AnaCapri for sale

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Originally Posted by groover

One of the most interesting features of the rig is the trailer. It is a Murray tilt trailer that was built in Miami and is probably the best engineered and built trailer I have ever seen. It is still in excellent condition and has always handled the boat well. The trailer alone weighs nearly 1200 lbs and in addition to being hot dip galavanized it has never been put in the water deep enough to get the rear axle wet. I know that tilt trailers are out of fashion these days but it has always worked well for us.

I am trying to help my sister-in-law sell the boat and we need some guidance on how to value it and sell it. As you can tell, we don't trade boats often and have never sold one of this type so we could use a little direction.

Groover, if possible I think that a pic or two of the trailer would be a good idea. When you list the boat for sale I'd use a pic of the boat on the trailer and the first pic that is listed here. Family pics are great, but they don't sell boats.... action pics of boats moving through the water at speed is what sells boats... Sorry, Phyliss, it's a guy thing.

As to what price to put on the boat, unfortunately, you're in a buyers market right now. Boat sales, like everything else, are depressed, due to the economy and the uncertainity of gas prices in the future. If it were me I'd put a price tag of $5500 on the boat and trailer and then be willing to negotiate from there. The fact is our V's are going for anywhere
from $2500 - $14,000 depending on the year, condition, engine, trailer and how motivated the seller is to actually sell the boat. I think that Ana will be in about the same catagory... especially since she's a 1968 (which will hurt the final sale price) Good luck in your quest to sell her. (List her in Craigslist first...it's free... then if you don't get any takers after a few weeks, list her on eBay).. but you'll have to pay them a listing fee and then another fee if you sell it, so I'd go with CraigsList first. Make sure when you list her that you specify that it's local pickup only or that the buyer will have to arrainge shipping. Hope this helps a little