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[captaingene]

You do have some valid points however used as very light commercal crab boat only twice per month ...
.I have decided to swap motors and place my suzuki 150 4 stroke on the wellcraft.I recently purchased a 2002 dual axle trailer for the v 20...Once i get done with this boat i will then sell for less and someone will get solid boat turn key for a very fair price.....

[Destroyer]

Gene, I think you're missing the point of everyone else's posts. You keep going back to what you're going to do, or how much you have in her, or this or that. But you're not listening to what people are saying. You're hearing them, but you're not listening. Your boat is worth a lot less than you think it is. There is a saying that something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, and unless you find someone that is new to boating and doesn't know squat or is very rich and doesn't give a damn about money, you are not going to sell your boat for anywhere near what you are asking. Fact I don't mean to disparage you or your boat, but in my humble opinion, you're being unrealistic in your asking price. Fact is, even with the 150 zuke on it and with a tandem trailer in good shape I'm betting that boat will not sell for more than $7000, and probably closer to $4500 - 5500. I hope you get your asking price. As they say, there's one born every minute. But I'm sorry, I just don't want you to get your hopes up unrealistically.

As an example, Last year I missed a 1996 V21 with a sweet running, ultra quiet 200 Yammy engine on it, with full enclosure, bolsters, trim tabs and a tandem trailer. I thought the asking price of $7200 was too high, and a day later when I went back to buy it, it was gone... It sold for $6800. That boat was in far, far better shape than yours is, and we're talking about the Eastern Seaboard of New Jersey, where things cost much more than the rest of the country.

What I and everyone else is trying to tell you is your price is unrealistically too high and your boat will not sell. I'm sorry, but that's the bottom line.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Offshore boats just are not bringing good money down here anymore either. Unless it is a 25 footer or bigger, there isn't a big market. It's a tough sell to get somebody to buy a nearly 30 year old mass produced hull like the V-20(even if it has been redone) for muhc money even with newer power. Skiffs are bringing good money down here now, but with all of the fishing regs offshore type boats have fizzled down in recent years. I saw the writing on the wall and sold my offshoree boat several years back, and took a BEATING on it for reasons just like destroyer spoke of. It is only worth what somebody is willing to pay, and unless you're willing to sit on it for months waiting on just teh right buyer, you're going to have to come down on your price. Otherwise be prepared to spiffy her up and make her look like a new contender or something to get a buyer willing to spend that kind of money on it.

[phatdaddy]

a very wise man(my dad) told me, "Just because you flush a hundred bill down a toilet, that don't mean you have a hundred dollar toilet."

[cterrebonne]

I'll give my opinion.

That hull had a unique layout and it has the original stringers and transom.
So, hull value is not going to be a whole lot 2000-3000 maybe
the trailer unless it's brand new is going to be $1500 tops.

So now best case scenario sans power is $4000-4500

Just add the NADA value of each engine and there's your starting price.

With my V20, I am redoing all the stringers, transom, etc. Adding all new fittings, pumps, electronics, new paint, t top and I am going to rebuild the old 200 carbed Johnson I bought and put it on there. When it's all said and done, that boat will be 100x's better than when it left wellcraft and won't rot again due to the core's I am using. But, being realistic, if I can get 15k for the boat I would be ecstatic.

[smokeonthewater]

I very often see older boat, motor, trailer packages priced at or below the value of the motor alone...

[captaingene]

Once i place the suzuki on the V 20 I will drop the price and sell it cheaper then my asjing price....BTW
The deck and transom was professional redone in Oct 2012 so no soft spots issues with this hull

[captaingene]

Now since i have found a trailer for the V20 and no longer have to pay boatlift rent I can wait if needed to sell her for a very fair price....I suzuki DF150 is a great motor and I am sure the right buyer will see the value in this boat..Hey if i have to sell its for 5500 i am sure it would sell pretty quick from what i have seen online in V 20.for sale .... I been looking for an aluminium tri axle trailer for weeks and couldn't find any under $1000 ......Cant find a good running 4 stroke 150 down here for under $3000.00 if so please Let me know who has a 150 hp good running engine for $3000 i will buy it as spare for my other boat