Value 23 CC

Lenny · #1 12-01-2005, 10:14 PM

I may go look at an 81 Sea Craft CC 23, the boat was a surveyors boat prior to the current owner the wiring was done and console was redone, (10 years ago) The current owner says the boat is solid and looks great, the boat has twins and they are basically junk and it sits on an older aluminum I beam bunk trailer what do you guys figure this boat is worth assuming it is all in average or above condition??

Lenny · #2 12-02-2005, 10:34 AM

??? Any gestimates ??? Ballpark, what would you pay?

CHANCE1234 · #3 12-02-2005, 10:51 AM

I asked a very similar question when i was looking around at boats. It is very difficult to say without actually getting in the boat ourselves. I know all you want is a ball park figure. So with that i would say depending on alot of different things anywhere from 3K to 10K. It all depends... Sorry man. Where on the cape are you located??

Abe's Rocket · #4 12-02-2005, 11:37 AM

is it the 23 in rochester, NY? for the asking price i'd say that is a deal...

Trayder · #5 12-02-2005, 11:54 AM

It really is impossible to say without getting on the boat. but ballpark: 8-15K.

Go out there take some pics (or buy the boat) then after a few drinks next Friday all of us will convince you to buy it!!

Lenny · #6 12-03-2005, 11:41 AM

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It really is impossible to say without getting on the boat. but ballpark: 8-15K.

Go out there take some pics (or buy the boat) then after a few drinks next Friday all of us will convince you to buy it!!

I will be there, how will I know you guys?? There won't be a guy in leather chaps will there [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

TUGBOAT · #7 12-02-2005, 12:40 PM

If it's really the Boat Ya want & gonna pay in the Hi $$$
Then have it surveyed (Gotta be a FRENCH word) !!!! Not "Cajun" Just French ! You'll know what Your getting & then You'll be able to Insure it for replacement or ?? with Your Ins. Company. Its a loss if Ya don't but better than loosing Big $$$$'s. Ask the owner if He has a RECENT survey.
Scream'n Reels'
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Lenny · #8 12-02-2005, 01:46 PM

Chance I am in Wareham.
From talking with the owner there is a little room in the price, this boat was a surveyors boat and the present owner bought it off him, supposedely the guy made a new console, rewired the boat, he states the boat is in very good condition, I put the word out and found a guy who lives very close to where the boat is located and he is going to look tomorrow for me if he feels it is worth around what the owner wants I will make an offer contingent upon a survey. I would like to buy it for 6k as long as it is SOLID as stated and clean! I am not ready for a full restoration but figured a new gas tank install, through hulls, and bilge pumps, new single engine, remove bottom paint, and paint insdide for this season then a couple seasons down the road fill the transom in install a bracket and drop a brandy new Zuke 250 or poss 300 by then [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Briguy · #9 12-03-2005, 11:15 AM

What is your max budget? Things can get pretty expensive once you begin adding gps, ff, vhf, am/fm new guages antaenns etc. The first thing I would do is stand on the back of the motor cavitation plate and bounce up and down. Have a buddy watch for transom flex. Do the same bouncing up and down all over the deck. Look in the bilge with a flashlight. Make notes. Lie on your back and look at the bottom. Any gouges? Obvious repairs? Now you also have a 14 year old fuel tank. Smell any fuel in the bilge? When was the boat operational last? 1year, 3 years? The current owner has indeed decided to sell rather than tackle the project; find out why.

If you tell us your budget is 25k and you want a 250 suzi, you can plan on having about 10k to buy the boat, get the trailer working safely, add electronics and that does not even get into things that make the boat look nice like pop up's, paint, bolsters, canvas.....

Anyone on this board knows someone that spent 40k, 50k ,60(clearing my throat) over the years on their 23SC.

In my book a hull with no motors, no recent paint, a crappy trailer, no current electronics, no current canvas is worth 5k.

If I had a 25k budget personally I would hang on a leftover efi yami or Suzi 225. I imagine you could get one for under 10k. I'd put the extra money in stuff to make it look nice, make it more seaworthy and help you catch fish.

Lenny · #10 12-03-2005, 11:39 AM

Briguy right now I have 6K that I am willing to part with, I have money that will be invested in real estate but won't get a return for roughly 12 months, my thoughts are if I can buy a hull for the 6K and trickle money into it doing all the work myself over the winter it will be ready for power in the spring where I can find a used 250 OX66 or Merc 250 EFI around for short money used of course and then in a couple years fill the transom and drop a new Zuke 250 or 300 on it with a bracket and finish it off [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]. I have electronics laying around here that I took off when I upgraded my last boat only piece missing is the ship to shore, the trailer the boat has is an AL bunk with brand new tires that has only been used 3-4 times a year on average it's older but it is AL. The current owner recently retired and his wife has decided they will move to Florida where he plans to buy a 30 something Sea Craft, the boat was in use this past season until early September when one of the motors scored a cylinder, the other runs but is down to 80# on a cylinder. If the hull is sound and looks good I am all over it, I don't know where you guys are finding 5K 23' Sea Crafts on AL trailers but if this one falls through I would like to know because I have looked at nothing but junk and have yet to see a 23 under 12K here [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] There is someone looking it over today for me and if he says go I will have a surveyor looking it over and go from there. Wish me luck!!