Boats Less Than $30K Recent Noteworthy Finds

[Celestialsailor]

Originally Posted by Opie91

I wonder if the thieves stole the rudder

I imagine the rudder was lost while being beached. So much for aft hung rudders.

The thieves really did a number on that one. No telling what the hull integrity might be.

[KGarwick]

Originally Posted by Opie91

I wonder if the thieves stole the rudder

Those rudder stealers...

[CaptWho]

offshore / off grid - $15,000 (st martin)

https://virgin.craigslist.org/boa/7443516559.html

[jeanathon]

Why does this thread keep getting closed?

[CaptWho]

1971 Charlie Morgan 38' sailboat - $20,000 (Blaine WA)

https://bellingham.craigslist.org/bo...443815870.html

[Don C L]

Originally Posted by CaptWho

1971 Charlie Morgan 38' sailboat - $20,000 (Blaine WA)

https://bellingham.craigslist.org/bo...443815870.html

This one below the waterline is a lot like the Bermuda 40, for those of you interested in those.

BTW, we are trying to figure out why the thread keeps getting closed; we're working on it. It's not due to transgressions.

[CaptWho]

1996 Bruce Roberts Marutius 43 steel hull - $21,000 (Orcas Island WA)

https://bellingham.craigslist.org/bo...444087315.html

[ramron67]

Originally Posted by CaptWho

1971 Charlie Morgan 38' sailboat - $20,000 (Blaine WA)

https://bellingham.craigslist.org/bo...443815870.html

Very nice CCA inspired, traditional lines on that boat.
Apparently they also made it as a yawl.

[CaptWho]

Pacific Seacraft, Crealock 37' - $11,000 (Anacortes WA)

https://skagit.craigslist.org/boa/d/...444709409.html

[CaptWho]

1978 Irwin 39 Citation Sloop Sailboat - $8,000 (St. Petersburg, FL)

https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/boa...444785760.html

[Celestialsailor]

Originally Posted by CaptWho

Pacific Seacraft, Crealock 37' - $11,000 (Anacortes WA)

https://skagit.craigslist.org/boa/d/...444709409.html

If I hadn't just bought the Pearson, I'd be all over this! Time to stop kicking tires guys and do it. I bet they would entertain $8K.

[CaptWho]

Sail The Chesapeake/41 Morgan Out Island - $25,000 (East Beach VA)

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https://norfolk.craigslist.org/boa/d...443388053.html

[Tetepare]

Originally Posted by Celestialsailor

If I hadn't just bought the Pearson, I'd be all over this! Time to stop kicking tires guys and do it. I bet they would entertain $8K.

I’d replace decks and motor on that at $11k. Damn. Put $50k into it and you’re still ahead.

[Raincoast]

Originally Posted by Celestialsailor

If I hadn't just bought the Pearson, I'd be all over this! Time to stop kicking tires guys and do it. I bet they would entertain $8K.

$8k, but that thing needs at least $55k USD in hardcore retrofit if the purchaser already knows fiberglass repair & electrical and made it their full time 9-5 for a few years. The video in the ad goes over everything it requires, how they didn't consider it profitable enough to refit themselves and then flip.

[Celestialsailor]

Originally Posted by Tetepare

I’d replace decks and motor on that at $11k. Damn. Put $50k into it and you’re still ahead.

If there is no water intrusion into the decks, its mostly labor. I did a KP44 teak deck removal and fastener hole fill in 3 weeks and that included new LPU non-skid. Materials were around $400. The Universal M25 is not a good engine for that boat anyways. A Yanmar 4Jh would be my 1st choice or a Beta 38. The 4JH is easier to find used. I bought a used one in 2006 for $3K. I've seen ones recently go for around $4.4-$7K, depending.

Originally Posted by Raincoast

$8k, but that thing needs at least $55k USD in hardcore retrofit if the purchaser already knows fiberglass repair & electrical and made it their full time 9-5 for a few years. The video in the ad goes over everything it requires, how they didn't consider it profitable enough to refit themselves and then flip.

I have built two steel boats of my own and restored/restoring 6, total F/G boats. So this isn't my first rodeo. That said, I believe it would be $55k if you turned it over to a yard. That would be a pretty silly thing to do as most of the work is sweat equity. One restore I did to an Olympian 34 required the removal of a dead coyote and chain saw the interior out leaving just the bulkheads. I was finished in 2 years working 20 hrs. a week on it while working full time and raising a family. And that included an LPU paint job. It can be done but requires a lot of dedication.