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nquigley · Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 9:44 am Post subject: '87 F235 (wing) in GA - SOLD

This looks like a very well-equiped F235 in good condition, and for a very good price:
http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/pl_boat_full_detail.jsp?slim=ywpbs&boat_id=1379170&units=Feet&currency=USD&access=Public&listing_id=56149&url=
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Neil Quigley
Ericson 32-2 'Molto Bene'
Knoxville, TN
(ex - F235 #252 'Traveler')

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Nologic · Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:

nquigley · Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 10:00 pm Post subject:

It'll hurt even more to hear that I got an email from another L. Lanier owner last week who's offering his 1987 F235 (basic equipment only, OK condition ... except all the headliner has pulled down) for ... $5500! The ~$11500 I paid two years ago (with trailer and with some extras) is looking a bit sick - especially when I consider what I've put into it since then!
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Neil Quigley
Ericson 32-2 'Molto Bene'
Knoxville, TN
(ex - F235 #252 'Traveler')

mike · Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 10:13 pm Post subject:

Daryl · Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:12 pm Post subject: what's it worth

It's a ticklish problem. I saw an ad out of chicago recently on a trailered 235 with a killer sail inventory . . . . literally thousands of dollars worth of dacron and higher tech sail . . . for 10K. The boat sold within the week.

I'm going on a test sail Sunday on a Pearson 26. Asking price is half that of a 235 and it's a good solid design. There's lots of competition out there on the market.

If the pearson is sound and the seller motivated it'll be a hard one to walk away from.

There is no question that the baby ben's are commanding premium prices. But the 15K $ ads are boats that are perpetually for sale. They won't sell at that price (except in really unusual circumstances)

just mho, ymmv

Jon · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 7:43 am Post subject: Re: what's it worth

wgnorth · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 7:45 am Post subject:

Im gonna chime in here. Since I paid a premium price for my boat like Neil did, it definitely hurts the feelings to see great boats go on the cheap. Of course, I had cheaper options that I passed up due to multiple considerations. I didn't want to look for a trailer or buy one new or make one fit...I didn't want miles and miles of travel across multiple states...I didn't want to have to perform major repairs. I did a refit on my boat when I bought it; new sails, new lines, new sheaves, and a few minor fixes. I knew going in I would have to do this on any boat I bought so it was a wash with that money spent. Did I spend more than I had to, yes, did I mind making the trade off, no. I think boat ownership and buying is about the trade offs and enjoyment received from your work and efforts, not the total dollars spent at the end of the day...because lord knows..it will have been too much.
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Daryl · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 8:57 am Post subject: you've got a good point

Nologic · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:36 am Post subject:

wgnorth · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:40 am Post subject:

Fully agreed Daryl. In my case, I still trailered the boat 300 miles home. My trade off was the fin vs. the wing. I wanted the fin keel and was willing to pay a little more for it. I also don't have the time to make lots of repairs and although I enjoy tinkering about...with my limited time, I need to use it sailing. Still would have been nice to steal a pristine boat for under $6K....(laughing as he writes another check...).
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Kupe · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:46 am Post subject:

Thanks gang- all good thoughts and perspectives. I really think that ridiculous eBay sale is still rippling through the 235 community- especially here on the lake where it happened.

I'm simply not going to give Celestial away for a tiny fraction of her value. I know the right buyer will come along.

Dave

Nologic · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:50 am Post subject:

Daryl · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 12:06 pm Post subject: hmmm

wgnorth · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 1:50 pm Post subject:

I looked at the Pearson 26 as well, as its a great PHRF racer on a budjet. Check the keel bolts carefully as the boats have had problems in that area if not maintained. There is much info available online about it.
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Nologic · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:48 pm Post subject:

Jon · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 10:23 pm Post subject:

Nologic · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 8:04 am Post subject:

Daryl · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 2:07 pm Post subject: speachless (nearly)

Children, don't get snooty, it's not becoming.

Nologic · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 9:03 pm Post subject:

Blown Away · Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 10:03 am Post subject:

Daryl, There are several couples in our cruising club that have done the Great Loop trip. They all make the trip in the other direction to take advantage of the river currents instead of fighting them. They also recommend a longer time period for the trip. Most say that a year is not long enough to enjoy all of the great places to stop and these are powerboaters making better speed underway. I hope to make that trip some day myself.
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League City, TX
S/V Blown Away
Hull# 50

Daryl · Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject: boat report Pearson 26

THanks for the info, Dan. I'd thought about the current issue. My main reason for the schedule is dodging both cold weather and hurricane season. It seems one can't really do both at the same time <grin>

Well, I went for a sail today. Boat is question is a Pearson 26, described on the telephone as "really, really clean and nice" Well, I suppose all things are relative.

It was a beautiful day for a little sail: cool in the upper sixties but clear skies and a north wind base 12 to 15 gusting to 20 or so. Wind was trying to clock to the east. The best speed in the protected mooring cove was about 5 with a johnson 9.9. I actually hit 6 on a close reach. 5.2 was best I could do off the quarter. I was disapointed but suspect there is a real garden growing beneath this beast. This is the seller's first boat. He launched it 18 months ago and it's been in the water since. God only knows what the bottom looked like when he put it in.

Evidently, much research was done in the 70's on boat color, I'm sure in an egalitarian effort to not discriminate against poorly neophytes suffering from sea sickness. The result was a shade of blue/green noxious enough to turn the stomach of the most seasoned tar amoungst us. Toting up the price of paint, sails, proper lines, reapolstering (I think there's supposed to be an 'h' in there somewhere) I'm going to take a pass.

Upon entering the cabin I was reminded that interior volume is more determined by length of waterline than length on deck. Marketing being what it is, the designers decreed that four people should be deprived of sleep together, another egalitarian remnent of the hippie generation I suspect. If one were to gut the interior and rebuild in mind of 1 or 2 folks cruising it could be a nice boat.

Well, there ya goes, Sue. My book report <g>

Fair winds, all

Nologic · Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:09 am Post subject:

abstrait · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 10:38 am Post subject:

The good deal GA F235 is now SOLD.

kh
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'89 "clear" WK | Hull #327
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Yowzah · Newbie Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Atlanta, GA

Well, I guess I should Chime In. I bought that GA Boat Yowzah for a bit less the the asking price. After pulling her Out I notice that not only did she need a new bottom, But she was a Fin Keel and not a Wing Keel.

Lucky Me.
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John Ioannides
Yowzah 1987
Fin Keel
Hull # 157-
Lake Lanier, GA