Would you rebuy your last/prior boat?

[mrsrobinson]

I've lost track of how many overpriced boats I have looked at in the past 2 years, and ridiculous sellers. I sold my last boat a couple months before COVID hit with the intention of going a little bigger. Honestly, I have not found one for the money that I like better. And as much as bigger feels better, for my boating lifestyle, it doesn't make sense. Took me 2 years looking at bigger to come to that realization.

I regretted selling the boat a few months after I sold it. It was never meant to be a flip, but that's how it worked out, so I sold it.

Well, my last boat is on the market now for $2k more than I sold it for. I know the broker well. Seems it's still in great shape. I am seriously considering rebuying it, but that just feels, weird, strange.

 

[JHornsby3]

Well, my last boat is on the market now for $2k more than I sold it for. I know the broker well. Seems it's still in great shape. I am seriously considering rebuying it, but that just feels, weird, strange.

Kind of like marring your ex wife after she got remarried. Well sort of.

 

[Blueone]

I've lost track of how many overpriced boats I have looked at in the past 2 years, and ridiculous sellers. I sold my last boat a couple months before COVID hit with the intention of going a little bigger. Honestly, I have not found one for the money that I like better. And as much as bigger feels better, for my boating lifestyle, it doesn't make sense. Took me 2 years looking at bigger to come to that realization.

I regretted selling the boat a few months after I sold it. It was never meant to be a flip, but that's how it worked out, so I sold it.

Well, my last boat is on the market now for $2k more than I sold it for. I know the broker well. Seems it's still in great shape. I am seriously considering rebuying it, but that just feels, weird, strange.

Go for it…. The son of the guy I bought my boat from approached me to buy it back. He knew the boat and knew I took care of it as I am friends with the family. So in his eyes it was a safe purchase

 

[yobub]

Life is short. If you like the boat, buy the boat.

The rest is just you getting in your own way.

 

[firecadet613]

Depends on who had it.. my last 3, no way. Poor boats weren't taken care of by the new owners...

 

[Fill Ess]

Why not buy it back, if you know what you're getting into?

If you can't be with the boat you love, love the boat you're with ...

 

[mrsrobinson]

Depends on who had it.. my last 3, no way. Poor boats weren't taken care of by the new owners...

I don't personally know the owners as I used a broker to sell it. I know the current selling broker very well, and trust him. I also know the service shop, and trust them as well. First impression is she looks as good as she did when I sold her and the maintenance/service has been kept up.

 

[firecadet613]

I don't personally know the owners as I used a broker to sell it. I know the current selling broker very well, and trust him. I also know the service shop, and trust them as well. First impression is she looks as good as she did when I sold her and the maintenance/service has been kept up.

Sounds like she was taken care of. In that case, I'd do it!

Life is short!

 

[Mikemapva]

I don't personally know the owners as I used a broker to sell it. I know the current selling broker very well, and trust him. I also know the service shop, and trust them as well. First impression is she looks as good as she did when I sold her and the maintenance/service has been kept up.

Greg, if the people who bought it from you used the same service shop, seems like a win/win! I say go for it!

 

[El Capitan]

Great thread!

Yes! In a New York minute. Very regretfully I sold it in February 2020. I should have kept it.

I’d gladly pay more for it today.

 

[Little Ducky]

No.

It got too small really fast during my 5 years of ownership.

I'm glad the 2011 260DA is out of my life.

 

[sbw1]

Still have great memories of my Tiara. Best boat I ever owned.

 

[Wanderer 290]

Out of the few boats I have owned the 2 I would definitely like to have again are a 1984 CC 23 Scorpion and a 1988 32 Pachanga with an emphasis on the Pachanga. Loved that boat and still do.

 

[mrsrobinson]

Made an offer

 

[89P270]

Ha! the prior 2002 Rinker 342 No Way! Maintenance headache on those 6.2L MXs. Sold in May 2019. Guys who bought it just contacted me for receipt for the new outdrives I put on in 2018 because they are selling it after 1 year. Now, the boat before that, my Pachanga http://www.clubsearay.com/index.php?threads/1989-2012-pachanga-270.81985/ -Yes, I would buy it back in a heartbeat if I could find it! I sold to size up and after the 37 foot rinker episode, I am back to 270 DA trailering.

 

[Gofirstclass]

I would buy Beachcomber back in a heart beat. She is the most comfortable and accommodating boat I've had the pleasure of being on.

 

[Pirate Lady]

Kind of like marring your ex wife after she got remarried. Well sort of.

My buddy, divorced wife #1, married her sister, divorced her, remarried #1. Been married 3 times, kept the same mother-in-law.

 

[Pirate Lady]

And no, 89 268. Was our favorite of the 6, i heard after we sold it she developed a wet/rotten transom. Fortunately the guy that bought was good mechanic/fiberglass and was able to rebuild her. So i heard.

 

[RBB]

Love it

 

[Wanderer 290]

My buddy, divorced wife #1, married her sister, divorced her, remarried #1. Been married 3 times, kept the same mother-in-law.

That is incredible…. Mind boggling!