NO RESERVE AUCTION - THE BIDDING STARTS AT 50% OF ESTIMATED FAIR MARKET VALUE. Three generations can stay comfortably inside for summer vacations when the grand kids are out of school. The guys can go fishing off the back while you trawl the islands and the girls can be sunbathing on the bow with sunglasses, enjoying iced blender drinks from their beach towels or flexible sun-chairs. Plenty of room in the aft cockpit for tackle boxes, beer coolers scuba and snorkel gear, and even room along the side decks to mount Stand Up Paddle Boards or Kayaks.Mount a canvas Bimini shade top on the upper Captains station and have an entire party up there with a high up view of the water and all the wild-life while underway.Sunsets in exotic anchorages!! Whale watching and dolphin pods and manatees and manna-rays. Snorkel and kayak the coral reefs. A boat like this one is the tool you need to enable the lifestyle of your dreams. Hang a hammock across the back for goodness sake...there is plenty of room for it on this amazing cruising yacht.Live in the most desirable ocean front harbors in the world for pennies on the price of the condos where the other folks are taking photos of you and wishing that they had extra vaca money to charter a boat and get out there where you are!Come tour this yacht in the real world and lets discuss flexible options to make this dream purchase possible for your retirement plans. Its in Annapolis Maryland, one of the finest crabbing, fishing and cruising paradises in the world. A great place to begin your international adventures or Great Loop expedition.First Reasonable Offer Takes It in the real world or else it goes to the highest bidder at the end of the auction for a cash sale.Don't set out on your new adventure making your spouse settle for a scrappy old piece of junk full of mildew and nasty carpet and a dead motor needing major work when you can have this incredible, spacious and comfortable and almost turn-key condition vessel for the same kind of crazy low price as a piece of crap project-vessel. Sure, YOU SHOULD BY ALL MEANS save 50% of fair market value with just a few days of TLC and enough tinkering just so your cruising partner can admire your ability to trade a few hours handy work for over ten thousand dollars in savings...but not so much work that it spoils the dream. Show them you know how to snag an incredible bargain that saves you over 10K that can go toward candlelit yacht-club restaurant dinners and umbrella drinks along the way, but don't make them question your sanity and competence at making dreams a reality by getting in over your head trying to save more money than you really should by thinking you can turn a complete mess of a boat into the sort of comfortable dream vessel which this yacht already can be with only a few weekends of TLC and cleaning.Call for all the Details. No reasonable offer will be refused on this amazing long distance Live-Aboard Cruiser.It's all about enjoying the life-style and making dreams reality. THIS SOUGHT AFTER DOUBLE CABIN MAINSHIP 36 CAN SLEEP 6 WHEN NECESSARY. ESTIMATED FAIR MARKET VALUE - $24,000 to $32,000. Owner is Willing to sell for 1/2 that price for a fast sale. Call to discuss the options and to learn all the other details about this incredible opportunity vessel. Will phoneCome take a Tour of this incredible vessel. The owner told me to get it sold before the end of the month so they can claim it as a loss on 2020 taxes. His loss is your gain. You can look for years and never find another one of these sought after Double Cabin Mainship 36 Cruising Yachts at half its fair market price. No gimmicks, just a darn good deal on a really good boat that has been parked unused for a couple of years. Come check it out. This won't last long at this price. IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW WHY THESE ARE SUCH AMAZING VESSELS AND WHY THEY ARE THE PERFECT COASTAL CRUISER OR GREAT LOOP CRUISER FOR A YOUNG FAMILY WORKING REMOTELY OR A RETIRED COUPLE READY TO FULLY ENJOY THEIR NEW LIFE ON THE WATER, GIVE ME A CALL AND I CAN TELL YOU THE REASONS WHY SO MANY FULL TIME CRUISERS SEEK OUT THESE PARTICULAR VESSELS OVER ANY OTHER BRAND AND MODEL. THIS GORGEOUS 36ft CRUISING YACHT HAS ALL THE INTERIOR SPACE YOU NEED TO LIVE ABOARD IN COMFORT & STILL ROOM TO HOST DINNER PARTIES ALONG THE WAY. 2 good engines. Needs clean up & minor TLC but otherwise a very good condition vessel. Previous owners cruised up and down the whole US East Coast As you can see in the photos the boat needs some minor clean up TLC but it has good bones & good motors. There is enough space on deck to do nearly anything you want to do in terms of sun bathing, fishing off the stern or hosting parties for your other cruising friends. These yachts boast legendary fuel economy for their size w/ a lot of luxuries built in. They work like a trawler for slow speed cruising to just sip at the fuel tank for long expeditions like the Great Loop, but they can also get up & go at a speed that pleases the grandkids when they need to. *****
This Boat is Owned by a Friend of Mine, and I am helping him sell it.
Payment due within 24 hours after close of auction via Cash in hand at the boat, or if you can't meet in person that soon you may use Venmo or Cashier's Check deposit at Wells Fargo Bank with managers receipt as proof of payment or via Bank to Bank transfer. If you are the high bidder at the close of the auction please call me right after auction closes to discuss the details of the transaction & tell me what name/ address you want on the Bill of Sale. Will phone CLEAR OWNERSHIP PAPERS.
WHO YOU ARE BUYING FROM
We are serious blue water ocean sailors with thousands of miles and many years experience offshore and doing coastal cruising. It is our passion to help other people discover the sailing lifestyle, and especially the more serious cruising lifestyle.
Cruising is typically considered a rich man's sport, and it certainly is if you pay full price for everything and make the necessary investments in proper off-shore equipment and a safe Blue Water Capable vessel in turn key condition. However, there are ways to make this lifestyle possible and affordable to middle class people and retirees who dont possess a three million dollar investment portfolio. But doing that properly and safely and knowing where to find your savings and where to not skimp is the knowledge that can sometimes make the difference between catastrophe or pleasant exploring once you set out on your adventure of a lifetime. We are passionate about sharing our knowledge and helping people discover this amazing lifestyle...and doing so in a way that keeps them safe, happy and in the black.
We already have our keeper boat and don't need another one, but every once in a while we discover through our friends and connections at boatyards, marinas and marine insurance companies a boat that is a terrific bargain that isn't getting the love and attention and exercise that it deserves, and we will try to help find a new home for it. This is one of those rare boats.
If you want to call me and discuss your cruising or sailing plans and dreams and whether or not this boat might actually work to suit your needs I will be happy to speak with you and give you my honest opinion about the feasibility of your plans and whether this vessel might or might not work for you. Feel free to call and chat.
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IF A PHYSICAL INSPECTION IS A REQUIREMENT FOR YOU PRIOR TO MAKING PAYMENT, THEN INSPECTIONS SHOULD BE MADE PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF THE AUCTION AND PRIOR TO PLACING YOUR BID. PAYMENTIS DUE IN FULL WITHIN 24 HOURS. SEE PAYMENT TERMS.
MOVING A BIG VESSEL WITH A BOAT MOVER CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE. OFTEN $4 OR MORE PER MILE. I AM HAPPY TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE OPTIONS IN THAT REGARD IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ME A CALL. By far the most affordable way to move a sailboat is by water, so please consider whether your location is accessible to move the boat by water or whether you will need to pay the higher cost of having it moved by truck and trailer. Also consider the time it will take to prepare for a voyage and whether your sailing skills or those of friends or other sailors you might find through the yacht crew websites are at the level necessary to make a safe voyage from the ocean where the boat is located to your home port. AND NOW IF YOU AREN'T YET TIRED OF READING A FEW INSIGHTS TO SHARE ABOUT BUYING BOATS AND CHOOSING THE RIGHT BOAT FOR GLOBAL CRUISING:
A little about what we do:
Our passion is to assist folks who are making a transition from day sailing or coastal cruising to becoming full-time live-aboard world cruisers. We also assist new sailors who are just getting into the sport of sailing by advising them on how to develop their skills and how to make plans to pursue the dream of cruising and world traveling full-time.
We have extensive contacts and resources for finding good world cruising boats at far below their fair market value, and occasionally we discover an amazing neglected vessel at a price that we know may enable a cruising family or a retired couple on fixed income the ability to pursue the dream of cruising without the sort of means and savings normally associated with pursuing this lifestyle.
In those cases, like this boat, we work to try and find a new home for a good below market value boat, with people who will fully restore the vessel, and hopefully use it for the serious cruising that the boat was designed for.
There are many aspects of life where experience really matters, but none so much as global cruising. When you are planning to take a small boat across vast oceans and visit foreign ports of call on your own terms you must truly learn to become Master's of your Own Destiny. It doesn't matter how wealthy you are or how talented you are at managing large organizations or companies with dozens of staff people.
When you are on a boat in the middle of the ocean, the choices you have made, the choices you will make and your own internal skills and the undeniable truth of how well or poorly you have planned for your expedition, are the factors that will determine whether your experiences become a positive adventure or a frightening (or even life threatening) catastrophe.
When you are looking at a boat parked peacefully at a dock or on jack stands at a boat yard, you will be tempted to judge it based on whether the lines are nice and whether it is pretty or ugly and whether it is new or old and well kept or run down.
The ocean however, operates according to immutable laws of physics. The ocean does not care whether it sinks a pretty boat or keeps an ugly one floating. It does not care whether you are a skilled sailor with dozens or years experience under your shade hat or whether you are an amateur on your first weekend pleasure cruise. You will be served exactly the same conditions of wind and waves whether you were born wealthy or if you were raised in a cave by baboons.
The only control you have over these situations is knowing when to sail and when not to sail, and you can prepare yourself so that when the wrong situation strikes, if it ever does, you are skilled and prepared to deal with it and have a vessel that is prepared to handle the same.
For people who are wanting to go cruising full-time, or who want to go from being pleasure sailors to competent seamen and seawomen, choosing the right boat is the first and sometimes ultimately most important decision of their nautical lives.
Of course you can always sell or trade a boat and then buy a different one, but still the choice of each boat will influence the experiences you have and it will determine in many ways the capabilities or limitations of what you can or can't do while you have that boat for your homeeven if it is only home for a few weekends here and there.
There are many nuances and subtleties to sailing, as well as to each individual vessel. A boat that may be just exactly perfect for one sailor or family of sailors, may be completely the wrong boat to suit another person's dreams.
By nature, boats require a lot of maintenance and upgrades, and if you are someone who wants all the possible bells and whistles, boating can be a very expensive occupation.
However, there are also ways to save a lot of money and still pursue the dream effectively and safely and create a new floating paradise for yourself. But each person or each couple's needs are different.
There is no such boat as a boat that is not a project boat.
A cruiser friend I know well (a relatively wealthy man at the time) purchased a brand new Beneteau 46 for his family to live on for years and to cruise the world on, the first thing he did to a brand new half million dollar boat was to spend another $27K on equipment upgrades, new electronics installations and custom modifications.
No boat, no matter how shiny and brand new, is exactly right for everyone's individual tastes and needs, and no boat comes straight from the factory completely ready to do anything other than Wednesday afternoon beer can races.
I often get asked by people who are shopping for a used boat to go cruising the world, Is this boat ready to cross the Atlantic? or Does it need anything before it is 'Ready to Sail.
The very nature of that question is a showcase of their naivety. Even if the answer were Yes, the boat is ready. (which would be impossible to have any boat ready unless you have spent thousands of dollars on a cruising chandlery and provisioning service ahead of time) the greater question is Are such ignorant sailors who need to ask such questions ready themselves?
Even if they had the absolutely perfect boat, prepared ahead of time by die-hard professionals to get it ready to cast off the lines and sail to points distant and exotic, would the sailors know where everything is at on the boat and how to operate those systems and how not to break them with ignorant mistakes or how to fix them once broken? And if they knew all those things, would the boat be equipped with the necessary repair tools and supplies as part of the process of getting it ready to sail?
So all these are big questions, and the only easy answer is that any sailor must become intimately familiar with their vessel prior to making long voyages beyond sight of land. The easiest way to become familiar with a boat so that it is not a stranger but rather a trusted old friend is to do a lot of weekend coastal cruising with it while you work all the bugs out. Also, the more projects and upgrades you do yourself the more familiar you will be with how they work, how to maintain them and how to fix them again if anything every goes wrong. To depend on the expertise of professionals left behind in a port in a distant country you cleared out of months ago is only to invite future disaster...and its also much harder on the wallet.
So any time you can add to your own skills and knowledge of your own boat by doing your own work, or hiring a professional to help you do it yourself, you are preparing yourself for future success as a cruiser.
Any boat, even a brand new boat, will have things about it that you want to change or upgrade or move or install prior to making long voyages.
The better questions to ask are:
What is the proper amount of maintenance and upgrades that I will make to my vessel prior to setting sail?
How many things need to be changed or fixed before I leave the continental US?
How many projects will I work on, as little projects along the way, when I have a slow day at a boring anchorage and there are no cruiser parties to attend and no interesting conversations of the side channels of the VHF.
How many projects are absolutely vital to get accomplished before I begin actively using the boat as a full time residence and a floating RV that can sail to any country with a coastline?
How many projects do I want to tackle myself if it means I can save literally tens of thousands of dollars on the purchase price of a boat, and how much more ultimate value do I get for my money by buying a larger or more seaworthy boat with a few bigger projects to tackle than if I buy a smaller or more flimsy boat that is cleaned up nicer and has fewer problems to address. (Remember the ultimate cosmic law of boating even if you can't see any problems at all with a boat, and no projects needing doing, as soon as you own it and begin to sail it, you will start to find those quirks and bugs) So don't fool yourself into believing that you can simply buy a shiny new boat from a broker at full market value, or even by paying more than boat blue book value, to avoid ever having to make repairs or upgrades.
Any experienced sailor or boating professional other than someone selling fancy new boats will admit to you that there is no such boat other than a project boat. The only question is What are the projects and how much money will I save by doing them myself versus hiring someone else to complete them?
Every boat that I have ever bought or ever sold, which is now many dozens of them, had varying degrees of things needing to be improved about it. Even the brand new boats straight from the showroom floor or boat show sales dock will need bottom painting and new zincs and fuel cleansing treatments and oil changes and manifold and riser inspections within a matter or months of casual weekend use.
The longer any boat sits without the proper level of loving regular maintenance the faster it will deteriorate, and tiny 15 minute projects will turn into hour-long projects and hour-long projects will turn into day-long or week-long projects due to continuing neglect.
The quality of the build is also important. A cheap boat will have cheap boat problems, and it will have serious issues far faster and more frequently than a very well built boat from an esteemed yacht designer and builder even if the better boat looks worse initially.
In many ways you are better off to buy an older and more well regarded vessel in worse first impressions condition than to buy a shiny and well kept cheaper new boat. In the long run the better boat will cause far fewer headaches once you have it restored fully and you are taking care of it yourself, whereas the cheap but glossy boat may still look new and shiny for years, but begin having serious and costly problems that cannot be seen even while it still looks great in Facebook boat pictures.
Boating is like riding a horse or driving a high performance sports car. You always have to be involved in the life of your boat whether you use it frequently or not.
But this is not a bad thing, because it is part of the pride of ownership, and the regular maintenance and upkeep and small projects is what enables you to avoid the big ones or to at least know which big ones you need to do sooner and which ones can wait till later.
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As you will guess by now, I'm a bit of a philosopher sailor when it comes to helping folks find just the right boat to serve their needs.
I am currently writing a book on that very topic which will be called, The Seven Questions of Cruising (or) the Seven Questions you should ask yourself before buying a Boat. Here is a quick preview of the questions you should be trying to answer from the introduction to my new book.
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When you go to buy a boat, especially if it is your first boat, there are a lot of decisions to be made and hard choices to figure out.
Before you begin searching for the correct vessel to serve your needs, you need to first ask yourself, (and your cruising partners/ spouse etc) some important questions which will help you immensely in the quest to find the perfect small ship to suit your needs.
Question # 1- Where do you want to sail to (now and also possibly in the future)?
#2 Who might be going with you and/or who might want to visit you and stay on the boat with you once you get to that exotic foreign port (if global cruising is your goal) or that incredible weekend getaway spot (if weekend cruising is your thing).
#3 How much do you want to spend on this adventure called boating/sailing/?
Also, how much can you afford to spend if you happen to take a wrong turn with the adventure and need to spend more money to fix a problem or get yourself or your stalwart side-kick (your boat) out of trouble?
#4 How handy are you? (i.e. - Are you someone who naturally takes pride in your ability to figure it out yourself, or are you the person who would rather call an expert and pay them to solve whatever problem you are having?
#5 How much time do you have to save yourself money, because in sailing, as well as in life in general time often equals money.
#6 Are you a weekend warrior and/or charter sailor, or do you want to cruise full time?
#7 Do you care more about Getting There or more about Being There once you have arrived?
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