Re: Ideal size boat


"JohnH" <jherring1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:54:58 -0500, " JimH" <me1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Harry Krause" <harry.krause@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> JimH wrote:
>>>> "Harry Krause" <harry.krause@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>> JohnH wrote:
>>>>>> On 31 Dec 2005 08:10:32 -0800, "dbohara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>>>>>> <dbohara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We all occasionally wish for a larger boat but would we really buy
>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>> if we were able? I have decided "No", my 28' S2 is ideal for me. A
>>>>>>> larger boat would have more to go wrong and require more expense.
>>>>>>> My
>>>>>>> 28 is ideal for me as she is large enough to do a lot of things but
>>>>>>> small enough for me to easily single-hand which I do a lot. The
>>>>>>> older
>>>>>>> I get, the happier I am to not have a larger boat. This past 6
>>>>>>> months
>>>>>>> is the first time I have ever had her in a marina ( I kept her at
>>>>>>> pvt
>>>>>>> docks for years) and I have noticed what I have heard about for
>>>>>>> years,
>>>>>>> "A boats use is inversely proportional to her length". Do others
>>>>>>> here
>>>>>>> have a simialr experience of realizing they do not want a bigger
>>>>>>> boat?
>>>>>> I go through the 'bigger boat' desires every year. After a while I
>>>>>> convince myself
>>>>>> that the 21'er I've got does what I want to do just fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But, if Harry were to make me a super deal on that Parker, I'd give
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> serious
>>>>>> thought.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There's a boat similar to mine on Boat Trader for $69,000. It has a
>>>>> lesser engine, a lesser trailer, but has radar. Might be an
>>>>> "equivalent." Assume for the moment it is. What's your best offer?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How can anyone make an offer on a boat that they have not recently
>>>> inspected and given a detailed list on the hours, maintenance,
>>>> accessories and options?
>>>>
>>>> One listing in Boat Trader does not set a price baseline.
>>>
>>> The hours and maintenance of Yo Ho are available. The boat is in
>>> near-perfect condition, as any inspector you would care to hire would
>>> verify. As I said, assuming the boat is as I described, and is similar
>>> to
>>> the one on Boat Trader, with minor exceptions, what kind of offer would
>>> you be prepared to make? Are you in the $60,000 to $70,000 range?
>>> Because
>>> that's the price boats similar to Yo Ho in similar condition are
>>> fetching.
>>>
>>> The "extras" on Yo Ho include the galley refrig, sink and stove,
>>> whatever
>>> else was available from Parker at the time, the chartplotter, furono
>>> fishdiner, ICOM radio, bow pulpit, anchor and line, dock lines, fenders
>>> (bumpers), extra rod holder, et cetera. If you were a serious buyer, I
>>> could prepare a list.
>>>
>>> The boat is available for inspection if you want to pay to have it
>>> unwrapped and recommissioned, and then decommissioned and rewrapped if
>>> your surveyor indicates some serious problem that would kill a sale. But
>>> there isn't any such problem.
>>>
>>> The engine is still under warranty, as is the hull.
>>>
>>> It does need a wiper blade on the starboard side.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Sounds like a nice boat Harry.
>>
>
> It *is* a nice boat! BTW did you get the recipe?
>
> --
> John H.
>
> "Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
> resolve it."
> Rene Descartes

Yep. Thanks. I am thinking of making both a sour cream base and whipping
cream base horseradish sauce.


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