Minimum equipment requirements when selling a sailboat

[thomm225]

Originally Posted by ilenart

Let me guess? Are you shopping for your first boat?

He does make a good point.

It's easy for an experienced buyer to see when a boat has been totally stripped.

This could cause the buyer to go elsewhere.

My boat was left a few hundred miles short of it's home marina at the end of the PO's 2 year cruise from Massachusetts to Florida and the Bahamas so the boat was loaded!

Almost new jib, almost new strorm jib, GPS (2), autopilot, depth, VHF, all safety equipment, dinghy, tons of spare engine parts, PFD's, hose water filter, dodger, bimini, etc, etc.

It made the boat totally worth it's $2,000 price tag

[Shrew]

Originally Posted by patrickbarbary

Sounds cheap behavior to me. May really piss off the buyer... May end up costing you more than what you were trying to skimp...

How so? if the items aren't 'installed' and not listed in the P&S the seller has every right to his possessions. This comes to head AFTER the sale is complete. The buyer may have an unreasonable set of expectations, but it's not clear how this is going to cost the seller anything.

I don't think of items not installed (PFD's, boat hooks, throwables) as part of the boat. Nor do I think of items with expiration dates (flares). I do leave fire extinguishers. But then when I'm buying a new-to-me boat, I replace the fire extinguishers automatically anyway.

[AKA-None]

I was a bit miffed when the boat as shown included a tail mounted grill which disappeared after the sale. No mention before that it would be removed. No biggie but still ...

[fcftampa]

What's the usage/registration.tax repercussion of 'stripping' everything on the sales agreement and selling those extras on a separate transaction? Maybe not even removing them from the boat.
Thanks

[Tingum]

If you want it take it off the boat. List what comes with the sale. EVERYTHING is negotiable

[JPA Cate]

The OP is from Ontario, Canada. I don't know if there are Canadian restrictions for what he can remove. We always leave the docklines, fenders, spare parts for the boat's system, boat hook, fire extinguishers, and make sure we're clear, in writing, about what's excluded. One would probably always take one's own EPIRB if going to another boat. But I think the OP should check with his own area coast guard, or council, in case there are idiosyncratic exclusions.

Ann

We even know a guy who left a nice bottle of wine, some good cheese, and crackers, and a small bowl of fresh fruit for the new owners, like a welcome to the new steward of the boat.