[Public-List] Selling Recommendations

Mon Sep 9 13:33:26 PDT 2013

Speaking as a proud new owner, I am very grateful that I have been able to
achieve my dream at a price my wife and I can afford. I realize that
someone has poured a lot of money and effort into the boat over the years,
and we could see that the price was far less than the sum of the parts, so
we did not quibble over it.

I am definitely a Chechako - having never sailed anything larger than an
enterprise dinghy. I am rather ignorant of many matters marine (although I
have been educating myself as fast as possible). That said, I did my best
to treat the prior owner with respect (and all boat owners), and I
understand that this past economic downturn has made selling a boat a very
painful proposition.

Every one of us is a buyer at some point. Boat owners are buyers of
supplies and hardware (lots of it apparently). Every one of us is ignorant
of some things - even things we would like to be good at. I deal a lot with
people who are apparently allergic to software, and I endeavour to treat
them with grace and understanding.

I do know what it is like to lose a fortune - I walked away from a house in
Trinidad long before the American housing bubble. I hope that you can enjoy
your boat until such time as someone else can afford to buy it and enjoy it
at a price you are comfortable with.

On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Glenn <brooks.glenn at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hey Dustin, unfortunately, the reality is, its a tough market for old
> boats like ours, even though they are more well found and seaworthy than
>  most all the 6 figure gin palaces in the marina.
>
> Regarding marketing, most reputable boat brokers will have an account with
> Yachtworld.  That effectively gives you international coverage via  the
> web.   I had my boat on the market for upwards of three years, including on
> yachtworld and had over 12000 hits on the online listing.  One guy showed
> up from Australia, and was amusing himself by touring boat yards during his
> vacation.  Turns out the  usual listing at my local  broker sold at around
> 1000 hits, mostly to local people.    However my price was a little high-
> not much, but a little- and the boat would not move.  As I had completely
> refit it for ocean service and had excellent gear I just wasnt going to
> give it away to some chechako who still has to wear red and green shoe
> laces to figure out where  port and starboard are. (As you may be able to
> tell by now, I am still a little bit edgy due to my  recent experience...)
> but as we are talking about buyers here- the lowest form of life inhabiting
> the intertidal zone, I am
>  no longer to concerned with etiquette.
>
> This is because  most buyers have the behavioral pattern of sand flees.
>  Swarm around green scum cast up on the beach and scatter at the first hint
> of a rising tide. There is no cheapest price.  the only thing that matters
> is that you hand the boat over at no cost and then pay them extra to help
> them refit with the equipment they wouldnt pay you a dime to upgrade with
> in the first place.
>
> So I would encourage you to set a fair value price -what ever you think it
> is- and wait for an offer you wont be embarrassed to shake hands over.
>
> But It is a buyers market, and yachtworld is a great tool.  Probably you
> will find a buyer in your back yard, not internationally.  So hit up the
> local boating magazines, hang a sign on your pickup with a picture, list it
> on craigslist, any other usellem.com out there, put out fliers to all the
> bulletin boards, etc  and wait it out.
>
> BTW,  I finally had enough of staryeyed  sand dabs  and pulled my boat off
> the market and Put it up on the beach.  There it awaits out of harms way
> until I can come back next spring, load it up with food and water and sail
> to Hawaii. Where the sand flees and other beach deliterates will
> undoubtedly flock around again and try to act nautical.
>
> Cheers,
> Glenn B
> Dolce 318
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 9, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Dustin <dustinhogard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the advice, however disheartening.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Sep 9, 2013, at 1:09 AM, CJ Pool <tasmanxer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry, Dustin, I forgot to post craigslist as a potential site, and it's
> >> free.  I posted my boat for $8.500, hoping for a quick sale.  It
> attracted
> >> a lot of wannabes, one who could not even row a dinghy.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 8:04 PM, CJ Pool <tasmanxer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Dustin,
> >>> I've gotten 6-7 replies the 2 times I've listed my 1963 Alberg, here in
> >>> Honolulu.  Mostly speculators wo don't know much about Albergs.  If you
> >>> find a reasonable yacht broker with Intl. connectons, please let me
> know.
> >>> I'm moving on.  YI, I found trademe.co.nz usefull in finding a
> trimaran
> >>> in 2006, and those Kiwi sailors get around.
> >>> Good luck,
> >>> -CJP, sloop Estuarine
> >>> Keehi Lagoon, Oahu, HI
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Dustin Hogard <dustinhogard at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hey guys,
> >>>>
> >>>> Where do you think is the best place to list my Alberg 30, located in
> >>>> Kemah, TX?
> >>>>
> >>>> Any/all other recommendations, tips would be greatly appreciated!
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> - Dustin
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