Let’s say you want to buy a Westsail 32…
Let’s say you study the market and see that you can buy a pretty exceptional turnkey example of the design for $50K and a mostly turnkey example fo $30K that might need a bit (around $5K or so) of TLC.
So, what do you do?
- Buy the $50K boat and sail off into the sunset.
- Buy the $30K boat do the needful TLC and sail off into the sunset.
- Buy the $30K boat do a major refit to the tune of a few years and $66K and sail off into the sunset.
- Buy a cheap fixer-upper W32 fix what’s needful and sail off into the sunset for around $25K.
- Look at boats that are cheaper with the same qualities of the W32 and sail off into the sunset with a lot more cash in your cruising kitty.
Think about your answer while you’re having an awesome Labor Day…
Objectively, I'd be following the thought process offered in option number 5, but I also recognize that the-heart-wants-what-the-heart-wants so if it must be a W32 then I'd be thinking along the lines of number 4 with number 2 in the back of my mind keeping me honest: there is only $10k or so worth of time and effort that one affords me over the other.