fishing for seacrafts

bilgerat · #1 05-17-2011, 11:07 AM

Do Yall ever do this? every time I drive out of state I always check the craigs list and local web sites for the areas I travel through looking for any seacrafts that might be a steal or a rare find. Havent found that draam seavette for a grand yet but Im always hopefull.

uncleboo · #2 05-17-2011, 12:09 PM

I don't check the ads, but, I'm ALWAYS keeping one eye out for them. I thought I saw a scampi one day and just about wrecked.

McGillicuddy · #3 05-17-2011, 01:26 PM

You, Sir, are afflicted.

I urge you to get help soon.

Oh, btw, I think there's a Seavette in New York that's been listed for about 1500...

Fr. Frank · #4 05-17-2011, 02:24 PM

Me, too. About the time Ken bought his 27' off Ebay, I found a '68 19' bowrider and trailer with the original 225 hp V8 OMC small-block Chevy "stringer-drive" sterndrive in Alabama for only $500. The motor ran fine, but needed a new drive boot, transom needed a re-core, and it had a windshield off a Renken cuddy without a walk-through area. I didn't have $500 at the time. The trailer was a galvanized 30 years old, but in excellent condition, and it alone was worth more than the asking. I posted it here on the site trying to get someone to save this hull, but it was still unsold a month later.

I called again last December, when I knew I was moving to the Ft. Walton beach area, to see what happened and if maybe it was still available, and he told me he ended up taking the boat to the dump and later sold the trailer for $600, more than he had been asking for boat and trailer together. What a shame.

bilgerat · #5 05-17-2011, 08:34 PM

1500??? Hummmm...... Dang, Im a long way from NY!!

! Father , I wish I was a member back when you posted that one in Alabama , I would have jumped all over it!

Islandtrader · #6 05-20-2011, 10:49 AM

Quote:

You, Sir, are afflicted.

I urge you to get help soon.

Oh, btw, I think there's a Seavette in New York that's been listed for about 1500...

If that is the same one I think it is. You would need the guy to pay you 1500 to take it.

It has a tower on it and has been tortured beyond help.

CaptMick · #7 05-21-2011, 09:14 AM

Constantly. On here, Craig's list, Boat Trader, Used Boats, Yacht World, Ebay... Always looking.

2182 · #8 05-21-2011, 07:23 PM

you guys need to try www.jaxed.com. its some guy who put together all the free selling spots and you can search by region. im in the market for a 31 contender (cheap) and ive been looking on there every few weeks. its great, you can go by states or entire regions. ive been on here long enough to know a good boat is worth the drive. heck, i drove to florida to buy a motor last summer because the price was right...