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Unread 07-12-2015, 03:42 PM
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Lot of factors coming in to play here. This is just my two cents, so defantly not carved in stone.

--Older massed produced hull that can be had for free or cheap if you look.
--Set up as a commercial crab boat, turns off all but a very few niche buyers. Yet the puller is not included, adding additional expense to someone who might be interested in it for that purpose.
--Expensive used outboard engine that has seen commercial use. A good engine, but still not new, will turn off some buyers who have the cash for a BRAND new engine, but still expensive for those just getting into boats or moving up from something smaller.
--Rugged no frills set up is cool for commercial work or fishing, but zero creature comforts for those who have to get the purchase approved by their old lady.
--Raised deck is good for it's intended use as a crab boat, but not good for some one bottom fishing 40-50 miles off the east coast in a swell.
--No trailer included. Me and a couple people I can name on one hand have an extra trailer or two laying around capable of hauling a boat that size. Everyone else gets to buy a new trailer, $$$. Or shop around the depths of craigslist looking for one that will fit a V-20 hull, is in decent enough condition, and isn't too expensive because the boat itself is kinda high.
--Boat is in extreme SW Florida. A decent haul for everyone I'd say north of Orlando area, which is a long haul from just about everywhere else. A lot of people in that area already have a boat or two and so far this one doesn't have anything that makes it a screaming deal that they are willing to buy it.

Again, not knocking you or the boat, just my 2 cents from a guy that sells a lot of boats and motors, owns or has owned 6 different variants of a V-20, cruises craigslist 1-2 times a day, and I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express once.

I like the boat and think you should keep her and run the heck out of her and let her earn her keep. Sell her turn key with the puller and a trailer in a few years to someone who wants to get into the crab business.
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