Hunter Boat

Posted in Watches on 07/14/2010 10:15 pm by admin

Too many boat's! What way should I go?

I have recently had a re laps with a serious addiction. Once I came to my senses and stopped I realized what I had done.....MY YARD NOW HAS 7 BOAT'S PARKED IN IT! I guess you could say I went a little overboard. butanywho I have a 1958 14ft. crest liner,Commodore Speedster,1985 Larson 22ft. Senza, 1961 Arkansas Traveler, Olympic 16ft, 1967 15ft. Starcraft,1977 Slickcraft 19ft., 10 ft montgomery ward canoe and a 6ft. Bass Hunter 2 man boat. All are worth restoring or just need a little tlc. Should I try to sell a few as is or should I restore them and try to sell them for more money?

Ouch - I just went and looked in my yard and there are four yachts in it - then there is the other two or three at a mates place, and the 34 footer I'm negotiating to buy..............

I think the best value boats to get are the ones that someone has spent a small fortune on doing up and then lost heart, and flogged them off for less than the cost of just some of the stuff on them.

If you have the budget, the time and the will to do it properly then go for it, but I find I have boats deteriorating quicker than I can bring them up - I keep having to work on other peoples gear to make the money to work on mine, you know the normal whinge...

I am selling some for bits, some I have already given away and I will rationalize my yard fleet to a "doable" level.

This current plan will last at least a few weeks until my inevitable regression. (depraved muttering into distance....)

Seriously if the boats are of significance and beauty then it is well worth doing a good job on them and making them very desirable to potential buyers, it can be hard to make a profit on this type of project because the time and materials bill can rapidly get out of control.

But.

The pleasure of doing this work is not to be discounted though - sometimes that IS the whole point, and the money is just a means to fund the next, and then that for the next, and so on.

I think the skill levels gained in practical work are priceless, and eventually allow you to charge a true value for your truly valuable time, which is a finite thing and not to be taken for granted!!

If there was not a planet separating us we could entertain each other equally in either of our yards, drink beer and fantasize about all the things we are going to get done on our boats... starting tomorrow of course.