For Sale: Wife Said SELL the boat!

[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!!!!

[Teknav]

Hello BlackOak! Sorry to see you putting your boat for sale! On a serious note, if you sell your boat, how are you ever going to get to Bermuda? Mauritz

[boatman61]

Bumma mate... we were enjoying the adventures...
Sounds a good deal for someone on reading your spec's and the Seafarers a nice boat.
Good luck in the Mud...

[DennisM]

She looks like a beauty, BlackOak. Selling a boat is supposed to be one of the happiest times in a sailor's life, but I don't see how you could feel that way about your Seafarer. I wish you the best of luck with the sale. If it were, me, I'd sell the wife instead. (Gawd, I hope my wife doesn't read this.)

[zeehag]

sorry to hear that you have to become on of the ones who had to sell boat or .....

this happens so often here--marinas are filled with boats cruised down here and left for sale...good luck. i hope all work s out for you.

[Cormorant]

Check your CF terms of membership. No one is allowed to sell their boat and leave the cruising life. I'm pretty sure that's ironclad.

We also all swear to help any member who seems in danger of accidentally selling their boat. All forms of restraint are allowed.

[Tellie]

A buddy of mines wife just told him to sell his boat or else. He says that he sure is going to miss her.

[Jim Cate]

Reminds me of an ad I saw many years ago in the LA times:

Jaguar xk-120, 19xx model, etc, followed by Wife says it goes or she goes... 5000 bucks, take your pick.

Sorry to see you leaving us BO... or is the reason for selling to buy a bigger boat?

Cheers,

Jim

[Rakuflames]

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!!!!

Unfortunate that you believe that live-aboards don't sail ... why is the boat for sale? "My wife said so" doesn't seem like something most sailors would go along with. I know that any partner who gave me an order like that, without some underlying sound reason, would be shown the door.

[sailr69]

we had a very successful racing yacht here on the great lakes that was named FUJIMO.( F--K you Judy I'm moving out). got to laugh at this one

[Rakuflames]

Originally Posted by sailr69

we had a very successful racing yacht here on the great lakes that was named FUJIMO.( F--K you Judy I'm moving out). got to laugh at this one

Or in my case, "fusigs" -- Stan, I'm going sailing!"

At the same time, there could be legitimate reasons for a spouse to say that. I know a couple who unfortunately are just past their prime, after open heart surgery for him and severe arthritis for her. They couldn't use their boat for a year, and just didn't find everything that had deteriorated in the year they didn't sail, tried to take a short cruise and all sorts of things failed. When you can't keep your boat up, it's time to sell it, but most people don't.

This is why I'm a fan of boat surveys (even though the one I got was badly done) -- lots of times, people hold on to their boats for emotional reasons and turn a blind eye to what's deteriorating.

I really don't mean to pick on the OP but the reason doesn't ring true to me.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Rakuflames

Unfortunate that you believe that live-aboards don't sail ... why is the boat for sale? "My wife said so" doesn't seem like something most sailors would go along with. I know that any partner who gave me an order like that, without some underlying sound reason, would be shown the door.

There's a lot of live aboards who don't.. apart from holidays...
And if you need to find out problems the boat had... easy peasy... BO posted em all in his Thread... warts and all
Other reason could be... in Hurricane alley and safety costs money...

[Cheechako]

So.... is she staying with relatives now or............?

[endoftheroad]

Now I know who cut his mooring lines and set his boat adrift a few months ago.

HIS WIFE!

[Teknav]

Some of you guys are wicked to the bone! I love it! Mauritz