She looks like a very nice boat
.
For me a good indicator of both the overall condition of the entire boat and the attention given by the Vendor is.........the engine / engine compartment. If the reality matches the photos I would give her a gold star
.
IMO definately worth a look
.
Leaving aside a few minor quibbles on the
for sale details, I see a
sale has 3 major problems:-
1) 5 foot too small. It might not be what is needed, but it's what the market wants. (for me at 30' and built in 1970 she is both a BIG boat and a youngster
).
2)
Financing. Debt is (was) the new
money 
. Older boats harder to finance, nowadays no longer as simple for folks with a dream (and no money!) to sign the dotted line.
3) In the wrong location. Doesn't mean that she is the wrong boat for the
Caribbean, but that the market (at that
price and above) is focused on more modern vessels (which arguably are better for the style of cruising lifestyle envisaged by most in that area). And that most prospective buyers will not be local to the boat - it costs
money to travel. probably looking at a few K simply to view and the cost and aggro of
buying away from "home" is not to be ignored - especially when it comes to arms length maintanence or simply care. (it was enough of a PITA for me viewing,
buying and then delivering here from the UK mainland
).
The answers(?!):-
1) can't do much about being 5 foot short. Suck it up
.
2) for
financing, do some leg
work on companies who would lend (subject to buyer's circumstances) on an older boat, so can at least point folk in the right direction. and consider financing all or part of the deal (even if only enough so they can borrow the balance from elsewhere). They don't have to be firm proposals / offers - just enough to be able to say "Finance can be arranged", so folks can at least enter into discussions. Obviously some risk involved with owner financing - but that should be reflected in the
price 
...... and just because your advert says it might happen, don't mean it has to
.
3) location, is easily
solved - move the boat (and IMO this the most important thing to address, both on price and simply acheiving a sale) Either the Owner does it or engages a
delivery skipper - appreciate that will cost a few thousand (or so), It's simply a mountain and Mohammed issue (that's a phrase we don't hear much of anymore
).
failing that, I would state that "relocation can be facilitated" (rather than saying can be done at extra cost) - not committing yourself to actually pay for
delivery, that depends on the price negotiations. Can simply be giving them the e-mail address of
Boatman61 , or by self / paying for the delivery
skipper.
All IMO etc etc and meant to be constructive blah blah blah.
Option 4 is
insurance.........
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