Neil, On the plus side, bringing the boat up to NY means it will live in fresh water and require far less attention to corrosion prevention and bottom painting moving forward. Yes, you'll have a shorter season than in Maryland, but it seems right now that you have no season at all if the boat has been sitting since 2009. And if you love the boat and love to sail her, cut a few pieces of plywood to fit the floorboards, cover it with some carpet, clean the fuel tank, commission the engine and get out a sail the thing. So many folks won't go sailing until their boat is "perfect" and spend every nice weekend doing boat projects where they could be sailing.
Even so, I believe that many people underestimate the burden of being an "absentee landlord" to their boats especially when you throw in the economics of paying someone to keep the boat up if you're unable to tend to its needs due to time and distance from the boat. I had a friend from Colorado who bought a brand new Hylas 54 about 10 years ago and he made arrangements to keep it in Massachusetts during the summer and would fly in periodically to use the boat. What he found was that every long weekend he allocated to his new boat was spent doing all the maintenance work, cleaning filters and strainers, scrubbing the bottom, working out bugs with the electricals, charging batteries, and dinking around with the myriad of odds and ends that the boat needed. As such, he really never got to sail the thing. I "volunteered" to oversee some of the maintenance chores in return for the occasional use of the boat, but I found myself overwhelmed by the number of systems aboard to say nothing of keeping such a monstrous boat free of seagull droppings and the debris caused by occasional use of the boat as an Osprey's sushi bar. And mind you, this was a brand new boat where most everything is under warranty! After two seasons, I was more than happy to hand over the care of the boat back to the owner and be quite content to sailing the C&C 25 that I owned at the time. Boats cost money to buy and keep up, but can cost even more in the long run if you don't invest in the periodic maintenance. The "new" Half Magic (35 Landfall) sat on the hard since 2007 when I bought it this January, and while the purchase price was reasonably low, the cost of commissioning the boat was far more expensive than I had anticipated. Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 LF 35 Padanaram, MA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Neil Andersen via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 9:36 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Neil Andersen <neil.eric.ander...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List A VERY tough decision Thanks Joe. The problem up here (2 hours north of me is Lake Ontario, the finger lakes aren't all that big and tend to be narrow) is that the sailing season is Memorial Day to Labor Day. The Maritime Museum sounds like a worthy cause. Neil From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 9:20 AM To: 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com' Cc: Della Barba, Joe Subject: Re: Stus-List A VERY tough decision I am not sure how being on the Shore changes the value of the boat one way or the other. I feel your pain - I tried keeping my boat on a mooring for free about 45 minutes from my house and the ability to keep up with boat chores declined a lot so I moved back the $$$ slip 10 minutes away. Is there any place local to you the boat could be? Joe Coquina Btw - the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is a worthy place to donate a boat. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Neil Andersen via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 9:11 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Neil Andersen Subject: Stus-List A VERY tough decision Fellow list mates, I am facing a VERY tough decision. I live 7-8 hours away from my boat (it is in the Chesapeake and I am in central NY state). That is a long story in itself, but irrelevant. My boat (1982 C&C 32) has just had it rigging serviced or replaced as needed due to a yard incident and I have new floorboards that need their finishing (underside) completed, etc. etc. The boat means a lot to me and the family, but from what I hear, it is showing the fact it is neglected as we are not able to get down to the boat to keep her up. The boat hasn't been in the water since 2009. I don't want to, but am looking to part with the boat unless I can come up with another reasonable solution. I don't want to part with her unless it can go to a good home and/or donate it to a good cause. I have been told that she is worth less than $10,000 USD based on the Eastern shore of MD. Thoughts or interest? (Stu, I'll donate part of the proceeds of the sale to the list if it sells through here) Neil Neil Andersen 315-707-7905 (home) <mailto:neil.eric.ander...@gmail.com> neil.eric.ander...@gmail.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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