Hoges in WA wrote:
snip

Sounds like good management rather than good luck. What about north-er like
Abrolhos, Monte Bellos etc?

Hoges in WA


To be honest no......not yet but Ningaloo is planned very shortly after
boat gets home..grin
Have spent many weeks (over a few years) fishing/diving camping at
ningaloo 22deg 29min 11.09sec S 113deg 43min 46.30sec E
and have decided that the boat is now the only way i want to do it.
Have spent a little..repeat little time around geraldton :-)
and do like the area...minus the cray pots tho.
you sail Hoges..? or is it still the great wish/dream :-)
(no insult by the way)

"Broker Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...


other brokers charge for this?



Have you ever shopped for a boat.


yes, several times. never had to pay for a sea trial. you?




SBV

"Broker Rob" wrote in message
oups.com..
..


4) FREE sea trial of every boat we sell.


Wow, really? Do you also offer a free cup of coffee?

SBV

wrote in message
...
I do not have an axe to grind with Brokers. It is just
that for a 10%
commission I tough I was going to get some legal
protection and assurance
that a sailboat is in good sailing condition and fit to be
purchased at the
asking/neg. price.
I was told point blank by a broker that it was not worth
it to list a
$20.000. sailboat because his commission would only be
$2.000.

that's silly. The last broker I dealt with charged a
percentage, down to a set price, then charged a flat fee.

SBV

On 8 Nov 2006 15:09:18 -0800, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

Have you ever shopped for a boat. There are many small brokers that
don't offer a sea trial at all.

It is not up to the broker to offer a sea trial. It is up to the
buyer to include a satifactory sea trial and survey as a contingency
in the purchase agreement, along with other possible contingincies
such as financing and insurance.

Many brokers will try to push a standard agreement which has very
little protection for the buyer and a *lot* of protection for the
broker. Some standard agreements are better than others, but all of
them should be viewed as a starting point only.

It is of utmost importance to the buyer that the agreement ccontain a
well defined acceptance period where the boat can be surveyed, sea
trialed, etc. with no further obligation and a full refund of deposit
if rejected.

On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:24:15 -0500, DSK wrote:

Especially one who calls himself "Captain" when he isn't
one, and who says he does "surveys" that he's not qualified
to perform.

And allows "free" sea trials.

Scotty wrote:

"Broker Rob" wrote in message
oups.com..
.



4) FREE sea trial of every boat we sell.



Wow, really? Do you also offer a free cup of coffee?

SBV



Damm
Thats it no sale...i Want a coffee or it falls through.
Whats the saying wake up and smell the coffee !
:-)

Jere Lull wrote:

In article
,
shaun wrote:


hi ya Jere have read about your freighter :-)
glad to see that you have found your boat and hope you enjoy her for
many more miles.
Any new updates since about 2 years ago...that was about the first time
i read about your XAN



You may be confusing me with Paul V, the author of cruisenews.net.

We've had Xan for 12-13 seasons now. It's gotten almost boring: head
down Friday afternoon, head out some place, have a great time,
reluctantly head home sometime Sunday. Did 3 week-long trips and the
pattern was essentially: wake up, decide whether to move, move or not,
enjoy the scenery, eat, sleep.

I may be...but i don't Think i am....grin. I Must be suffering from
C.R.A.F.T.*
Was very sure that i had read about your boat quite a while ago and was
imressed by your loyalty to a boat that many people laughed at
(out the other side of there face when you passed them) it seems to be
that way about the hunters as well, over here they have a very good rep.
Mind you, you try and find one in WA (Western Australia).

Shaun

* Can't Remember A ****ing Thing

shaun wrote in news:4550b349$0$3042$5a62ac22@per-
qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au:

What i am looking for is REAL not percieved or imagined faults with the
hunter 34 1980 to 1987 type, deep keel tall rig. 80% of my sailing will
be offshore coastal along the Western Australian coast.


Nice boat if you never leave the harbor. To realize what I'm saying, take
a battery-powered portable drill with a hole saw attachment on it and make
a hole about 30cm below the toerail for a new bilge pump fitting to go in.

Take the plastic plug out of the hole saw and look at the edge of it and
notice its thickness...number of layers of fiberglass...guess its strength.

You're going offshore in the big waves in this thin a hull?!

Look under the cockpit seats at the hull. See all those supports making
this really thin hull so stiff it can't possibly flex or crack when that
big 18' monster crashes into it 50 km off Melbourne? I didn't.

Like I say....Nice boat if you're never going to leave the harbor. I put
an installed Whale hand pump in a friends Hunter 34. When I showed up with
a hole saw in a little portable drill, he thought it was funny and I'd
never drill through the hull for the outlet fitting. Boy, was he
shocked...(c;

Larry
--
Halloween candy left over.....
Is there a downside?

"shaun" wrote in message
...
Hoges in WA wrote:
snip

Sounds like good management rather than good luck. What about north-er
like Abrolhos, Monte Bellos etc?

Hoges in WA
To be honest no......not yet but Ningaloo is planned very shortly after
boat gets home..grin
Have spent many weeks (over a few years) fishing/diving camping at
ningaloo 22deg 29min 11.09sec S 113deg 43min 46.30sec E
and have decided that the boat is now the only way i want to do it.
Have spent a little..repeat little time around geraldton :-)
and do like the area...minus the cray pots tho.
you sail Hoges..? or is it still the great wish/dream :-)
(no insult by the way)

sail but no boat......yet.
presently invested, will liquidate the day I need the boat (give or take
etc)

I'm a bit older than you so the retirement plans are falling gently into
place.
With better planning years ago I should have done what you are doing but
wasn't wise enough early enough.
Still, it's almost here now

Hoges in WA