When it comes time to sell your boat
10-24-2013, 05:09 PM
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Ditto, Griff! When I sell something I really don't care what happens with it, as I am on to the next one.
10-24-2013, 05:47 PM
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It’s a double, triple, quadrupled edge sword for me. I restore old boats as a hobby /side business and there are so many sides. Like;
Buying the boat. People would rather let a boat rot away in the weeds then sell it to someone that may restore it. Or, a shell of a boat (if you are lucky) that maybe has a name you have herd of they want its weight in gold.
If I can get them to give up on something their kids will have to pay for to be hauled to the dump is when the magic happens. Do a restore and send them a picture. Got a (real in the US mail) letter from a woman whose husband sold me a boat one time. She said he carried the pictures around for weeks showing everyone he knows about it.
Selling them, another story. Being they are classics that have been restored I have been known more than one time telling someone that this may not be the boat for you. A classic boat is a classic boat and will need attention like classics boats do. It would break my heart to see something that once was great that fell to something well below that and then was resurrected just to be trashed again but that is not the reason. I’ve seen more than one person trashed online because the buyer thought they were buying a gas and go 2013 Chevy SUV instead of what they really bought (1968 Camaro). If you don’t know the difference in what it will be like own the two then this may not be the boat for you.
Buying the boat. People would rather let a boat rot away in the weeds then sell it to someone that may restore it. Or, a shell of a boat (if you are lucky) that maybe has a name you have herd of they want its weight in gold.
If I can get them to give up on something their kids will have to pay for to be hauled to the dump is when the magic happens. Do a restore and send them a picture. Got a (real in the US mail) letter from a woman whose husband sold me a boat one time. She said he carried the pictures around for weeks showing everyone he knows about it.
Selling them, another story. Being they are classics that have been restored I have been known more than one time telling someone that this may not be the boat for you. A classic boat is a classic boat and will need attention like classics boats do. It would break my heart to see something that once was great that fell to something well below that and then was resurrected just to be trashed again but that is not the reason. I’ve seen more than one person trashed online because the buyer thought they were buying a gas and go 2013 Chevy SUV instead of what they really bought (1968 Camaro). If you don’t know the difference in what it will be like own the two then this may not be the boat for you.
10-24-2013, 06:20 PM
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It’s a double, triple, quadrupled edge sword for me. I restore old boats as a hobby /side business and there are so many sides. Like;
Buying the boat. People would rather let a boat rot away in the weeds then sell it to someone that may restore it. Or, a shell of a boat (if you are lucky) that maybe has a name you have herd of they want its weight in gold.
If I can get them to give up on something their kids will have to pay for to be hauled to the dump is when the magic happens. Do a restore and send them a picture. Got a (real in the US mail) letter from a woman whose husband sold me a boat one time. She said he carried the pictures around for weeks showing everyone he knows about it.
Selling them, another story. Being they are classics that have been restored I have been known more than one time telling someone that this may not be the boat for you. A classic boat is a classic boat and will need attention like classics boats do. It would break my heart to see something that once was great that fell to something well below that and then was resurrected just to be trashed again but that is not the reason. I’ve seen more than one person trashed online because the buyer thought they were buying a gas and go 2013 Chevy SUV instead of what they really bought (1968 Camaro). If you don’t know the difference in what it will be like own the two then this may not be the boat for you.
Buying the boat. People would rather let a boat rot away in the weeds then sell it to someone that may restore it. Or, a shell of a boat (if you are lucky) that maybe has a name you have herd of they want its weight in gold.
If I can get them to give up on something their kids will have to pay for to be hauled to the dump is when the magic happens. Do a restore and send them a picture. Got a (real in the US mail) letter from a woman whose husband sold me a boat one time. She said he carried the pictures around for weeks showing everyone he knows about it.
Selling them, another story. Being they are classics that have been restored I have been known more than one time telling someone that this may not be the boat for you. A classic boat is a classic boat and will need attention like classics boats do. It would break my heart to see something that once was great that fell to something well below that and then was resurrected just to be trashed again but that is not the reason. I’ve seen more than one person trashed online because the buyer thought they were buying a gas and go 2013 Chevy SUV instead of what they really bought (1968 Camaro). If you don’t know the difference in what it will be like own the two then this may not be the boat for you.
10-24-2013, 08:04 PM
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she's pretty at least... and I'm hoping to be ready right at the start of the season 
I just need to stop changing my mind... about to order a new cam but still tossing the idea around of that m3, but need to make up my mind on that before I purchase the cam... decisions decisions
I just need to stop changing my mind... about to order a new cam but still tossing the idea around of that m3, but need to make up my mind on that before I purchase the cam... decisions decisions
10-24-2013, 08:35 PM
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Sounds good, the motor will be out of mine by nov1 I keep holding out for one more good boating day but I don't think it's gonna happen. Then I have some small glass work I want to do, gonna change the dash/gauges again, maybe do some modifying on the rear bench, then I'll put the motor back in in march/april. It never really ends. We will have to meet up next season do some running around.
10-25-2013, 03:45 PM
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I must be way trashier then you then, because everybody has called it the dena for over 30 years since I've been living there and in an around the area. Hell if you just google the dena it goes straight to pasadena, md... I was on the other side though in Riviera Beach, we must be a different breed
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10-25-2013, 06:33 PM
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I wouldn't say trashier to anyone. I guess it's just a different crowd or I'm old or both. I spent a lot of time in Riviera Beach at the Sand Bar, Network, AL Gators, Daytonas, etc, etc (which is now a CVS). One time I ended up partying with Kix all night and also saw Crack the Sky there 30 years ago. Some of the best nights of my life. Hell I look across the river at it every day and the only place around here I can launch the race boat is at the Stony Creek Marina. RB is OK with me.
