Second hand dinghy prices.

I love the charm of traditional handbuilt boats, but I wonder what was so special about this one???

Originally posted by fizzicist Perhaps we should start a regatta open only to boats aquired on ebay within the last 2 months for less than £500?

Less than £100 would be better! And the cost of a large roll of duck tape!

People do bid without seeing and somtimes without expert knowledge. I sold a Lark on ebay 3 years ago for £300. It was no 21 by the way. When we delivered it to two very nice chaps living together who obviously had no experience. It did prick my concience a bit but I made sure that they had lifejackets ect. so we buggered off. The following year old No.21 "Purple Myrtle" turned up at the Southport 24 having been purchased on ebay the day before. The sail was wrapped arround the mast and it was obvious that owning it had not been a happy experience! It blew old boots that year and these cool guys who had purchased it sailed it to destruction. The next day, monday its remains were back on Ebay, bet they did'nt make a profit.

If you are selling a laser with a sail number past the 120,000 mark then ebay is superb, they seem to go for ridiculous money, especially if the fancy XD bits have been added to the boat. I was thinking of just buying them cheap from the ad's in the back of Y&Y and class association and then just relisting on ebay. Unfortunately i'm lazy and never got round to it though.

The thing that always make me laff if that crap boats usually have no reserve and a low starting price so people are tempted to bid but mainstream racing dinghies usually have a high starting point and a reserve so nobody bids.

Saw a Laser II with a starting point of £2,600 the other day . That's not an auction it's a classified!