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4 Responses to “saw an article about people simply giving up their boats at marinas and harbours how could someone get one?”
William M on
April 30th, 2010 5:55 pm
I was surprised, but there are a LARGE number of boats given to religious organisations, who then sell them through bids, but they go for very little, in some cases just a few hundred dollars.
HOWEVER, they usually need work, and repairs can be expensive if a boat has been parked for a long time, and none of the systems have been run. Also, the radios and such will ususally be out of date and need to be replaced.
Look up BOATs on E-Bay motors. Some of the boats are very large, and the owners have gotten old, or they died, or the relatives have no interest in them, so they dump them. So you can get a pretty nice boat if you are careful and are willing to do some work.
Good luck!
gaston on
April 30th, 2010 5:55 pm
Personal contact is the best way to get those derelicts off some marinas lot. Sometimes they are just happy to get some storage back or a repair bill. Depends how many new boats they have to make room for.
They will want more for the trailer than the boat. You can stack those.
Bill K on
April 30th, 2010 5:55 pm
More often that not they’re not being ‘given up’ without there also being financial liabilities on them. Someone can’t pay the loan on the boat, or the marina charges. It’s rare for someone that owns the boat free and clear to simply abandon it. Not unless the boat is already a worn out piece of junk. Boats are expensive to operate, insure and maintain, sometimes VERY expensive.
trunorth on
April 30th, 2010 5:55 pm
Well, check with the banks and lending agencies that hold the paper on these boats. They might be willing to work a deal.
Talk to the harbor master he/she may be able to point you in the direction of who holds the paper on the boat.
Last ditch effort: run the reg numbers off the boat and maybe DMV can come up with the owner/lien holder on the boat.
Best of luck
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I was surprised, but there are a LARGE number of boats given to religious organisations, who then sell them through bids, but they go for very little, in some cases just a few hundred dollars.
HOWEVER, they usually need work, and repairs can be expensive if a boat has been parked for a long time, and none of the systems have been run. Also, the radios and such will ususally be out of date and need to be replaced.
Look up BOATs on E-Bay motors. Some of the boats are very large, and the owners have gotten old, or they died, or the relatives have no interest in them, so they dump them. So you can get a pretty nice boat if you are careful and are willing to do some work.
Good luck!
Personal contact is the best way to get those derelicts off some marinas lot. Sometimes they are just happy to get some storage back or a repair bill. Depends how many new boats they have to make room for.
They will want more for the trailer than the boat. You can stack those.
More often that not they’re not being ‘given up’ without there also being financial liabilities on them. Someone can’t pay the loan on the boat, or the marina charges. It’s rare for someone that owns the boat free and clear to simply abandon it. Not unless the boat is already a worn out piece of junk. Boats are expensive to operate, insure and maintain, sometimes VERY expensive.
Well, check with the banks and lending agencies that hold the paper on these boats. They might be willing to work a deal.
Talk to the harbor master he/she may be able to point you in the direction of who holds the paper on the boat.
Last ditch effort: run the reg numbers off the boat and maybe DMV can come up with the owner/lien holder on the boat.
Best of luck