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On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:13:53 -0700 (PDT), tom
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On Mar 28, 6:51 am, wrote:
On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:33:14 -0700 (PDT), Joe



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On Mar 27, 8:13 pm, WaIIy wrote:
On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:39:14 -0700 (PDT), Ethical Seo

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Hello,

Unfortunately for me, but lucky for you, I need to sell my lovely
27'
Coronado sailboat. She's really a beautiful boat, with a VHF radio,
stove, icebox, head, galley, can sleep 5, and lots more!

Please take a look, she's currently on eBay with pictures and a long
description, hehttp://bit.ly/dAOa1O

Thanks a lot!

DaemonNite

That must be the wrong url. I didn't see any beautiful boat.

I agree, but " beauty is in the eye of the beholder".

Looks like a good cheap starter boat. Something to give to kids to
play with on the bay or lake on an afternoon...if it's a nice safe
sunny day. On a scale of 1 - 10 rating day sailors I'd say it's a
solid 3.

Joe

The atomic doesn't run according to the seller.

To remove the atomic and fit a bracket and outboard, you are probably
looking at $4000+

Sails for a 27 foot boat? $3-4K

The boat will never be worth what it would cost in the first year of
ownership.

If someone only has $2k to spend on a boat, they can't remotely afford
this one.

The numbers on this boat probably wouldn't work if it was FREE.

Once you spent all that money to staraighten it out, you would still
have a very hard to resell CORONADO.

If you found a Catalina 27 in similar condition, you might have a
whisper of a prayer because of their popularity.

What do you think I should offer for this one?
http://tucson.craigslist.org/boa/1647380942.html
The guy who's selling it seems to think there's lead in that thar
6,500# keel, and wants that scrap metal price figured into his asking
price. I haven't told him that it's an iron keel, yet. Needs a total
re-fit. Standing rigging, mast and boom are present, and I think it
might keep me busy for a couple years. Tom

You can buy a similar boat in decent shape for a lot less than it
would cost to "fix one up".

Boats such as that have a negative cash value.

A boat that has been continuously maintained is pretty much always a
better deal. Once a boat has been neglected for any length of time, it
becomes a bad investment in almost all cases. If you find a derelict
Swan, Hinckley, or something like that it "might" be worth
restoration.

Once a boat goes to pot it's VERY expensive to bring it back.

Totally agree. It's much more cost effective to buy something that's been
maintained. The point is to be sailing not fixing. There are enough things
that'll go wrong or need updating with one that's in good shape. Of course,
some people love a challenge. So if you want to "be busy" for a couple of
years and not sailing it, go for it. I did this with a Cal 20 (took months
not years). I won't be doing it again. It was a lot of work, and I would
have rather been sailing vs. working in an uncomfortable sealed suit,
covered with grime and fiberglass.

I sailed a Cat 27 with an A4 for a number of years. It wasn't maintained
really well, but it did have somewhat regular maintenance. It sailed pretty
well, but every system needed an overhall. Eventually, it dismasted due to
poor maintenance/observation on the part of the "maintenance" guy, who never
checked the rigging properly but said he did.

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