Any boats for sale?

[Derik Palmer]

Hi everybody! Happy New Year!

I'm new. Well, new here anyway; I'm a bit battered around the edges and look distinctly secondhand before an appropriate quantity of coffee first thing in the morning, but there you go. I've sailed dinghies all my life but now feel the need for something a bit less tippy than a Merlin and a bit more forgiving of an expanded waistline. This Sprint thingy seems to fit the bill...

I'm in Brighton, a member at Shoreham SC and looking to buy a Sprint. There are two for sale on this website and yesterday my hands were literally poised over the keyboard to tell Andrew Cavaciuti that I'd buy his and come to Shanklin to collect it when his email arrived to tell me he'd just sold it - I do hope that's not the high point of 2022! The other one is a Monaco and just down the road from me in Worthing but seems well overpriced according to the price guide on this website. I'm going to have a look at it anyway but don't really want to pay £1000 over the price guide figure.

So - if anybody has a boat for sale, I'm interested. I'm not going to spend a fortune on a first Sprint but if its accurate the price guide tells me that I should be able to find something in the high 1800 to low 1900 sail numbers but I'm more concerned with condition than how new the boat is, but as with all things the two probably go together. Is there anything out there looking for a new home?

[Liam]

Welcome. I hope you find something.

The price guide is pretty accurate and based on advertised and actual resale prices on this site.

However anything starting with 19 will sell in about 5 minutes at the prices stated on this site so you would likely have to pay a premium.

But as ever, good trailers, covers and large wheel trolleys will push the price up.

[Jenny Ball]

Hi Derik and welcome.

I would echo Liam's comments about pricing - including taking into account if a road trailer etc is included in the sale. As mentioned in our FB exchange - it has been a sellers market for the past 18 months or so. Lots of interest in straightforward second hand boats arose following lockdown one and seems to have continued. If you scroll down the forum - you will see several posts where individuals or clubs have been looking for boats to buy over recent months.

So if you don't hear anything - don't be put off. Boats do come up - either on here or on other sites like eBay so its a question of keeping an eye out and moving fast if you see an advert come up. I don't know if there are any Sprint 15s at Shoreham - but if there are, its worth tapping up the owners to see if they might consider selling.

Jenny

[Paul Craft]

Hi Derik

I sail at Worthing, happy to take a look at boats with you and help setting it up and making it go, well the best I can make it go.

Just give me a shout.

Thanks

Paul

[Derik Palmer]

Hi Paul,

Thank you - thats a very kind offer and extremely useful to someone who doesn't yet know the specifics of the class. I had look at a boat today and would appreciate another pair of eyes doing so before parting with cash. Funnily enough, its not very far from you...

In other news, I'm now a class member.

[Paul Craft]

Hi Derik

I’ve sent you a private message with my phone number just give me a call.

If you don’t get it Let me know and I’ll speak to Liam for IT training.

Cheers

Paul

[Derik Palmer]

Hmm... nothing in my inbox...

[Liam]

It looks like private messages don't work any more. There's loads of old code on this forum and some of it broke when I upgraded PHP on the server.

I will try and fix it.

[Liam]

Just added one to this site.

There are a couple of extra pictures on the Shanklin web site at
https://www.shanklinsailingclub.com/con ... -_1372.php

[Paul Craft]

Hi


Cheers

Paul

[Liam]

You should be able to send personal messages now.

I have upgraded the forum to the latest version and things seem to work better now.

[Derik Palmer]

Yes, the PMs are working now. Thanks Liam!

[Derik Palmer]

Now sorted - I've just bought 1342. This is where the fun begins...

[George Love]

Nice one Derik- hope to meet you on the water soon