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Boat Auctions??
Okay, after getting advice here, I'm the guy who wouldn't go $8500 for a
'68 Newport 30,' and after seeing the Piver and hearing the warnings, ran, as advised (though the hull looked in good shape from what I could see, but it needed much work, the masts looked scary for example, and it wasn't as roomy below as I thought it would be... My boat-looking last weekend at a Ranger 29' and some Catalina 27's and smaller, along with some power boats, taught me that for my family I need at least the size of the Ranger 29,' and hopefully bigger, like a Catalina 30' would be fabulous, sizewise. My problem is my budget, which is about $8K for a *working* cruiser/weekender. So it seems I need some kind of edge, which leads me to consider boat auctions. Many of these boats are confiscated by the Marina's right? and are perfectly fine, many of them? Anyway, there's this guy who is an acquaintance of a friend of mine who buys boats at auctions, fixes them and sells them; who thinks he can get this beautiful sloop, bigger and with a much better reputation than the Catalina 30,' for within my budget. The lowest I can find any similar boats on the internet is about $18,000! The guy seems okay, I went and looked at the impounded boat at the Marina (only from the outside so far since the boat still hasn't been taken over by the Marina quite yet), and I loved it, from what I could see. Anyway, this seems to get me everything I want, a boat I can get back what I put into it (decked out versions on the internet go for $25K!), it's big enough, a good sailor. What should I watch out for? Does anyone here no about boat auctions? Is this too good to be true? Thanks, Stephen |
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