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Ya see white boats turned green with rotted sunbrella and never moving all the time.
In Response To: That is a real problem. 
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() And yet some folks are still paying monthly on them though I've seen more boats in our area being sold by yards for storage or unpaid work at this time.
On the other hand, there's a lot of boats sitting wasting away, looking like hell, needing a LOT of work and 'sellers' asking more money than the boat is worth anymore. Some would rather let it dissipate than just take their losses from neglect and move it. Living in the past, I reckon.
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- If labor cost so much why is my boat worth so little?
- Your boat is more like a pair of snowskis than a house.
- Inflataion?
- I'd call it reverse economics!
- Supply, Demand and 'disposable income'
- Funny... I think a lot of people are asking just the opposite
- I'm glad we haven't moved up!
- Joni (the Admiral) has a theory that the market for sail boats is going to gradually tank over the next twenty years.
- I think ….
- I think she's correct, one of the chief reasons being...
- Ten is very likely, twenty puts the last of the boomers in their 70`s which as we know is the new 60ish
- That is a real problem.
- Ya see white boats turned green with rotted sunbrella and never moving all the time.
- Ten is very likely, twenty puts the last of the boomers in their 70`s which as we know is the new 60ish
- Agree but it won't take 20 years
- Not only that...
- The costs of keeping a boat in the US
- Not at all bleak around here. Good boats are selling, waiting lists are moving for moorings, prices are good!
- Beater boats or bargain boats ?
- Storage
- Old boats don't buy ad space so don't expect a lot of articles on them
- Owning a larger boat is indeed expensive...
- The costs of keeping a boat in the US
- Not only that...
- I think ….
- supply and demand youi know economics 101