For Sale: Wife Said SELL the boat!

[HappyMdRSailor]

BO... Here's a thought....

Totally agreed with your wife about being around... These are tough times, and the companionship for a mate to weather this "life storm" with, is priceless...

You are however, going to need to take breaks and get away for a few minutes now and then... What better way to do that than doing something you love then head home in the evening and take a hot shower???

PLUS!!!! If you take the missus for day sails... with sunsets and wine on a gentle lake.... She MAY..... Totally fall in love with your passion...

I say move the dang thing to Pickwick, and enjoy the summer with the mrs and the boat... $260 a month at either Grand Harbor or Aquayacht for your length...

When the time comes, you can sell her here for the same price (which is way too low in my opinion), OR decide this IS the boat you want to take to bermuda???

If you are even remotely interested in the idea... i WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP bring her up here with you...

Thoughts?

[boatman61]

Quote:
Originally Posted by salticrak
Blackoak.

Here is a crazy idea and thats all it may be .

What after a while you still have not sold your boat, which you say is ready for cruising, you donate it to a worthy candidate.? The candidate would have to want to sail around the world. How to chose such a candidate would need some figuring.

To compensate your good self a fund could be set up to deposit some monies into, by those following the adventures of the new skipper ?

It may not be the best option but it would mean some lucky/deserving individual gets a shot at living the dream. Also the yacht will not rot away abandoned somewhere?


Just thinking out loud....

While in theory it does sound good, but if a person has not taken the time, effort and energy to aquire a sailing vessel "by the sweat of ones brow" I do not feel they are deserving of being gifted one. Call me old fashion or old values.

And now for something completely 'Off the Wall'....
You say you want $10,000.... Why not hold a CF Members Only Raffle...
Pretty sure there's at least 500/1000 folk who are Members or Lurker's who'd either love a boat... or an Upgrade to a Seafarer 34.
At $10/$20 a pop with a limited (or not) amount of tickets I'm sure you'd get your price.. or more..
Dunno how one could set it up... (DOJ's feeling bored and restless might just kick him back to life) ... but once the tickets have all been sold there must be a way to get a random selection from a computer...
Hell could even be a CF run thing... boost the membership...

Eeeeeeee...... I can hear the Mod's snarling already.... lolol

[HappyMdRSailor]

[QUOTE=boatman61;1254056]Quote:
Originally Posted by salticrak
Blackoak.

Here is a crazy idea and thats all it may be .

What after a while you still have not sold your boat, which you say is ready for cruising, you donate it to a worthy candidate.? The candidate would have to want to sail around the world. How to chose such a candidate would need some figuring.

To compensate your good self a fund could be set up to deposit some monies into, by those following the adventures of the new skipper ?

It may not be the best option but it would mean some lucky/deserving individual gets a shot at living the dream. Also the yacht will not rot away abandoned somewhere?


Just thinking out loud....

[Quote]While in theory it does sound good, but if a person has not taken the time, effort and energy to aquire a sailing vessel "by the sweat of ones brow" I do not feel they are deserving of being gifted one. Call me old fashion or old values.

And now for something completely 'Off the Wall'....
You say you want $10,000.... Why not hold a CF Members Only Raffle...
Pretty sure there's at least 500/1000 folk who are Members or Lurker's who'd either love a boat... or an Upgrade to a Seafarer 34.
At $10/$20 a pop with a limited (or not) amount of tickets I'm sure you'd get your price.. or more..
Dunno how one could set it up... (DOJ's feeling bored and restless might just kick him back to life) ... but once the tickets have all been sold there must be a way to get a random selection from a computer...
Hell could even be a CF run thing... boost the membership...

Eeeeeeee...... I can hear the Mod's snarling already.... lolol

What a flippin' flappin' FANTASTIC IDEA!!!

(That's if I can't convince BO to keep his boat up here)

[salticrak]

I like this idea, it could work. The chance to own a cruiser for $20 would also make for a great post in shoestring sailors.

[lateral]

Errr.......paperwork. I'm sure some beureaucrat will want to dampen our enthusiasm. Just how hard is it to run a raffle in the US.

Sweat? Those days mopping up sweat dripping into the epoxy inside the hull, feeling like an aged contortionist, limbs at most unnatural angles preventing becoming a permanent fixture of the boat! The allnighters,sanding, sanding, sanding. Working 1,2,3 jobs.
I deserve two boats.Wait I have two boats

BTW, BO, just what doesn't your Mrs like about boats?
If its longer sail than 1/2hr & heel is more than 10 dgrees mine want to get a plane. Did I mention noises? No creaks, groans or ominous sounds pls.

What we both need is sound methodogy into how to make ones Mrs fall in love with said boats. (And the ritual of standing in a cold shower ripping up big ones.)

[boatsail]

How about the donation idea to a fund so Black Oak gets his money.

Then to give the boat away, an essay on why you should get it.

then a poll to let the people who donated decide who gets the boat!


*************OR******************************

we could sell tickets so BO gets his money and I could buy 1 ticket and also be the one who draws the tickets (I would like his boat)

[DennisM]

I'm fond of saying to anyone who asks how many my boat will sleep, "the answer is six, but four of them better be very close friends."

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by boatsail

How about the donation idea to a fund so Black Oak gets his money.

Then to give the boat away, an essay on why you should get it.

then a poll to let the people who donated decide who gets the boat!


*************OR******************************

we could sell tickets so BO gets his money and I could buy 1 ticket and also be the one who draws the tickets (I would like his boat)

ROFL.... I'll second that....


If I get your Cal27

[Teknav]

Not so fast about the raffle! People tried to sell their homes like that; buy a $100 ticket, and if the luck of the draw was you...you get the house for $100...ummm...the IRS stepped in. You cannot have a private lottery like this without approval of your state's dept. of treasury; bottom line...it is illegal. Now, if the lottery's winnings would go to charity...that's legal. We live in a complicated world. Mauritz

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Teknav

Not so fast about the raffle! People tried to sell their homes like that; buy a $100 ticket, and if the luck of the draw was you...you get the house for $100...ummm...the IRS stepped in. You cannot have a private lottery like this without approval of your state's dept. of treasury; bottom line...it is illegal. Now, if the lottery's winnings would go to charity...that's legal. We live in a complicated world. Mauritz

Why dya think I suggested someone who lives in a tax haven....

Centre digit the IRS...

Location of prize is irrelevant...

[HappyMdRSailor]

Originally Posted by Teknav

Not so fast about the raffle! People tried to sell their homes like that; buy a $100 ticket, and if the luck of the draw was you...you get the house for $100...ummm...the IRS stepped in. You cannot have a private lottery like this without approval of your state's dept. of treasury; bottom line...it is illegal. Now, if the lottery's winnings would go to charity...that's legal. We live in a complicated world. Mauritz

Surely somebody on CF has a 501c...

I say the 'ol smoke and mirrors trick is in order....

+1 Boatman's last post ...

[boatsail]

Originally Posted by Teknav

Not so fast about the raffle! People tried to sell their homes like that; buy a $100 ticket, and if the luck of the draw was you...you get the house for $100...ummm...the IRS stepped in. You cannot have a private lottery like this without approval of your state's dept. of treasury; bottom line...it is illegal. Now, if the lottery's winnings would go to charity...that's legal. We live in a complicated world. Mauritz

google fifty dollar house and watch the new reports from across the country on youtube. it's legal here.. buyer had to pay property and transfer taxes, but it is not illegal. shute, i even looked into it and bought a ticket for their raffle!

[boatsail]

Originally Posted by boatman61

ROFL.... I'll second that....


If I get your Cal27

I could give you my winning ticket but not the Cal. To much sweat into it now to get rid of it. I want to test out all the great new stuff Im putting in there. im emmotionally attached. its going to be a hard boat for me to sell someday!

[boatsail]

Just noticed you "gave the boat away today" in your avitar! I did not yet draw the winning ticket;-)

[brutb]

I think Boatman wants to move to the FL Keys for a while. Since he has given away his boat he therefore he would be eligible to be a winner of BO's boat for only $10.00 US and an airline ticket to Miami....some people will do anything for a good bargain......