$100k ??
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Sail4beer
Starboard!
The one in the background looks like $100,000. The one in front, maybe $30,000.
solosailor
Super Anarchist
There is one here listed nearby for $10k
sledracr
Super Anarchist
I wonder what today's date is....?
gptyk
Anarchist
Does it come with professional crew?
Glenn McCarthy
Super Anarchist
I can tell you between Scot and the prior owner, more than that is invested in that boat.
Scot looked at a number of Cali E35II, with the salt water, they are fried. This one has been fresh water up til Scot brought it to Dago. Two owners in a row brought this one back from the dead, at made it great once more.
Scot looked at a number of Cali E35II, with the salt water, they are fried. This one has been fresh water up til Scot brought it to Dago. Two owners in a row brought this one back from the dead, at made it great once more.
inneedofadvice
Super Anarchist
Still not worth anywhere near $100k
kent_island_sailor
Super Anarchist
Boats are not worth what you spend on them. It is VERY easy to spend $100K turning a $10K boat into a $30K boat.
Plus seeing as no one is going to finance a boat vastly over the book value, you are looking for either a cash buyer or someone with alternate financing that REALLY wants a nice version of an old boat.
Which is better? Spending a year and $100,000 on a $10,000 boat, or spending just $100,000 and going sailing with a repair budget? Admittedly that assumes you like how the PO spent the money. It also assumes you won’t get bad news from the doctor next year and your $110,000 boat doesn’t become a zombie before you get to use it.
I get the idea you might buy a similar boat for $30,000 but respect the math of having the money and wanting to sail now.
I get the idea you might buy a similar boat for $30,000 but respect the math of having the money and wanting to sail now.
Somebody Else
a person of little consequence
It's the same in the car world -- hot rods, old race cars, etc.. Buy something the previous owner built. The person doing the restoration NEVER recoups the investment of time and money.
BrightAyes
Anarchist
Naa. I ain't got jack to say about this looker from the 80s. If some old rich white boy is feeling nostalgic and willing to part with some retirement funds, knock himself out. But, imagine the boat as a woman. Would you plop down $100K for a grandmother to muff dive on...or would you rather pocket $85K you'd waste on granny, and instead, jump onboard this slightly sexier, sleeker model to muff dive?
1997 Viper 830
1997 Viper 830 racing sailboat with trailer. Carbon fiber mast that required repair when I bought the boat. Sailed with it for the past two years and it performs perfectly.
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kent_island_sailor
Super Anarchist
Those two boats are not remotely equivalent, I cannot imagine cross-shopping those two.Naa. I ain't got jack to say about this looker from the 80s. If some old rich white boy is feeling nostalgic and willing to part with some retirement funds, knock himself out. But, imagine the boat as a woman. Would you plop down $100K for a grandmother to muff dive on...or would you rather pocket $85K you'd waste on granny, and instead, jump onboard this slightly sexier, sleeker model to muff dive?
1997 Viper 830
1997 Viper 830 racing sailboat with trailer. Carbon fiber mast that required repair when I bought the boat. Sailed with it for the past two years and it performs perfectly.sailinganarchy.com
kent_island_sailor
Super Anarchist
This is like buying a 1970s era Caprice Station Wagon for $100,000 for family road trips. Sure it is very lovingly restored, probably the best old wagon around, but it makes no sense unless you just REALLY want an old wagon.
I have a similar old boat and I am under no illusions that any money I spend on the boat will ever come back to me.
CriticalPath
Anarchist
Ummm, a few points NotSoBrightAyes, just in case the lightbulb hasn't come on yet...
There's no reality to Scot's E35 @ $100k so comparos to other boats or a woman or whatever else are mental masturbation in your own head. Kudos to the OP who got his wish baiting you with April Fools.
Ericson 35-2 is a 1970s classic. Nothing about it speaks to 80s vintage. But don't let ignorance of sailboats get in the way of your ongoing vomit dialogues...
Cheers!
Bull City
A fine fellow
Hookers and blow
Blue Crab
benthivore
"or would you rather pocket $85K you'd waste on granny, and instead, jump onboard this slightly sexier, sleeker model to muff dive?"
THIS!
THIS!
