On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:24:33 -0400, anon-e-moose
wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
"jps" wrote in message
...
Navigator, big plastic boat. Never liked the lines or the look and
they drop value pretty quick. Somebody was happy with you having paid
the depreciation.



You are entitled to your opinion.

Ever been in one in 8 foot confused seas? Ever seen how they are
constructed?
Ever been in the engine spaces and seen the size of the main stringers and
the general construction and design of the important elements of a boat?
Ever spent 10 hours a day at cruise speed, 30 miles offshore on one? Have
you owned one? Ever spent any serious time underway on one? Have you
piloted one in rough seas? Handled one in close quarter maneuvering? I
suspect not.

Something tells me you don't like them and made your unsolicited comments
simply because I owned one.

I agree they are not "pretty" in the eyes of all, but they are highly
regarded in marine surveyor's circles as being very well designed and built
from a marine engineering point of view. They are basically the same boat
as a Californian Yacht, the original Marshall design and boat line which he
sold and then purchased back a few years ago.

I could recite the main reason I decided to buy one, and the opinions of
seasoned, larger boat owners who were underway on the one I had but I doubt
they would be meaningful to you. I also don't think that the difference in
what I originally paid for it and what I sold it for almost 9 years later
represented an excessive "hit", depreciation-wise. Very few new boats hold
their value well.

Don't quit your day job to become a marine surveyor.

Eisboch



You are wasting your time trying to sell the merits of that boat to JPS.
He couldn't afford one even if he mortgaged his house and sold his girls
into slavery.

Is that how you finance your boats? What boat have you?

The last boat I bought was with cash. Tolly 40 sundeck in pristine
condition.