Nu cumpărați o ex-charter barca cu pânze! Episodul 204 – Lady K Sailing

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1. If one of y'all wanna buy me a charter boat I'd be just fine with that

2. I’m going to Grenada for sailing week end of January. There for 10 days. Will be looking for a 10-20 year old 40 ft

3. If it flys ,floats or fucks lease it through an LLC

4. Yeah you forgot to say something about the engine hours sometimes they’re quite a bit lower and some boats I thought about that but getting it back to Northern California might cost a small fortune but could be a hell of an adventure…

5. Thank you, all good points. I will add engine. High hours, good maintenance and probably no skippers desire to extend its lifetime as much as possible.

6. Hello , looking for opinions. I'm looking for a live aboard sailboat for Alaska. Something that is warm and can handle the Northwest passage. Any info would be great thanks a lot.
   Dove lll would be great!

7. I would add that there are very good reasons why a charter company offloads boats when they are 5 or 6 seasons old – huge impending maintenance costs. 

   Also, I see in Greece, a larger charter company will buy a whole fleet of their chosen model at a large discount, make their own after-market mods and additions but put them up for sale from brand-new, i.e. for sale at a good profit sometimes even before delivery. 

   I bought an older ex-charter boat a few years a go and I can safely say that about the only thing on it from original was the hull and even that had had multiple repairs. They make so much money from rentals that the only important thing is keep the boat going to the point of 'more trouble than it is worth'. Do you really want to buy a boat from a company that knows a boat intimately and decides it is not worth maintaining even at their stratospheric weekly charter rates?

   Really, that is the counter-argument. If you want 20-30 years of relatively trouble free life out of a boat, buy new and customise to exactly how you want it to be from the factory. It will come with a warranty and unblemished service history. By buying new, you are exchanging a 30-50% discount for an extra 10-15 years relatively maintenance-free life. 

   Especially if you going to retire and live aboard, the long-term economics of buying new make so much more sense than buying ex-charter and a bigger boat than you actually need. Running costs seem to be proportional to age multiplied by the cube of the length! That extra few feet you can afford by buying used will cost you very dearly in the long run.

8. Dude, lol, never recommend chopping up a memory foam mattress. My wife works for a mattress manufacturer and they are made with hazardous materials…obviously they are perfectly…that is until you start chopping them up lol. Every mattress has to pass extensive safety guidelines to be sold legally, when you cut one up you release fiberglass everytime you lay on it those particles puff up into the air you breathe. Super dangerous.

   Absolutely never, ever, cut a mattress up…just like you'd never ever visit chernobyl without radiation equipment…just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not dangerous!

   Also, love your videos lol!

9. Could you do a video on double hull voyaging canoes?

10. Title: Don't buy….
    Conclusion: Do buy

11. Tim, your minimum tier is $50+ Aust Pesos/mth.
    If I could, I would, but I can't – I can only afford to like & engage m8. 🦘⚓

12. When you ads
    Add it all up, if you can afford the difference, there's a heck of a lot to be said for buying a New Boat isn't there. Yes, there will be some teething issues, to be found on Shakeout Xruising, All While Under Warranty, but what's not to like about having an everything New and to Certification Standards to go forward with, and given a fair number of Horror Stories, a New Boat set up exactly how you want it on Day 1 post Commissioning, it can actually be cheaper than sorting out a Secondhand Boat ? My next Boat, is going to be my first New Boat, to ensure it is exactly what I want and need. It'll take a good Brand Agent to Deliver it though. 👍

13. Mumbo jumbo

14. I think a charter fleet would be better maintained then a private vessel

15. The old ones are more expensive than seems reasonable because they were built to last a lifetime.
    Where the new ones are engineered to last a precise amount of time.

16. Im down in NZ & have bought 3 ex charter boats over the years & You are spot on with the owner leased ones 5 – 7 years old .. All ways in great nick , maybe & up grade in Plotter/Radar , Full engine service , later down the track better sails But over all no problems for a 50% discount .

17. A damn shame you mislabelled your video. "Don't buy"and then you spend 16 minutes selling the idea. These days they call it disinformation.

18. totaly wrong from your side 1sailfast, you buying charter boat not your dream and need.you say "However they are not equipped for extended cruising and they’re sold without a dinghy." what heck sailing boat have with Dinghy, Solar, lithium batteries, new canvas and running rigging, water maker, AIS, radar spares and tools esc.esc. All this extra is your need and not boat necessary eqipment by law. you must survey hull,mast,sail,engine ,interior . all other extra don't watch because this eqipment is usually must exchange in range 5-10 year .5 year old radar,AIS is old garbage. esc.esc. Less extra eqipment is better for you becouse you need less put in garbage and install new

19. My friend bought a hobie 16. Former rental. We took it out in good wind and broke it in half. Broke under the mast.
    A mile off Key West Smathers Beach. Rescued by Cuban wood fishing boat w/o a ladder or platform in 5 ft seas. Actual Cubans couldn't land so they dropped up about 200yrds from White street pier.
    The Hobie was obviously broken before we got it.
    We were about to make the tack that would have challenged it. But collapsed before we could turn.
    Rental boats. Watch out.

20. hey, the discord link is invalid. Could you post a new one here or update the description so I can join 🙂

21. Just so you Know Lady K Sailing Your discord Link has Expired

22. When I bought my first plane I paid someone to fly in and inspect the plane. The fact people would buy a boat sight unseen for 200+ thousand is insane to me.

23. Thanks Tim I really appreciate your knowledge and speaking voice and am in the market at the moment and will take your advice on board (excuse the pun ). Best from Australia, regards, Tony

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