[SOLD] 1985 Bluewater Gulfstar 50 Sailmaster Cutter - $79,000

[Chotu]

Crusty:

All I ever do is singlehand even if I have crew or a partner aboard. Nobody wants to sail. I can easily (very easily) singlehand this boat. Easier than a 40’ to singlehand thanks to electric sail controls and bow/stern thrusters. Very easy stuff. Nothing to winch by hand. Set auto pilot and go tend your lines

The hard top is factory installed equipment. Must have been an option or possibly custom from the factory. It has the Gulfstar logo right on it. There is a walkway to everything coming out of the cockpit. Easy stuff.

[Gareth Nicol]

Hi there, is this boat still available. Bit of an issue getting there from the UK at the moment but looks ideal for my wife and I to spend a couple of years in the Caribbean.

Look forward to hearing back from you.

Gareth Nicol
E:nicolgareth@gmail.com

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by Gareth Nicol

Hi there, is this boat still available. Bit of an issue getting there from the UK at the moment but looks ideal for my wife and I to spend a couple of years in the Caribbean.

Look forward to hearing back from you.

Gareth Nicol
E:nicolgareth@gmail.com

Yes, if you scroll up a bit you can see what’s going on. We’re delaying the sale a few months until the pandemic eases up a bit. We are cruising on the boat in the northeast USA to self isolate currently.

[dbrickey]

Is she still available
Dbrickey2@gmail.com

[ovidiunelu]

I would not buy it after covid on biard

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by ovidiunelu

I would not buy it after covid on biard

Yes, we collected all the most viurlent strains. One from Italy, one from Wuhan, two from NYC. We crated a Noah's ark of Covid. All the most powerful strains.

We also took anthrax and small pox aboard, as well as bubonic plague. .

Some people take guns aboard for defense, we take a biological warfare germ laboratory aboard for self defense. Forget Slocum's thumbtack defense. Lol

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by dbrickey

Is she still available
Dbrickey2@gmail.com

Sorry I didn't get to your message. I have delayed the sale a couple months as we are using her to stay far away from Covid this summer. As Covid calms down some more and things get back to normal, I will contact everyone on a first come, first served basis.

Thanks for your interest.

[malbert73]

Chotu- while everything right now is still educated guesswork, one model my colleagues at Johns Hopkins are seeing is a second surge this fall. And lower numbers over the summer. How does that impact your plans? Part of me thinks you should sell the gulfstar this summer and get the catamaran ready to hole up in key west harbor or something. Bc I doubt New England in winter is what you are planning?

[Chotu]

As a layman, I see a second surge this fall too.

The plan is to release this boat for sale on a first come, first served basis in 2-3 months.

Then, it’s just a year of going VERY hard on finishing the catamaran interior, moving aboard as soon as it’s habitable. Here is the thread on the catamaran plan. Looking for a good spot to locate this winter with it to build the interior.

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...it-235297.html

[Chotu]

I’m checking with all interested parties as to where they would prefer to take possession of the boat.

1) Portland, Maine

2) Newport, RI


Please respond and let me know.

We are planning the cleanup of our stuff and transfer of the boat in just a matter of weeks now.

I’m contacting everyone on email as well.

Thanks!

[Chotu]

Due to a pretty much catastrophic failure of my outboard complicating the logistics of setting the boat up for showings...

If anyone wants to pick this boat up now, in Portland, Maine, for the crazy price of $75,000... it’s yours.

This price is only good for the next week, picked up in Maine and before we make arrangements for docks and all that.

BYOO: Bring Your Own Outboard. The one on the boat is no good.

[Metalsailor]

Is this still available?

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by Metalsailor

Is this still available?

Yes. Just getting the boat back on the market this week.

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by Chotu

Due to a pretty much catastrophic failure of my outboard complicating the logistics of setting the boat up for showings...

If anyone wants to pick this boat up now, in Portland, Maine, for the crazy price of $75,000... it’s yours.

This price is only good for the next week, picked up in Maine and before we make arrangements for docks and all that.

BYOO: Bring Your Own Outboard. The one on the boat is no good.

Let me add some details:


The boat is currently cruising and off grid entirely. Yes. It works that well. It’s not sitting rotting at a marina, it’s been actively cruising since April 1st. Not touching a dock since.

We planned to cruise away the summer to give corona virus a miss. It was easy to do on the boat.

We have work starting back up and a catamaran to build. We have perfected our coronavirus avoidance techniques and are now ready to get to work on the catamaran.

We were getting ready to start cleaning the boat up, getting a dock for her and doing all that stuff necessary to show her to a bunch of people who are interested in the boat.

Just yesterday my outboard has a bad failure. Water in the lube oil.

This puts us in the position of buying a new outboard to then lug to our catamaran 1000 miles away, getting a dock immediately, or any other number of $2000+ plans.

So, my thinking was if I have to spend $2000+ to make the next move, why not see if I can help prospective buyers in the process. Instead of spending $2000+ to go through the cleaning and sales process, why not just cut $4000 off the price of the boat for anyone who doesn’t need all that fluff?

Take the boat where it is, not cleaned for showing (but mechanically sound with perfectly running engine, northern lights generator, brand new sails) and save $4000 on the already really low price of this boat.

Hell, someone could buy this and resell it tomorrow for a profit.

The idea is to save myself the $2000+ expense to get it all ready for sale and pass that savings right on to the buyer. Plus an extra $2000 to the buyer just because we aren’t polishing it up for sale in this case.

You know you’re getting a good deal because I’m all over this forum. I obviously can’t be scamming anyone because here I am and will continue to be.

So... anyone who wants this boat as is, where is, for a nice low $75k (no haggling later) can have it. You’ll just have to figure out your dinghy situation. As is, where is and has to be acted on fairly quickly. Within a week or so. Otherwise we’ll get that dock and start the normal sales process keeping the firm $79k price instead of the $75k get it now price.

[Metalsailor]

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