82 C Fire

[rwetherington]

does anyone know anything about a 82C that may have had a fire on Monday in the Ft. Lauderdale area. If so where , how and where is the boat now.

[captddis]

I saw a link, not much news other than it was flooded during the fire fighting and the cockpit went under. I also heard it was being worked on.

[saltshaker]

Here's the link.
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI116206/

[SeaEric]

I saw this boat today. Its on the hard at Cable West in Ft Lauderdale.

[habanero]

What shape is it in? Any work being done on it?

Mike
"Habanero"55C

[REBrueckner]

Most likely insurance claims have to be resolved before work begins

[SeaEric]

It looks fine from outside. I think the damage was in the engineroom, and then from sinking when it filled up with water.

[Boaterfrankie]

This hatteras is coming up for auction later this month. It is listed on the usauctions web site......www.usauctions.com

[foleyjt]

I've bought a couple of boats from US Auctions, and while they were nothing like the 82' referenced here, it is a decent site and you can get a bargain, but boy, YOU better do your homework cause you don't get any help before the sale. And you buy exactly what is there.

[SportFishCruising]

IMHO, I could never compete online at an auction, ebay or anything like that for a yacht. That's for the experienced or experts out there or extreme risk takers. Even on CL or like that, I question the levels of this type of sale and prefer a higher level of representation. YW listings are even poorly written and spec'd for the most part and the follow-up to its listings are not well supported, except from a few good brokers. When I purchase a yacht, I definitely want a very good broker on my side helping me, along with a surveyor.
And many thanks to this site for teaching me I need at least that!