Boats hits. Is this worth anything?

[nigel bickle]

I'm likely to be completing on this field and associated barns ( that you're not seeing, sorry!) and this is in it.

The current owner agreed to rent the space several years ago, but the Owner has just vanished, he says. He has no way of shifting it, so it's staying there.

So, after I've completed Due Diligence, and failed to trace the owner, or extract appropriate payment, I've a decision to make.

I can't get any nearer right now, without getting immersed in nettles, but it looks pretty raddled to me. The large alloy trailer doesn't even appear to have overrun brakes, so is this all flash, no cash- or can it help offset the ruinous payments I'm about to undertake?

Any knowledge welcomed. I'm out of my depth here

 

[nigel bickle]

Oh Ffs
Can someone turn this over for me please?

[alf892]

Father Alf buys up stuff like that and then spends a whole load of time making nice and serviceable and selling on.

 

Can you get model number and engine type/size?

 

Also is it UK?

[sierraman]

I'd imagine EBay would be best source of a value, judging by the weeds it's not likely to have seen the water for a while

[Junkman]

If the German name of the boat is anything to go by, it's probably not registered in the UK?

[cort16]

This could be you!

 

 

[cort16]

This one looks quite similiar in the states for 20,000 dollars.

 

http://www.boattrader.com/listing/1998-Chaparral-2335-102525272

 

I guess this questions are, does it float, does it run and are there badgers living in the interior?

[chodweaver]

I was in similar situation about 6 years ago. Sold it to a Polish bloke who was buying many such boats for his inland leisure lake venture. Keep it secure till you have the oligarch's money in the bank!

 

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[cort16]

I've got a mate in brighton who's been looking for a cheap boat. I dunno if this'd be too much for him though (price and size wise)/

[Justin Case]

There's a similar one for sale with Yachtmarket North Wales for £9995; it appears to have an outdrive and it looks a lot tidier. Large two-stroke outboards are worth nothing because of the fuel consumption, if it has a four stroke you are in (relative ) luck.

[cort16]

Are the motors on these not inboard prop shaft driven jobs rather than outboards?

 

 

P.S. I've no idea what I'm talking about..

[coalnotdole]

I'd run a pressure washer over It and try get the engine(s( running, quick clean inside etc. Then list it speculatively for somewhere between £5000 and £10000 Go to town with the photos and description of it and hope to find someone who wants it. If it cleans up nicely and its got a decent level of kit on board it may turn out to be worth a bit more.

 

Boats for sale seem to attack all manner of dreamers and time wasters but in my experience someone half sane and monied turns up to take them away in the end.

 

Ps Good luck with the new storage!

[oldcars]

80CASH 2 NITE MATE.

 

Or sell to a Bullseye looser from the Midlands.

[wuvvum]

I would imagine a boat that size would have an inboard with a outdrive - possibly Volvo Penta or Mercruiser?

[cort16]

If someone's abandoned a boat like that the likelihood is something on it's borked.

[cort16]

Sounds like they've got Mercruisers in them right enough.

 

This could be the place to find out what exactly you've got

 

http://forum.chaparralboats.com/index.php?showforum=7

[alf892]

A lot of Yank spec stuff uses direct sea water cooling - no heat exchangers - which is quite hard on the cooling system especially when they are taken in and out of the water.

 

Father Alf has had a couple with a 5.7 Mercruiser in with outdrives. I make them go for him but he has a tame specialist to check/repair the drive leg. 

[xtriple]

If you do manage to get it just clean it and sell it on. Boats are a fantastic way of spending HUGE amounts of cash with little reward.

 

There is always someone that sees something like that for cheap and fancies a dabble. They will soon see that burning £50 notes is actually a cheaper hobby.

[Cheggers]

It's basically worth the value of the engines, and that's hard to pin down without having them up & running. Sadly the world is full of "faded glory" boats that have been high & dry for years and would cost far more to get seaworthy than they would ever be worth.

 

There are only so many dreamers prepared to take on a project like this - the concept of "Boatshite" doesn't really exist due to the high costs involved.

 

The trailer, however...

[stephen01]

I'd live in it!

[sierraman]

Like the St Vitus Dance on Miami Vice!

 

I would imagine its inboard motor, I wouldn't touch water with it though as it is, the engine is likely seized or filled with lay up oil if its been looked after. With a boat like that there's lots of seasonal jobs to do before you can use it. It's probably laid up because there's something wrong with it like osmosis in the gel coat.

[nigel bickle]

Ok, thanks Guys. I'm not into power boats, more the sailor type (Fnarr, Fnarr,) so I think I'll give it a swerve.

 

It can sit there till I find time to trace the owner, then hit him with a bill. Looks far more profitable than this scabby mess. It is much much worse, close up

 

Cheers

[sierraman]

That said if the engine is ok that might be worth something, but its only any use to put in a boat. The diesels you see on narrow boats etc would've useless in a car as they are heavily governed and designed only really to be used at low RPM.

[DSdriver]

The costs of owning something like that are such that you have to be seriously loaded. And if you are seriously loaded you can afford a new one.

Off the head examples, mooring fees 6 to 8 bags a year on the south coast; fuel for a day's jolly 1 or 2 hundred quid; maintenance 3 bags a year.

It was probably bought by a dreamer at a Customs and excise sale of ex drug runner boats.

[Pillock]

Or, it's rammed with drugs.

[alf892]

Off topic......but I love the enduring rivalry/hatred between types of boat owners.........

 

 

Diesel boat known to sailors as stink boats..........sailors disdainfully referred to as rag and stick brigade by

[Uncle Jimmy]

Burnnnn it!

[fred]

Or, it's rammed with drugs.

And the mummified owner

[nigel bickle]

Nice....

 

Thanks for that.

[Justin Case]

The costs of owning something like that are such that you have to be seriously loaded. And if you are seriously loaded you can afford a new one.

Off the head examples, mooring fees 6 to 8 bags a year on the south coast; fuel for a day's jolly 1 or 2 hundred quid; maintenance 3 bags a year.

It was probably bought by a dreamer at a Customs and excise sale of ex drug runner boats.

Costs could actually be quite modest. Rent on a corner of a nettle-strewn field should be considerably less than Brighton Marina, and the purchase of a P38 as a towing vehicle would eliminate fuel costs as it it most unlikely that both Range Rover and boat would both be working at the same time