Contender

Hey, ive been looking on apolloduck and the class website
for a contender, they are all sold or like over £2500 I was
just wondering if anyone knows anyone with a boat for sale
or a good site.
Thanks Matt

It depends what you are looking for, but anything that is trouble free will be £2500 and up - When I sold 651 it was in this region, and that was on a 10 year old boat

You will find the occasional boat come up for sail at a low price, but these are usually to be avoided unless you are willing to do some work.

Think of it like buying a car - 2nd hand and trouble free £2500+, Banger £500!

I concur with MB though, stand your ground and go for something that fits your budget when it arrives - but don't expect much to be on the market until October / November - season end

Hi Matt,

I may know of one for sale. I will check with the person who owns it and send you the details.

Cheers,

Paul

Jeffers means me Matt.  I had 620 for sale for a while because I can't sail right now.  But it has a full carbon rig (unlike 651) so I was asking c£3k even though it's an older boat.

I've been watching the contender market for a while because I would simply be upgrading to a newer boat.  There are some around for less than £1000, but not much in the middle market.  Unfortunately for some the attraction of a great Worlds in Weymouth next year means most people are hanging on to their boats for fear of selling then not ebing able to get a replacement - including me!

I took Ronday 473 to Canada to be chartered for the worlds and it was still on weight when measured in.  I would suggest joining the contender yahoo group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contender/

and also visiting the new forum on the international site:

http://contenderclass.org/

If you ask around you can sometimes get a boat before it comes on the market - that's how I got 620