I donated a 21 year old SeaRay Sundancer 24 with it's galvanized tandem
trailer to our local Volunteer Fire Department. It was fully operational
and decently equipped. The upholstry was rough but servicable. The gel
coat was faded badly and the outdrive was pretty well pitted but in good
operating condition. The value in 1999 was what ever you could get. As I'd
just bought a new Whaler I needed to get rid of the SeaRay. Plus I was
getting nagged by the distaff side.

The VFD accepted the boat and was very glad to get it. They advertised the
boat in the paper and that it would be sold at absolute auction.

They got a handful of bids the best of which was about $4500. They were
pretty happy with the outcome and so was I.

From the description of the Glastron under discussion I'd guess it would
move under the same conditions but perhaps for a bit less money. IMO, as
the boat needed a new or serviceable block a decent mechanic could have had
a good boat for a small investment in time and money. OTOH, maybe my
suggestion sucked. But, if a nonprofit has no use for a donation they are
free to say so.

Butch
"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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I would guess for around $500. A better solution might be to donate it
to a
local charity

That always sounds like a better solution than it is. As a guy who worked
the
"boat donation" end of things for a while, I can say that most non-profits
don't want a junk boat any more than anybody else. Lots of folks give up
trying
to sell a trashed out boat, car, or what not and decide that they will be
doing
humanity a favor by graciously donating the worthless hulk to the local
charity.