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Eisboch wrote:
" JimH" ask wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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This is the biggest concern I have about trying to sell a larger boat.
Slips are not all that available and it's an issue that many buyers think
of last.

This potential buyer is from the Annapolis area. I don't know what slip
availability is down there. I know that in our neck of the woods,
finding a slip for a 52 foot boat isn't easy.

Eisboch

If you are going to replace it with a smaller 49 foot GB why are you even
considering selling it?


First of all, they are entirely different types of boats.

But first, model numbers don't always reflect the actual LOA. I don't know
what the official LOA is of a 49 GB, but I think it's a little bit bigger.
WayneB would know. I was talking to the boat broker the other day and he
commented that many of the newer boats are listing model numbers that imply
that they are larger than the actual LOA of the boat. It's a penis size
marketing thing, I guess.

When we first became interested in buying a slip rather than leasing one, a
50 foot slip became available. We were all excited until we submitted our
offer only to find out that our "4800 Classic Navigator" was not 48' LOA as
I assumed, but was actually 52'8". To their credit, Kingman Yacht Center
checks this stuff to make sure the boats have enough turning room to leave
and dock at the slips. We were bummed out until 3 weeks later when they
called to inform us that a 55' slip had just gone on the market. Turned out
good, because we really have a very desirable slip at the marina.

So, a new boat must fit within a rectangle, 55 feet long by 20 feet wide.
That's what I have to work with as a starting point.

I'd consider a GB 49 .... but it's not my first choice. If we go the
trawler type boat, I want to stay with a single screw, weird as it may
sound. Right now a Nordic Tug has caught my interest.

Eisboch





Trawler-type is correct. A "proper" trawler is displacement only, not
semi-displacement and capable of planing with normal engines. Check out
American Tugs, too.

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"HK" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Oh oh - fly in the ointment.


This is the biggest concern I have about trying to sell a larger boat.
Slips are not all that available and it's an issue that many buyers
think of last.

This potential buyer is from the Annapolis area. I don't know what slip
availability is down there. I know that in our neck of the woods,
finding a slip for a 52 foot boat isn't easy.

Eisboch


If you are going to replace it with a smaller 49 foot GB why are you even
considering selling it?


I figure that if there is a god, she made it snow and she can shovel it
off.


Works for me.
What the hell are you talking about?

Eisboch

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"HK" wrote in message
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Trawler-type is correct. A "proper" trawler is displacement only, not
semi-displacement and capable of planing with normal engines. Check out
American Tugs, too.

I have. And am continuing.

Eisboch

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"HK" wrote in message
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Trawler-type is correct. A "proper" trawler is displacement only, not
semi-displacement and capable of planing with normal engines. Check out
American Tugs, too.

There aren't too many GB's out there that can plane with normal engines.

Eisboch

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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:10:56 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

Right now a Nordic Tug has caught my interest.

And so it begins...

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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:18:38 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Oh oh - fly in the ointment.


This is the biggest concern I have about trying to sell a larger boat.
Slips are not all that available and it's an issue that many buyers
think of last.

This potential buyer is from the Annapolis area. I don't know what slip
availability is down there. I know that in our neck of the woods,
finding a slip for a 52 foot boat isn't easy.

Eisboch


If you are going to replace it with a smaller 49 foot GB why are you even
considering selling it?


I figure that if there is a god, she made it snow and she can shovel it
off.


Works for me.
What the hell are you talking about?

Snow.

Heck, even I understood that.

Of course how relevant it was to the thread - well... :)

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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..
Trawler-type is correct. A "proper" trawler is displacement only, not
semi-displacement and capable of planing with normal engines. Check out
American Tugs, too.

I have. And am continuing.

Eisboch




Er, NOT capable of planing with normal engines.

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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:33:07 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

This potential buyer is from the Annapolis area. I don't know what slip
availability is down there. I know that in our neck of the woods, finding a
slip for a 52 foot boat isn't easy.

Annapolis is very tight, and this is not the ideal time of year to be
making a delivery run down the Jersey shore.

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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:10:56 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

But first, model numbers don't always reflect the actual LOA. I don't know
what the official LOA is of a 49 GB, but I think it's a little bit bigger.
WayneB would know.

The actual LOA counting the swim platform and bow pulpit is closer to
54 ft. That is a confidential number of course. :-)

What really counts is how big the boat "lives", and how easy is it to
handle. The GB49 scores well on both counts. I took ours out for a
quick spin by myself yesterday and had no issues at all. I've done it
several other times just to keep in practice.

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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:10:56 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

I'd consider a GB 49 .... but it's not my first choice. If we go the
trawler type boat, I want to stay with a single screw, weird as it may
sound. Right now a Nordic Tug has caught my interest.

Harumph.

I would not part with my second engine or flybridge for anything, not
even a fake smoke stack.