23' Project in VA
 

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LOL.....Some guys on a local web site sent the same link today to see if I was interested.....I dropped in to post it....to late.

Price looks good so far.

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I saw that auction this morning. My question is does the seller think that the boat is worth more than the original 19k, now that he has done all the "hard" work. Is it really a project boat if you don't have to do any fiberglass work????

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What's the deal with the transom on that thing????

http://i23.ebayimg.com/02/i/02/b6/4d/64_3.JPG

It looks like someone cut it down to accept a 20" motor, then put a jackplate on to take it back to 25"!?!?!?!? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Brian,
The previous owner of my father's Sceptre did that. The boat originally had twins with 20" shafts, then the owner repowered with a single. They chopped the transom down 5" to accomodate the new single. Last season my dad repowered with a 25" Yamaha and installed a manaul jackplate. It actually works quite well and has improved the planing ability of the boat at lower speeds.

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I think it may have come with a 20" transom.

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From the pictures it looks like there is plenty of work left to be done.
I would consider going to look at the boat if I could find the time.
But, then I might want to buy it too. I don't have the money or the time for that.

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I emailed the guy last night. Asking is $12,500 with a double axle trailer. thoughts...

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Considering the work involved to get it prestine, $12,500 sounds optimistic to me...but somebody will probably buy it. As mentioned above, that boat may have started out with a 20" transom and what we are seeing is a Starboard addition to stop splash entry? Either way, the new owner should approach it as a complete redo if they want it right.

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Mark- you are probably right. At the end of the day you're looking at around $20k for a put together 23ft no matter how you slice it. DANG!

AR

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Guys he might want 12,500 for it but it looks to me like a no reserve auction. Maybe I am wrong but doesnt it ussually say reserve not meet, if it was a reserve auction and under his asking price. But he does state that he reserves the right to end the auction at any time.

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You are correct george, it will get driven up over the next 7 days...

AR

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While we are critiquing this boat, how 'bout the placement of those tabs [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Not an ideal location http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung...smiley-015.gif

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It appears he had no choice as the holes in the transom on the port side indicate a kicker bracket at one time had been in place ?

Therefore the tab and the get home motor prop would make a funny noise when they rubbed together http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung...smiley-017.gif

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its too bad he wants to sell the Yammie with the boat love to get my hands on that hull but wow when you start to add up all the costs [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] and I remember there is no such thing as a cheap 23 [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Would any of you guys consider this to buy for more than say 5 thousand?

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i'd say 5k would be a good deal, if the motor is worthy.

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boat sold today for $9000 with a trailer. I wish I had acted earlier on it because all the glasswork has been done, it is primed, he added a leaning post to it, and the boat comes with all the new hardware needed to finish the project. The boat is alot farther through the redo process than those pictures led everyone to believe. I guess they were older. oh well