For Sale: Wife Said SELL the boat!

[boatsail]

What did you say back when she said to sell the ghost. It would break my heart to hear those words.

[Emmalina]

For sale One Wife comes with many extras and part ex boats seriously considered

[SaltyMonkey]

BlackOak - you need to post a price.

[bobconnie]

Yea BlackOak Post a price for the wife !! Hell a buck would be a good price for a wife who don't like boats !! Just OUR 2 cents

[Bash]

A buddy put his boat up for $20,000 more than it was worth. When I warned him that he'd never sell it for that price, he laughed, explaining, "If someone's stupid enough to buy it for that price, I'm happy to sell it. Otherwise, putting it up for sale keeps my wife happy."

[onestepcsy37]

bash, sounds like my situation. after our last bahamas cruise, my wife decided we should sell the boat. so i put it up for sale at maybe 10 or 20 k more than anyone would pay for it. still not sold and i'm heading back to the bahamas.

and guess what. she's going too...

[onestepcsy37]

one of our locals here in florida, new to sailing, bought an old hunter 30 and spent a year refurbing her. wife helped him out too. but when it came close to leaving (doing the great loop) she said she wasn't going. went home to oklahoma. probably thought he'd give up and sell the boat.

well, he didn't. just kept finishing up the work himself. he let it be known he's leaving in june and guess what. she came back. guess being alone in oklahoma isn't all she thought it would be....

[Bash]

Originally Posted by onestepcsy37

guess being alone in oklahoma isn't all she thought it would be....

not lately.

[capngeo]

Originally Posted by BlackOak

1971 Seafarer 34Ft 10ft Beam Sloop Sailboat
Modified Full Lead Encapsulated Keel with a 4ft Draft
Yanmar 2GM20F 18hp Diesel Fresh Water Cooled
Fuel Capacity 20 Gallons
Garmin 128 GPS
Raymarine Auto Pilot Wheel Steering
Hummingbird depth finder
Solar Panel (100 watt)
Dingy Davit
3 Burner Propane Stove with 2 Propane Tanks
Pressurerized Water Water
Capacity 40 Gallons
Fully functional Head with Flush toilet, Emaciator & Water Pump
30 gallon waste holding tank
Icebox
Sleeps 6
Bimini and Dodger
2 Main Sails good shape
150% Genoa good shape
Like new Spinnaker with Wisker Pole
All Standing and Running Rigging in very good shape
10ft Achilles Inflatable Dingy in excellent shape with 4.5 Merc outboard ran daily.
One Folding Bicycle
Charts and Waterway Guide Southern Edition 2013
Recent Bottom Job done a year ago at Starks Marina in St. Marks, Florida

This is an extremely sturdy built Blue Water capable cruiser, that will take you anywhere on high seas. I am presently on the boat in Key West, FL.

This would be a perfect cruiser, blue water sailer, or live-a-board, though the live aboard would part be a waste of a very fine vessel. This boat deserves to be sailed...not docked and forgotten.

Specs on this vessel can be found at Saildata.com

MAKE ME AN OFFER!!!!

You're not leaving "The Rock" are you?

[rebel heart]

Originally Posted by onestepcsy37

one of our locals here in florida, new to sailing, bought an old hunter 30 and spent a year refurbing her. wife helped him out too. but when it came close to leaving (doing the great loop) she said she wasn't going. went home to oklahoma. probably thought he'd give up and sell the boat.

well, he didn't. just kept finishing up the work himself. he let it be known he's leaving in june and guess what. she came back. guess being alone in oklahoma isn't all she thought it would be....

Even done moderately successful, sailing is generally more rewarding than even a decent land based lifestyle. The monotony and rat race are just life sucking leeches to me.

It's a little hard to look your friends in the eye and say, "Well, I decided I'm go back to being an accountant and get a condo. The sailing thing is great but I really miss taking a hot shower and Starbucks."

But then again if the super banal stuff makes some people tick, so much the better.

[onestepcsy37]

even if you win the rat race,
you're still just a rat.

[Celestialsailor]

Why I go sailing...

[salticrak]

Originally Posted by rebel heart

Even done moderately successful, sailing is generally more rewarding than even a decent land based lifestyle. The monotony and rat race are just life sucking leeches to me.

It's a little hard to look your friends in the eye and say, "Well, I decided I'm go back to being an accountant and get a condo. The sailing thing is great but I really miss taking a hot shower and Starbucks."

But then again if the super banal stuff makes some people tick, so much the better.

This

[denverd0n]

Come on, guys. Give him a break. All this talk about "sell the wife instead" is easy enough to say, and some may even be serious (though I'm sure most are just joking), but every individual has their own priorities in life, and their own reasons for the things they do. I'm sure this is a difficult enough decision for him without razzing him about it.

To BlackOak, good luck with the sale. Post a price, to give people an idea of where you're at. You should probably list it on sailboatlistings.com and on craigslist, also. Read through the thread entitled "Post the worst for sale pictures you've seen" to get an idea of what NOT to do, if you are serious about selling. And, personally, I would start a new thread here, without the "wife said sell" subject line, with some more pictures, and a price, to try to keep it a "serious" for sale listing.

Again, good luck.

[endoftheroad]

My wife said she wanted her own dinghy.