TopHattandTails
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- OWNER - I own a Hatteras Yacht
- Hatteras Model
- 53' MOTOR YACHT (1969 - 1988)
I gotta think post #16 is right on. At least from my buying process, I would only look at Freshwater boats. Partly because, well, we can up here, and the fuel price to bring a boat home would be significant from the south. Although you probably do get a bigger "buyer" population in salt water areas - I gotta think that FW boats command a slightly higher take price. If nothing else - their used 50% of the time - so a 30 year old boat has an affective age of 15 years. The other part of my thoughts is that water type is 50% of the game. A well kept boat has just as much to do with the ownership history. A boat would go down hill fast if the owner refused to open their wallets on maintenance items! Things like paint and varnish would show well for a FW boat, but soft goods, boat systems, lighting, non-skid, electronics, interior flooring, canvass, other "spruce up" items are due to owner maintenance. This recent economy has separated the "clean" versus "tired" boat population via prices. The "avg" condition boat has been removed from the price wars. So in my mind, if I were to sell (and would need top $$ to cover 90% of my acquisition cost - not maintenance or capital improvements), I would want 100% of my to-do list complete and showing well. At that point - why sell? The boat would be perfect and have no projects left.
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