"Skip Gundlach"
I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but all the good well
maintained boats in this part of the world are being bought up. Brokers are
crying for listings of GOOD boats that will sell. I sold mine for full
asking price and could have gotten 5k more. A friend of mine put his Oyster
45 on the market and has had two offers in less than a month. Low balling
boats is soon to be a thing of the past and watch for a dramatic price
increase in good used boat prices. There are still the project boats that
need total restoration but owners of these junkers will start asking more
because they see the good boats getting top dollar and they are to stupid to
see that theirs is junk.
My advice is to bite the bullet and buy that MarkII and get started or some
boat that meet 80% of your dream boat. I have watched you in your efforts
for over a year and I think that if you keep this up,all the boats will be
$10,000 less than you are willing to pay, and you will never get started
cruising.
Good Luck
Bruce