53MY in TN

[rwetherington]

can anyone tell me anything about a 53MY in Hendersonville TN yacht name Half Shell

[eze2bme]

Roger, here's a link to listing if that helps:
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1977...s#.VVEAFPlVhBc

[SeaEric]

She's been on the market for 2 years. That's not a good sign. I'm familiar with the broker representing her. You may want to give him a call and just ask his candid assessment.

[SKYCHENEY]

The pics don't look too bad for the price. It's obviously not the preferred 1978 or newer design, but it could be a good buy depending on actual condition. The physical location may be hurting it from a sales standpoint.

[Kevlife]

Went down to $80k today

[Neagle]

I went and looked at that boat about 3 months ago. She has nice curb appeal but...both engines
smoke really bad. Fog machine bad. It also took the port engine awhile to start. I passed on her and
found a 53MY in Guntersville AL. "Pier Pressure" from a private seller on Craigslist. It was posted for
less then two weeks. I was the first to look at her and made offer. Took delivery 2 months ago. Good luck, keep looking, took me about a year. When you find her you will know.

[captainwjm]

Not familiar with the boat, but trust the broker to be accurate and straight-forward. Nashville Yacht is a classy outfit.

[Kevlife]

Spoke at length with the broker, Larry. He was very candid about the vessel. The boat just hasn't been run much over the last few years... He also mentioned the probable need for a bottom job and A/C repairs. Anyone have insights about that smoking? If we will purchase this year this seems one of our options considering the price. Thinking the engine issues may be a bit more than diy. Not great since I will need to get it to
VA.

[rsmith]

Spoke at length with the broker, Larry. He was very candid about the vessel. The boat just hasn't been run much over the last few years... He also mentioned the probable need for a bottom job and A/C repairs. Anyone have insights about that smoking? If we will purchase this year this seems one of our options considering the price. Thinking the engine issues may be a bit more than diy. Not great since I will need to get it to
VA.

It may be anything from low compression to clogged up inter coolers. Your going to have to spend the money on an engine survey to find out. Almost all these boats have been sitting for the last couple years since fuel has gone crazy. Even the ones that have been run have been putting around at hull speed coking up the engines. I'd rather have hi time engines that have been run consistently than low time ones that have sat inactive.
But if your just going from slip A to slip B. And using the boat for a condo what's it matter how good the engines are?

[Freeebird]

Shoot Neagle a message and ask what color the smoke was.