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Re: Strip: what does a first time builders boat se
By:Andy Waddington
Date: 9/1/2003, 7:10 am

: If I should sell
: this first one what is a good price range to ask. I know it depends on
: quality, looks and crafstmanship.

I would think it is a seller's market - not many become available.
A guy in the UK is selling an 18'6" White Guide open canoe and asking
UKP 1300 (under $2000). I recently bought a 17' Royalex Mad River open
boat for more than that, so I would consider the stripper a real bargain
at that asking price (the builder has built several boats, and this is
a recent one).

My guess is that for a stripper, you would be ripping yourself off if
it looked as good as most first-time strippers and you sold it for less
than twice as much as a comparable commercial fibreglass boat costs in
your area. For an S+G maybe times and a half a fibreglass yak if it is
finished bright, or maybe a bit less if it is painted.

I tend to agree with your other respondents that it probably ought to be
worth more to you than to any buyer who is not close to you. I certainly
wouldn't sell my first boat (not that I'd have that option, as I built it
for my daughter:). Nor would I sell my second, even though I have another
kayak which copes better in rough seas, and I'm intending to build myself
another for expeditions. If I was really stuck for storage space, I'd sell
the commercial boat I first bought...

Andy

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Strip: what does a first time builders boat sell for?
c -- 8/31/2003, 2:51 pm
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James Nixon -- 9/2/2003, 10:29 am
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LeeG -- 9/1/2003, 9:29 am
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James -- 9/1/2003, 1:49 pm
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Andy Waddington -- 9/1/2003, 7:10 am
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srchr/gerald -- 8/31/2003, 7:05 pm
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Jay Babina -- 9/2/2003, 10:47 am
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srchr/gerald -- 9/2/2003, 6:00 pm
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Steve C -- 9/2/2003, 12:37 pm
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Jay Babina -- 9/2/2003, 2:33 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/2/2003, 2:19 pm
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Danny Cox -- 9/2/2003, 11:30 am
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Charles Leach -- 8/31/2003, 8:35 pm
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Arko Bronaugh -- 8/31/2003, 4:28 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 9/2/2003, 3:28 pm
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Arko Bronaugh -- 9/2/2003, 5:53 pm