they need only be
beautiful in the eyes of their masters. The boat who is beautiful to
everyone is the most generic.

The people who compliment our boat are generally those with better, more
attractive boats of their own, such as similar CCA-type boats, Grand Banks
trawlers, or high-end boats such as Swans and Aldens. Most Hunter and
Catalina owners just stare at it, clueless, wondering what it is.

Max