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Riley 
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 Topic: Pete, does this look too good to be true?Posted: November-19-2007 at 4:01pm |
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A friend of mine is interested in this. Ravens don't bring money like a Lyman, but this looks really nice for the money. Pete, any words of caution if we go look at it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1959-22-CENTURY-RAVEN_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ80651QQihZ006QQitemZ160179777525QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW |
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Posted: November-19-2007 at 4:33pm |
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Bruce, "too good to be true" may not be the key to this sale. The boat does look to very well maintained from the pictures. I think the low price is due to it not being one of the better known lap strakes such as Lyman like you mentioned but primarilly it is not a model that the typical person looking for a wood boat will go after. The seller may have a good idea of what the boat is worth and added 1K to that and that's his "buy it now price". The biggest things I would look for would be the tightness of the planking. Lap strakes do not require any soaking so the hull should be tight.
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Posted: November-19-2007 at 8:35pm |
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Bruce, Is your friend the winning bidder?
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Posted: November-19-2007 at 10:48pm |
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I don't believe so. I haven't heard from him since this morning. We were confused on the way the boat was listed for sale. It wasn't a normal ebay auction. It had a buy now price and a make an offer tab. The offers weren't listed. The seller accepted $6975, but had rejected $7500. That seems like a really good price for that boat.
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Posted: November-20-2007 at 2:53pm |
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Posted: November-20-2007 at 7:35pm |
That's a beauty. My buddy is starting a brewery and wants a boat like that to give beer drinking tours. |
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