You offered alot in your opening bid......I would started at less than 200K, boat is a project and not a lot of buyers can pull the trigger on a 50 ft cat especially with no power.

Once you start adding in all the thing you are going to have to buy, then all the things you have not though about, you are going to be way more then if you bought a used one running.

I looked at a boat that was stripped, by the time I bought the parts, used my own labor I was over the cost of a new one from the dealer.

He can always offer less then his first quote on a counter, counter offer.

I'm thinking about taking the power, trannies, and props out of AM II and put them in GD.

I don't like the fact that it was the first cat from OL. I feel like it was the R+D test mule. There have been many rumors about this boat. Maybe they are true, maybe not. But, why gamble with the unknown? Is it really worth it?

I talked to Sweers on the boat, keep in mind GD is not on a tilt trailer. It has a 12' beam. I would not want to pull a 50' footer with a 12' beam without a tilt. Add another $100K for a trailer.

It can be rather difficult to sell a boat with no power or drives unless the buyer is paying cash and has his own power and drives. Banks do not like loaning money on boats w/o power let alone no power or drives.

Looked at this....the price is deceiving, there's 400k, if not a bit more.. in a rigging for that setup to get it right...not to mention, to be honest, I've never heard a straight story on GD ever...several owners, apparently it never ran well......needs turbines and BPMs, Or ASD...good luck on it, I tend to agree, I would've offered 175..with the history on this boat, they'll never move it, not in this economy..much like a few of the first 50 nortech cats where they had problems with the xdims...

GL either way..

AGREED...

Run...................... why would you want that boat? good luck on resale. That boat will be sitting in the yard next to Copelands Phenom boat at some point (ouch)

Just buy the old JBS Mystic race hull...forsale..they fixed a few things, atleast that boat has a history of running it's ass off..