Wounded Mac on eBay... from Hurricane Charley

[kmclemore]

BTW, what is that "required to purchase boat stands under the vessel for $77.00 each" stuff, and the $150 charge to put it on the trailer? What stands? It's already ON the trailer!

Yeah, I noticed that, too... but it's not in the eBay auction listing, as far as I could see. I think that's just the usual 'boilerplate' text, since most boats these guys deal with don't have trailers and that would usually apply.

[Jack O'Brien]

Looks like the mast was up with boom on crutch and cover on furled jib. My standard Mac black jib cover is so large for the jib it flaps a lot in a wind. I imagine in a hurricane it may have generated enough resistance and movement to help bring down the mast. Jib still seems well furled but that furler foil will soon be bent if left crooked in Florida sun. It may also be messed up at the furler drum.

Prop blades look ok and exhaust hub can be straightened, as can blades if needed. Chunk out of motor anti-cavitation plate may not be bad enough to bother fixing or could be repaired with a TIG welder. Don't think motor in bad shape.

Repairs to aft interior liner by hole in hull not in high visibility area. The auction guys may be too busy or lazy to look in window to comment on interior. This is just another wreck amongst hundreds to them - it isn't special to them as it is to us Mac guys. There is an amazing number of damaged boats in Florida.

I think for a handy-man this is a good buy on a Mac. There are so many damaged boats now available and so many disillusioned boat ex-owners prices should be rock bottom. The trailer looks in good shape.

[ESPERANZA]

I think they did look inside but didn't take any pictures you would want to see. I remember these guys when they were called Bentboat.com... They changed their name to US Auctions and sell on ebay.
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[Dimitri-2000X-Tampa]

IMO, you would have to spend more money than its worth to bring this boat back to full value. Maybe thats not even possible. Not sure what the consensus is out there, but it seems like that level of fiberglass restoration couldn't be done by the majority of DIY'ers...myself included. And once you bring in the professionals, restoration costs could get pretty high.

[TonyHouk]

$11,105.99
Wow,
I don't know about you but I could not do it for that price. Too much work to bring it back to good shape. Happy sails to the new owner. Tony

[mike]

$11,105.99
Wow,
I don't know about you but I could not do it for that price. Too much work to bring it back to good shape. Happy sails to the new owner. Tony

Yeah, especially with all the unknowns. I wonder if we'll be joined by the buyer!

--Mike

[kmclemore]

Hmm.. well, let's hope it's a local buyer who's given it a good look-over and knows more about the condition than we do! After all, maybe all we saw was indeed the only damage there was... if so, they might be able to do the repairs themselves and come away with not too bad a deal, though certainly not one I would have gone for.

[Mark Prouty]

IMO, you would have to spend more money than its worth to bring this boat back to full value. Maybe thats not even possible. Not sure what the consensus is out there, but it seems like that level of fiberglass restoration couldn't be done by the majority of DIY'ers...myself included. And once you bring in the professionals, restoration costs could get pretty high.

Wow. Glad to see it went for so much - $11,105.99. It is an indicator or what these boats are worth that someone would pay that amount for one so banged-up.

After just experiencing the expense of professional fiberglass repair, I agree with Dimitri.