Boats Less Than $30K Recent Noteworthy Finds

[CaptWho]

40 ft steel hull McIntosh cutter - $15,000 (Key West FL)

https://keys.craigslist.org/boa/d/ke...420721995.html

[CaptWho]

MORGAN OI 41 - $20,000 (North Palm Beach FL)

https://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/boa...420792884.html

[SuW]

Originally Posted by CaptWho

40 ft steel hull McIntosh cutter - $15,000 (Key West FL)
https://keys.craigslist.org/boa/d/ke...420721995.html

Long term, it's all about the quality of the build, condition of the hull and the maintenance over 30 years.

Good sails and engine probably means it is functional for a few years.

Caution steel hulls: We once bought a cheaper older steel boat and the owner had told the boat yard to clean up the hull before we viewed it.

We went to the boatyard the previous day to look at her, and yes, it had a few hundred barnacles but wth. The bottom was OK.

Next day, for official viewing, there was a nice fresh coat of bottom paint!

We were running down the scratches in the bottom epoxy caused by some dolt using a powered wire brush on this barnacles for literally years. Thousands of little batteries.

Getting some random dude in a boatyard to "clean" a hull on a steel boat is not a good idea.

[Morequestions]

Originally Posted by CaptWho

MORGAN OI 41 - $20,000 (North Palm Beach FL)

https://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/boa...420792884.html

There are some nice videos of the 41 which makes me want one https://youtu.be/KONKyClFFVc

[SuW]

Originally Posted by CaptWho

MORGAN OI 41 - $20,000 (North Palm Beach FL)

https://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/boa...420792884.html

Pass. A small boat in this poor condition might be worth it.
All the upholstery is either missing or dead.
Interior is in very poor shape.
That solar panel isn't safe for a storm, imo.
In mast furling is not my choice for an old boat. Was the mast replaced?

There are better examples of this exact boat, for not much more money.

[Celestialsailor]

Originally Posted by SuW

We were running down the scratches in the bottom epoxy caused by some dolt using a powered wire brush on this barnacles for literally years.

I am a Canadian living in the U.S. and hadn't heard the word "dolt" in years. I use it once in awhile and people down here look at me oddly when I do...

[SuW]

Originally Posted by Celestialsailor

I am a Canadian living in the U.S. and hadn't heard the word "dolt" in years. I use it once in awhile and people down here look at me oddly when I do...

lol...that's the benefit of understanding their language better than they understand yours. I have friends in Ontario from Newfoundland and they find the same thing! (They also wonder why we're so slow...!)

[laird]

I've seen a contest 31 for sale on Craig's list ,these Dutch built boats are real blue water vessels , I like it

[unbusted67]

Originally Posted by laird

I've seen a contest 31 for sale on Craig's list ,these Dutch built boats are real blue water vessels , I like it

That was mine. It was sold. Though well built and thought out I would not call that a Blue Water boat really. Sluggish too.

[laird]

Originally Posted by unbusted67

That was mine. It was sold. Though well built and thought out I would not call that a Blue Water boat really. Sluggish too.

The contest gets a mention in Hal Roths book ,it was credited with saving it's crew after being battered on a reef ,the Dutch really do rate them

[SuW]

Originally Posted by unbusted67

That was mine. It was sold. Though well built and thought out I would not call that a Blue Water boat really. Sluggish too.

So, what kind of boat are you looking for unbusted67?

[Morequestions]

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1979 Seastream 34
$19,999

Listed 5 weeks ago in Palm Harbor, FL


Ad claims its turn key, I like turn key

[unbusted67]

Originally Posted by SuW

So, what kind of boat are you looking for unbusted67?

I'll just be over here in the "Cheap Multihull Project Forum" Lol.

I'm looking for the right boat to come along.

[SuW]

Originally Posted by Morequestions

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Price reduction

1979 Seastream 34
$19,999
Listed 5 weeks ago in Palm Harbor, FL
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Ad claims its turn key, I like turn key

I wonder what the story is.
It's not a fashionable boat for that region. Take it north!

[Morequestions]

Originally Posted by SuW

I wonder what the story is.
It's not a fashionable boat for that region. Take it north!

Don't know, a previous listing says its in a transferable Clearwater Beach liveaboard marina. Draft is 6.23 ft, which is a lot for around here. You would be careful to stay in the channel until offshore. Would be a comfortable ride