You gotta consider this a bare hull when you buy it and figure the power as cores IMO .

You just dont know what you have there,when our 30 sutphen went under and was taken back to the marina it wasnt pickled well and then they neglected to winterize it properly. Took the boat from a buy back to a let it go!

If you KNEW how it was taken care of after the damage Id say it would be more desireable plus the NO back seat issue SUCKS.

I just looked at the boat. It looks decent from a distance, but oh baby does it need work... pretty much EVERYWHERE! You name it, it pretty much needs replacing, or rebuilding at the least. This is a project and I can promise you pictures do zero justice as to how bad things are. The head is gone, a lot of panels are gone or broken, every wire and everything electrical has to be ripped out, the boat has two different drives on it (and of course one is an older bravo 1), busted hatches, cabin filled with water and mildew, a deep gouge in the hull, the trailer needs rebuilding, and this is just the surface. As you get in behind things, you can realy see how bad things are. It's safe to say the owner never took care of anything, so you know nothing was ever flushed. God only knows what's up with the engines and the headers will soon need replacing.

The owner is asking 50's, but doing some talking it looks like he'll take low 40's. Let's just say it wont be selling anytime soon at that price, at least not to anyone that actually steps foot on the boat!

With that said, I did make an offer so we'll see what happens...

BTW, the cockpit is so tight in back there that you can barely even squeeze through, it's REALLY TIGHT! I see why that was a one off!

Oh man, hope you know how to re-rig a boat if your offer is accepted!

Sure do. It's not a total rerig though, but everything electrial and electronic looks like it needs to be gutted and redone, amongst many other things.

I'm very hopeful that we can put together this deal as the more I think about it, the more I want the boat...

Scot , I feel your pain, I didnt sleep for a night when I was tossing it around. I mean, it has all the right ingredients for a sick boat that you could be happy with for a long time. Not a boat you build and sell, this boat get built to keep, 100 MPH with no problem.

Honestly that's part of it... it would be very hard to even find a buyer! Given the history, the resale value of it will always be less, no mater how perfect it's restored. So at the end of the day you'll have to pump a significant amount of time and money into it, and it will still never be worth normal market value because of the history... and on top of that, the fact that there's no back seat really narrows the potential buyers even further! :(

By the time anyone is done making that boat nice, they could have just bought a nice turn key 37 AVH without a bad history. A complete 37 AVH sold for around 80k not long ago and another that just fell off the classifieds was listed at 99k.

There a a couple bids on this boat, we'll see what happens!

So who's buying this boat anyways? First I heard Scot and then somebody said 302sport is interested, be carefull you guys don't drive up the price. This boat is probably not worth more then $25k. IMO If you are going to spend any more go see Kreed and bring your check book and buy a boat that is clean and done!:cool-smiley-011:

Adam and I have been talking... trying not to drive it up. But I think you're right Kevin.

Not sure it matters, I talked with the owner tonight. Really cool guy, but he's firmly planted at $45k min. Anything less and he and his wife would "rather watch it rot". :eek:

We're talking again soon, but I think this thing is going to sit filled with water and open to the elements for a very, very long time... Even more sadly, he doesn't seem like the type that really cares if it does either. :(