cavalamb himself wrote:
Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:25:24 -0500, hpeer wrote:


hpeer wrote:

Joe wrote:

On Jan 31, 9:40 pm, hpeer wrote:

Probably just a pipe dream but..............

Anyone out there care to speculate on the delivery cost of a 36-foot
sailboat from Singapore to East Coast US?

Various methods:

Delivery Captain and/or crew???

By ship?????

Many thanks,

Howard

This one? I like it too.


Joe

Yeah! Sigh!!!!!!!!!

Joe,

You have outed me here. Now we will have the thousands of Newsgroup
users from all over the world competing for this lovely vessel.

This boat is about 2 years too soon, I still need to work for at
least another bit before taking off.

In reality the only way to make this work is to think of it as an
opportunity, the boat is already where you want her. Go to her and
let her carry you on.

And, I already have a roughly similar boat, albeit steel and not
monel, in Newfoundland.

Sigh and sigh again.



I don't like to be a spoil sport but there are several yacht brokers
in Singapore and a pretty active yachting population.
Frankly selling the boat through e-bay seems strange for two reasons.
First, the boat size and price range is one that sells really well in
this area and , secondly, I checked two of the yacht brokers in the
area and neither list the boat.
Granted that there can be a number of explanations for this but before
you get too excited I would suggest that you contact some of the yacht
brokers in Singapore or SEA, and see whether they know anything about
the boat.

For brokers you could try Lee marine, Howison Marine or Simpson
Marine, google them for Singapore URL, one of them should be able to
give you some information on the boat.



Bruce-in-Bangkok
(Note:remove underscores from address for reply)

Then there is the "Buy-It-Now" price of $65,000.

To my mind that's only a fraction of the boat's true value.

Agreed on both parts, it seems to good to be true and the last buyer
backed out. Supposedly because he could not come up with the cash but
could be for other reasons.

Metal boats are not highly favored here in the states and the welding,
if not well done, could have introduced cosmetic distortion, though it
is not obvious in the pictures.

Also, there is all that 220V AC "stuff" in the boat like the "cooker",
microwave, and convection oven. That sounds like a dock magnet not a
blue water boat as it is being billed.

Also, there is all that "stuff" on the aft davits, but no real vane or
autopilot.

So, I agree that there are some anomalies. Yet, the price is
attractive, and the boat is someplace that is NOT HERE.

Bruce, having never been to Singapore, is it reasonable to find a decent
storage yard where the boat could be put up on the hard and securely
stored for a couple of years? Or is that too outrageously expensive?

Howard