You've taken good care of her. You've had some great times together. On stormy days "you've brought her home and she's brought you home." So under what circumstances would you sell her? Most of us have owned more than one boat. Under what circumstances would you sell your current boat? Desire for a newer or larger boat? A major maintenance problem you couldn't justify fixing? You just weren't sailing her enough? Financial necessity? Or are you committed for the long haul? Tell us what would make you decide to sell your boat then be sure to vote in the Quick Quiz on the home page. (Quiz by Gary Wyngarden)
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5 foot itis
This condition has been known to strike boaters from time to time. Usually once every 3-5 years. The condition is serious because it can be very costly, it totally consumes you, and there are only two known cures. The obvious cure is to go to that boat show and plunk down huge sums of money on that new one. The other cure is the wrath of your wife scowling at the thought of another damn boat!! Even just the thought of buying a new boat you may experience some cold nights but actually buying it...... you can forget about even a peck on the cheak for a long time. Actually, I'm very fortunate. My wife enjoys the boat as much as I do but says we have spent enough money already. I plan to keep her (The boat) for a long time. (Wife too). David
This condition has been known to strike boaters from time to time. Usually once every 3-5 years. The condition is serious because it can be very costly, it totally consumes you, and there are only two known cures. The obvious cure is to go to that boat show and plunk down huge sums of money on that new one. The other cure is the wrath of your wife scowling at the thought of another damn boat!! Even just the thought of buying a new boat you may experience some cold nights but actually buying it...... you can forget about even a peck on the cheak for a long time. Actually, I'm very fortunate. My wife enjoys the boat as much as I do but says we have spent enough money already. I plan to keep her (The boat) for a long time. (Wife too). David
Only one jump for us, I Hope!
Two seasons ago we starteed out with a 22' boat. We learned to sail on it and had many good times doing so. We decided that we love sailing and were in it for the long haul. What we also decided was that we didn't want to go through so many differant size boats like so many folks do. We thought about what we really wanted, what type of sailing we would be doing, how comfortable we needed to be, how much room we needed for guest, & what would keep us happy for years to come. We ended up going from a Seafarer 22 to a Hunter 34 hoping this boat will satisfy us into retirement. I guess time will tell. Dave & Debbie Amspacher
Two seasons ago we starteed out with a 22' boat. We learned to sail on it and had many good times doing so. We decided that we love sailing and were in it for the long haul. What we also decided was that we didn't want to go through so many differant size boats like so many folks do. We thought about what we really wanted, what type of sailing we would be doing, how comfortable we needed to be, how much room we needed for guest, & what would keep us happy for years to come. We ended up going from a Seafarer 22 to a Hunter 34 hoping this boat will satisfy us into retirement. I guess time will tell. Dave & Debbie Amspacher
Moved Up!
We had a 1987 Hunter 31 for four years and loved it....but....we took the plunge and moved up to a 1998 Hunter 376 last month and love it also. The 31 was sold but at least it's was to a friend in the same boat club that we belong to (not sure that is good or bad). Anyway...the bug hit me about four months ago and it took me three months of searching to find her in Charleston, SC.
We had a 1987 Hunter 31 for four years and loved it....but....we took the plunge and moved up to a 1998 Hunter 376 last month and love it also. The 31 was sold but at least it's was to a friend in the same boat club that we belong to (not sure that is good or bad). Anyway...the bug hit me about four months ago and it took me three months of searching to find her in Charleston, SC.
When I sell My Boat
I have owned my 27 for 10+ years and will only sell it when I can replace her with a larger boat. I haven't been on it for 3+ years ! I have a incurable disease with the only thing we can do is try to control the pain - somedays are "good" others are "bad", very bad. But I keep the boat and pay the marina fee with a good friend who lives near the boat keeps an eye on it for me. My justification? I love that boat - it gave us tremendous joy when I was well and someday I'll enjoy her again! If I had a 34-38' it would be more comfortable, but a 27 is very satisfactory even though it doesn't have room for all the creature comforts I'd like. There's nothing I hated more than seeing boats sitting at a pier year after year without any activity, but now, I see it's sometimes necessary! One day I hope the disease goes into remission and I'll be like my old self! ;-) And I want my lovely little boat waiting for me!
I have owned my 27 for 10+ years and will only sell it when I can replace her with a larger boat. I haven't been on it for 3+ years ! I have a incurable disease with the only thing we can do is try to control the pain - somedays are "good" others are "bad", very bad. But I keep the boat and pay the marina fee with a good friend who lives near the boat keeps an eye on it for me. My justification? I love that boat - it gave us tremendous joy when I was well and someday I'll enjoy her again! If I had a 34-38' it would be more comfortable, but a 27 is very satisfactory even though it doesn't have room for all the creature comforts I'd like. There's nothing I hated more than seeing boats sitting at a pier year after year without any activity, but now, I see it's sometimes necessary! One day I hope the disease goes into remission and I'll be like my old self! ;-) And I want my lovely little boat waiting for me!
Same Steps, with One More, I Hope!
Funny, but I've gone through the same steps as you folks with the 22-footer and an H-34, only mine was a Catalina. The Hunter has been a good step up into a real, all-round cruising boat, and someone gave me the good advice to get something 34-35 feet. I've had it for 4 years; as a 55-year-old, I WILL make one more step: to something with a pilot house and furling on everything, so I can sail on it comfortably into my retirement. I have a dream of sailing full-time--hanging out with one kid in Richmond, sailing around for a while, hanging out with the other one in Alexandria, sailing up or down the coast, etc, etc!
Funny, but I've gone through the same steps as you folks with the 22-footer and an H-34, only mine was a Catalina. The Hunter has been a good step up into a real, all-round cruising boat, and someone gave me the good advice to get something 34-35 feet. I've had it for 4 years; as a 55-year-old, I WILL make one more step: to something with a pilot house and furling on everything, so I can sail on it comfortably into my retirement. I have a dream of sailing full-time--hanging out with one kid in Richmond, sailing around for a while, hanging out with the other one in Alexandria, sailing up or down the coast, etc, etc!
Going, Going, Gone! Wait....What's this
We just sold our O'day 39 and purchased a new Bavaria 41. I am leaving to pick it up on Memorial Day weekend. The Oday was a good boat and I had put tons of work into her. She was upto a satisfactory standard. Why did we sell it? The wife and I took a weekend jaunt to Charleston S.C. We went to watch the Family Circle Cup matches. While there we went to the Charleston Boat show. That did it. Next thing we know we are talking about how nice it would be to have a new one....is it justified...can we afford it...and so on. Those questions are all moot now. It's a done deal..and in my estimation it was quite a deal. It was purchased through the Hull Company, Charleston S.C. I am not sure if I really am insane...I hate buying new. I guess there is a first time for everything. Time will tell. Bob C.
We just sold our O'day 39 and purchased a new Bavaria 41. I am leaving to pick it up on Memorial Day weekend. The Oday was a good boat and I had put tons of work into her. She was upto a satisfactory standard. Why did we sell it? The wife and I took a weekend jaunt to Charleston S.C. We went to watch the Family Circle Cup matches. While there we went to the Charleston Boat show. That did it. Next thing we know we are talking about how nice it would be to have a new one....is it justified...can we afford it...and so on. Those questions are all moot now. It's a done deal..and in my estimation it was quite a deal. It was purchased through the Hull Company, Charleston S.C. I am not sure if I really am insane...I hate buying new. I guess there is a first time for everything. Time will tell. Bob C.
take the money and run
If someone has the cash, it's theirs. I fix and maintain my boats so they are headache free and novice friendly. But I would sell in a heartbeat. As a wise man once said, "If you can't have sex with it, don't fall in love with it"
If someone has the cash, it's theirs. I fix and maintain my boats so they are headache free and novice friendly. But I would sell in a heartbeat. As a wise man once said, "If you can't have sex with it, don't fall in love with it"
Sailing the NorthEast
Why would I sell? My boat is currently for sale an old H30. We got her in the water this week and froze our butts off getting her upriver. On the way upriver it occured to me that we would be getting her ready for drydock in about 3.5 months and I get to pay $38 per foot plus stands for the privalage of not sailing for 8 months. I will buy a smaller boat with an outboard engine which I can trailer to my home at the end of the season. Something I can daysail and race without putting in weeks of works, and if the 5hp outboard dies I can toss it in the trash and buy a used one for about the same cost of having someone come down and look at my Yanmar inboard (I must say that the Yanmar is a great engine) If I want to cruise with my wife I'll take the money I saved over the year (about 2500 all toll) and book a cruise on Carnival. When I retire to a warmer climate I'll get a 32 to 40 footer since then the increased use makes it worth the cost.
Why would I sell? My boat is currently for sale an old H30. We got her in the water this week and froze our butts off getting her upriver. On the way upriver it occured to me that we would be getting her ready for drydock in about 3.5 months and I get to pay $38 per foot plus stands for the privalage of not sailing for 8 months. I will buy a smaller boat with an outboard engine which I can trailer to my home at the end of the season. Something I can daysail and race without putting in weeks of works, and if the 5hp outboard dies I can toss it in the trash and buy a used one for about the same cost of having someone come down and look at my Yanmar inboard (I must say that the Yanmar is a great engine) If I want to cruise with my wife I'll take the money I saved over the year (about 2500 all toll) and book a cruise on Carnival. When I retire to a warmer climate I'll get a 32 to 40 footer since then the increased use makes it worth the cost.
Sell the boat
Mne is sold. someone showed up with sufficient $$$. My family & I sailed it for about 13 years, grew up on the boat. Time to move on to other things.
Mne is sold. someone showed up with sufficient $$$. My family & I sailed it for about 13 years, grew up on the boat. Time to move on to other things.
Keeping the Catalina 27
I really love this 1977 Catalina 27 Tall Rig. The only reason I would want to sell her is if I was able to afford a Catalina 320 or 350. I get that itch every once in awhile but it just takes one day out on the 27 and I realize I have everything I need!!! We have new sails, stern seats, new interior cushions and she sails fantastic. The only reason I would think of selling is if I had to move for job purposes and I knew I wasnt coming back to Dallas soon.
I really love this 1977 Catalina 27 Tall Rig. The only reason I would want to sell her is if I was able to afford a Catalina 320 or 350. I get that itch every once in awhile but it just takes one day out on the 27 and I realize I have everything I need!!! We have new sails, stern seats, new interior cushions and she sails fantastic. The only reason I would think of selling is if I had to move for job purposes and I knew I wasnt coming back to Dallas soon.
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Would love to sell
I would love to sell my boat to trade up to a larger vessal. However it seems everyone that looks at my current 272LE wwould prefer to steal it rather than close to the asking price. The boat is in great shape and sails well. Looks like I'll be sailing it again this year. I look at it this way, whoever looks at the boat and doesn't want to buy it, it's their loss. It's a fun boat to sail. Enjoy the good weather and happy sailing
I would love to sell my boat to trade up to a larger vessal. However it seems everyone that looks at my current 272LE wwould prefer to steal it rather than close to the asking price. The boat is in great shape and sails well. Looks like I'll be sailing it again this year. I look at it this way, whoever looks at the boat and doesn't want to buy it, it's their loss. It's a fun boat to sail. Enjoy the good weather and happy sailing
For Sale (Sail)...
Like several of you, we started out with a Beneteau 235, but at 6'5" Bob didn't fit too well down below! We jumped even further than most of you -- bought a C-42! And we love it. Only one problem: Bob got the racing bug a year after we bought her, so he's looking for something faster -- it's hard to race a 2-bedroom condo! And he races so much that now we're looking for a C-22 for me to sail here in central Ohio -- I never get time on the big lake any more! We're also dreaming the dream of cruising full-time, so Great Escape is probably not our last boat -- even if Bob doesn't find something faster now that we can afford. We'll also look for the pilot house, electric everything, etc. -- we're in our 50s now and want to sail well into the 70s as my parents did before finally buying that retirement trawler! Bob Sheppard & Chris Bloor Great Escape III C-42 #372
Like several of you, we started out with a Beneteau 235, but at 6'5" Bob didn't fit too well down below! We jumped even further than most of you -- bought a C-42! And we love it. Only one problem: Bob got the racing bug a year after we bought her, so he's looking for something faster -- it's hard to race a 2-bedroom condo! And he races so much that now we're looking for a C-22 for me to sail here in central Ohio -- I never get time on the big lake any more! We're also dreaming the dream of cruising full-time, so Great Escape is probably not our last boat -- even if Bob doesn't find something faster now that we can afford. We'll also look for the pilot house, electric everything, etc. -- we're in our 50s now and want to sail well into the 70s as my parents did before finally buying that retirement trawler! Bob Sheppard & Chris Bloor Great Escape III C-42 #372
If you are not buying another...
KEEP IT. I am going to keep this boat until we agree on a bigger boat (30-32 something easily single-handed)or my wife owns it through inheritance. She has told me that she will give me a Viking burial. Then she took that back because the sale of the boat would buy tickets to London. If she goes first the plan is to buy a 32 footer to live on and she gets the burial at sea. r.w.landau
KEEP IT. I am going to keep this boat until we agree on a bigger boat (30-32 something easily single-handed)or my wife owns it through inheritance. She has told me that she will give me a Viking burial. Then she took that back because the sale of the boat would buy tickets to London. If she goes first the plan is to buy a 32 footer to live on and she gets the burial at sea. r.w.landau
Ergonomics!!
I loved my wonderful, tried and true '82 H27 (which I owned for 7 years). I do, however, like to spend a lot of time on the boat in the summer, and, I wanted to make an effort to find a '90's boat. Last September, I traded in my h27 (my heart is still breaking), and purchased a '94 h29.5. It's a beautiful boat...lots of canvas, 3 GPS's(!), hot and cold water(!), a queen size aft berth(!), swim platform etc...It IS a very nice boat for one who singlehands most of the time. Like buying a new house though...always takes a little time to get used to your surroundings.
I loved my wonderful, tried and true '82 H27 (which I owned for 7 years). I do, however, like to spend a lot of time on the boat in the summer, and, I wanted to make an effort to find a '90's boat. Last September, I traded in my h27 (my heart is still breaking), and purchased a '94 h29.5. It's a beautiful boat...lots of canvas, 3 GPS's(!), hot and cold water(!), a queen size aft berth(!), swim platform etc...It IS a very nice boat for one who singlehands most of the time. Like buying a new house though...always takes a little time to get used to your surroundings.
Say a prayer for Larry
I will say one and I ask the rest of you to do the same. I hope you sailagain some day soon.
I will say one and I ask the rest of you to do the same. I hope you sailagain some day soon.
Why Not? Everything is Fixed NOW
Had the Hunter 34 for nine years and it served me well on Lake Champlain. After a new rudder, bottom and keel job, compression posts and about $11,000 worth of misc. upgrades it must be time for a new boat. The old one is under contract and ready for a new owner. I'm amazed at the number of responses my broker and I have gotten. Appears to be good demand for well maintained fresh water boats in New England. I'll post the final chapter after I get the check. Barry
Had the Hunter 34 for nine years and it served me well on Lake Champlain. After a new rudder, bottom and keel job, compression posts and about $11,000 worth of misc. upgrades it must be time for a new boat. The old one is under contract and ready for a new owner. I'm amazed at the number of responses my broker and I have gotten. Appears to be good demand for well maintained fresh water boats in New England. I'll post the final chapter after I get the check. Barry
Moving a cross the country
I may be moving to the Pacific NW in a year or two. If so, I will likely sell my h20. The cost of moving it, plus the slip cost in Seattle, create a situation where it would make more sense to join one of the many local sailing clubs and have access to a fleet. Having a Hunter in the fleet will likely be a strong consideration as to which club to join.
I may be moving to the Pacific NW in a year or two. If so, I will likely sell my h20. The cost of moving it, plus the slip cost in Seattle, create a situation where it would make more sense to join one of the many local sailing clubs and have access to a fleet. Having a Hunter in the fleet will likely be a strong consideration as to which club to join.
I guess I started at the end.
In 2001 a friend and I started looking for a boat. Something around 30ft. He and family were moving to Napes, Fl and hoped to get a house with a dock where we would keep the boat. He got a townhouse with no dock and I bought the boat. An older H30 and this H42 were going up for auction. I inspected both a few weeks before the auction. Not much wrong with the 30 but the 42 had suffered a fire. While I was waiting to bid on the 30, I started to think what a 2 bed room 2 bath condo would go for close to the water in Fl. I bought the 42. Two years later, starting to see the end of the re-construction. Not that Easy Rider was severely damaged, as you can see from the picture, (in fact we sailed her 10 days after the sale), but learn as I go and not living in Fl. has taken some extra time. Time that I could have spent sailing had I bought the 30, but hope to spend may years cruising in the 42.
In 2001 a friend and I started looking for a boat. Something around 30ft. He and family were moving to Napes, Fl and hoped to get a house with a dock where we would keep the boat. He got a townhouse with no dock and I bought the boat. An older H30 and this H42 were going up for auction. I inspected both a few weeks before the auction. Not much wrong with the 30 but the 42 had suffered a fire. While I was waiting to bid on the 30, I started to think what a 2 bed room 2 bath condo would go for close to the water in Fl. I bought the 42. Two years later, starting to see the end of the re-construction. Not that Easy Rider was severely damaged, as you can see from the picture, (in fact we sailed her 10 days after the sale), but learn as I go and not living in Fl. has taken some extra time. Time that I could have spent sailing had I bought the 30, but hope to spend may years cruising in the 42.
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Size Matters
Ok, size really matters. I met this sailor guy who had a 29' boat. I thought that it was too small for overnight sailing trips so he bought a 35'. 6 years later we are planning on an ocean cruise for 1 year or more so we bought a 38'. Size really matters for comfort and convenience. When this boat is for sale we will need rockers and wheelchairs. This is the last one.( I think
)But then those 42's look rather nice!
Ok, size really matters. I met this sailor guy who had a 29' boat. I thought that it was too small for overnight sailing trips so he bought a 35'. 6 years later we are planning on an ocean cruise for 1 year or more so we bought a 38'. Size really matters for comfort and convenience. When this boat is for sale we will need rockers and wheelchairs. This is the last one.( I think
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