Don't forget interior and exterior looks. The amount of varnish, new canvas and "soft" windows, wax, paint, wash time, carpets, cleaning etc all...
Parked down the dock from me is a 120' (or so ) Delta. Nice boat from a good yard, but hardly the type of boat to appeal to the very image seeking...
Mainship did some exhasut elbow runs the wrong way on some installs. Look it over carefully to insure #6 cyli8nder did/can not pick up some water.
As a financial guy you should understand ROI and DCCF. On that basis few vessels carry the resale value of a Fleming assuming you keep the boat in...
On point for trawler designs - My 9 year old DeFever is hull#168 of the same series. The yard is Pocta in China. Either though luck or skill,...
OK, here goes - just do it! Spend your nest egg on something that looks good but will be money down the drain. 250K won't touch you want to do,...
I can only but agree that the boats' near term future value is a real question mark. Value is one thing, buyers another. If someone gave you a 25...
About 2-3 years ago Jeppsen, the originator of Nobeltec, was sold to a Brazilian company. There now is a back door ownership of charts used by...
I run NN3 and Nobeltec 9.0 side by side. They both have worked well since day 1Nothing beats a PC based system for plotting and saving courses in...
I just read where the recent Newport - Ensanada race saw the loss of a racing participant. Sailboat with 4 on board and a debris field. It appears...
Over a decade ago the Sidney Hobart race which suffered many fataliities went through a large amount of introspection. As I read the article for...
Over filled?
Lets see now, the effective squirting range of a fire hose is XX and the effective firing range of an RPG is 10XX. OMG, the would be pirates must...
RB480 that is good news. As pointed out by others, it would seem Yachtcouncil is less than reliable data for boats sold. Regarding buyer's...
Yachtjockey If not Yachtcouncil for "Sold" data, who then? For quite some time P&MY magazine has been showing these monthly figures. I'll watch...
Sissi - I PMed you
According to ************** there are currently 2,423 yachts for sale in the US between 40 to 80 feet and priced $500K to $1M. According to Yacht...
Sissi, value to the owner and final price paid by the buyer are two different things. It seems to me the market is established by buyers not...
My experiences during the past 6 months of intensive newer boat shopping show that the owners are holding out for unrealistically high prices...
The RC 1200 looks good. I use an all chain Maxwell 2500 with a 30KG anchor so a 2500 lb pull should be OK. Emerald Harbor Marine in Seattle is a...
