Trading in an old boat?

[Sibyl]

Hi again,
Well, I was wondering.....do Macgregor dealers take trade-ins?

I am trying to sell my 1978 Silverton and someone asked me why I didn't trade it in. I never thought about it since I never even looked at new boats when I bought my first boat.

I realize that I might get more $$ selling it myself but the headache factor is pretty high.

Thanks
Gail

[Jesse Days Pacific Star 2]

Blue Water Yatchs is Seattle took our old Bayliner Bucaneer in as a trade in. Todd gave me a fair price for it. Used it as part of our down payment.

Jesse

[Chip Hindes]

I offered our 17 foot Invader as a trade in to Havencraft, but Art said they really had no market for 20 year old powerboats. Can't say I blame him; the boat probably wasn't worth $1000 anyway.

I've since given it to my son, (I know, but he wanted it ) Interestingly, it hasn't even made it from my yard to his yet. Maybe I'll do him a favor and deliver it.

[Sibyl]

Thanks for the replies....just got back from a little trip checking out a few local boat ramps.

I'm leaving for a week in Florida (Panama City) tomorrow. I'll give the local Mac dealer another try when I get back. At least it's an option I had not considered before.

Gail

[Frank C]

.... Maybe I'll do him a favor and deliver it.

When my son asked to "borrow" an old windsurf board I had hanging in the garage, I agreed *only* if it never came back!

[TonyHouk]

Frank,
I was wondering if I could "borrow" that Suzuki 115 that you have on the back end of your boat? I will "lend" you mine as a spare for "a while". Happy sails, Tony

[Frank C]

Tony,

Talk to Mark first. My Suzuki is a 60 hp.

Check that .... let me talk to Mark first.

[TonyHouk]

Frank,
I know I should not say this but your's is bigger then mine. Now where is Mark at? Happy sails, Tony

[Mark Prouty]

The 115 Suzuki is working out great on my '96X since I got my transom reinforced properly. It will tear a rudder bracket right off if you accidently leave one down. But Billy's 140 is still bigger than mine.

[TonyHouk]

Mark,
Beggers can not be choosers but if Billy is out there and you feel generous then I am game. I am going down to Charleston in a few weeks so Billy's would be right on the way. What time should I be there to pick it up and trade? Happy sails, Tony

[Mark Prouty]

Billy, Billy, you out there? HELP?

[Billy]

Sorry, Tony. I love my Suzi 140 like family. I wouldn't let it out of my sight. But since you'll be coming by here on your way to Charleston, I'll be glad to tease you with a ride.

[TonyHouk]

Billy,
I am trailering mine to Charleston to take a friend of mine for a ride. I would feel like I was cheating on my boat if I rode someone else's boat and mine was watching me sail away. I might take you up on it the next time I come down? I have a feeling that like family you might get mad at it for some stupid reason, so let me ease some of that pressure off of you. Happy sails, Tony

[Dimitri-2000X-Tampa]

Gail,

If you are so inclined, you may want to try Ebay. I sold both my old boats (16 ft jetboat, 27 ft sailboat) on Ebay for decent prices. It took a bit of time to design good ads, but it was well worth it in the end. I didn't have very good response in the traditional paper ads (newspapers, sailboat trader, etc.)...which just goes to show you that a lot of boat buyers are into the Internet now. And my jetboat sold for about $1200 more than a local offer I had on it, so, it was well worth a few hours of ad crafting. My wife found my 26X in the online boat trader..it had been miscategorized as a 26S but we knew it was an X due to the price difference (X's sell for at least twice as much as S's usually).