I didn't crawl around any of the bigger boats, but I thought all the the C&Cs were in reasonably good shape...from the ground. Deals can be had!
Harry Sent from my old iPhone > On Nov 24, 2013, at 21:21, Mark G <mjg...@comcast.net> wrote: > > It was very very cold there today. But a nice selection of boats. > What did you think of "Photon", the C&C 30? > I kinda like that Sunfish, Harry... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Harry Hallgring <hhallgr...@icloud.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 02:12:04 -0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: Stus-List Mass Maritime Auction > Mark, > I went there today...because if the weather you mention! Hope to take home > the Sunfish and a Whaler....so don't outbid me! I bought Mirage there a few > years back and couldn't be happier. She wasn't a cream puff, but anything is > fixable, which is what I am doing. > Harry > Sent from my old iPhone > > On Nov 23, 2013, at 20:35, Mark G <mjg...@comcast.net> wrote: > I'm only about a half hour away from Mass Maritime and I've been attending > these auctions off and on for 6 or 8 years. It's a great opportunity to see > a lot of boats of all makes and lengths to get a feel for size, > accomodations, build quality, etc. all at once without bothering a broker or > a seller. While none of these boats are complete derelicts (Mass Maritime > doesn't accept those), the majority are in need of significant TLC or have > some issues: rusty keel bolts, corroded chain plates, rotted bulkheads, soft > decks, etc. So it's also a nice opportunity for a prospective buyer, after > reading up on old sailboats, to do some "field work". > I am only familiar with one boat that sold through the Mass Maritime auction. > It was about 5 years ago. A '77 C&C 25. They had it listed as a C&C 26. > It had a Vire inboard, self-tailing winches, furler, new sails, spinnaker > gear. Decent shape. The "price" was around $8500 if I recall. I put in a > low-ball offer and didn't get it. The same boat came up for sale locally > about two years later. I spoke to the owner, he got the boat at the auction > with a $4,000 bid. > > The biggest problem I see with this auction, for both the "sellers" and the > buyers, is that you can't see / hear the engines run. So you really have to > bid on the assumption that the engine requires a rebuild or replacement. > Otherwise, you're taking a significant risk. > Until 2005-2006, the tax deduction you got for donating a boat was its > "market value". That's pretty subjective. The law changed in 2005-2006, and > now what you get for the tax deduction is the actual price which the donated > boat sells at. Not nearly as favorable. I know this because my boat went > through the Mass Maritime auction in 2005. I later met the previous owner, > and he said he donated it when he did because he knew the law was about to > change and greatly lessen the value of his deduction. > I'll be there tomorrow, but not for long. It's going to be unusually frigid > for this area at this time of year, and the boats are stored at the edge of > an airfield. There is no protection from the wind. > Mark > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:20:09 -0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: Stus-List Mass Maritime Auction > I wonder if those prices are what the donors got for their > write-offs. > > Sea Leaf was for sale for around 800K a couple years ago, showing > there 1,500,000! > > Maybe original cost. > > > > Bill Coleman > > C&C 39 > > > > From: CnC-List > [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Harry Hallgring > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:27 PM > To:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List Mass Maritime Auction > > > > A few C&Cs being auctioned off at this weekend’s Mass. > Maritime auction. > > > > http://www.maritime.edu/apps/boats/ > > > > > > Harry > > > > Sent from my old iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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