Sailboat disposal - what do I do?

[T37SOLARE]

Donate it to a charity or a good cause like Sea Scouts. Here in the US you'd be able to write it off on taxes, but don't know about Canada's tax laws. They can make the determination as to either repair it or to call a junk hauler.

[sailingdog]

I think it is pretty low to donate a boat that is in such troubled shape to a charity. If the boat is in such bad shape and they have to dispose of it, it will end up costing the charity money as a general rule....

Originally Posted by T37SOLARE

Donate it to a charity or a good cause like Sea Scouts. Here in the US you'd be able to write it off on taxes, but don't know about Canada's tax laws. They can make the determination as to either repair it or to call a junk hauler.

[retclt]

I hated to see my old Ocean racer go . . . . . . . but a chain saw helped create a really cool bar for the back yard. You can have the bow come out of the wall like I did . . . . . . . or as a friend suggested to me too late . . . . . . . cut it long ways bow to stern for a really cool long bar. I had the stern mounted on the opposite patio wall and when you opened the lazarette . . . . . . . built in ice chest! I transferred some cleats and other parts to the new boat . . . Sort of a spirit living on thing.

[US27inKS]

Originally Posted by philsboat

Just Googled scrap lead...... .4912 cents(US) per lb.

Phil

Cool. My boat is worth more than 1200 bucks!!!

[Jarerex]

I know some guys in vancouver who are looking to find a fixer-upper for cheap or nothing to go exploring up the coast with. Is it really a total write off, or could it be fixed at least temporarily?

I would link you to the craigslist post they just put up, or PM you, but I can do neither thanks to the draconian new members rules on this forum. =/

[chall03]

Jarerex, just go to the song thread or similar and rack up another 9 posts...

[sailingdog]

That's likely the retail price, not what you'd be paid for selling scrap lead to a dealer. Also, it is probably the TL price, rather than the LTL price. In reality, you'll probably get more like $.22 per lb.

Originally Posted by philsboat

Just Googled scrap lead...... .4912 cents(US) per lb.

Phil

[AllThumbs]

Part it out. PM me if that is the route you go....

[philsboat]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

That's likely the retail price, not what you'd be paid for selling scrap lead to a dealer. Also, it is probably the TL price, rather than the LTL price. In reality, you'll probably get more like $.22 per lb.

S.D.
Thought you were barking up the wrong tree at .22/lb.Just checked a local scrap yard and he said you were way wrong!!!
It's ten cents a pound today and thats Canadian!!!
I stand corrected.

Phil (pobody's nerfect)

[lofty22810]

leave it at a mooring and let someone make a salvage claim on it