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What is the age of your boat?

  • 1-5 years

    Votes: 49 4.4%
  • 6-10 years

    Votes: 35 3.2%
  • 11-15 years

    Votes: 41 3.7%
  • 16-20 years

    Votes: 69 6.3%
  • More than 20 years

    Votes: 703 63.7%
  • More than 30 years

    Votes: 205 18.6%
  • Too old to tell....

    Votes: 5 0.5%

What is the age of your boat?

66K views 321 replies 265 participants last post by  Mysticwind1 
#1 ·
What is the age of your boat?
 
#249 · (Edited)
It would be interesting to take the results of all the polls and figure out how many people actually have a "statistically average boat". Funny thing about statistics is they don't always agree with reality.
Though we have alot of little poles, it might be interesting to have a pole with all sorts of stats, some might be in ratios......it starts to get overly complicated (at least there is a ratio calculator already in existence for some stuff.
 
#254 · (Edited)
Our culture/economy/marketing makes people think they need to buy new and new is better. Look at a new production boat (6 figures) and totally lacking the style and grace found in an older boat. Then look at what you can get in an older boat (for <20% of the cost) there is a good chance you will end up with a better boat, especially when you figure in everything you can do with the money you save.
 
#255 ·
I absolutely agree. The new boats too often look like a stick of butter left out in the sun too long as well as being designed as floating condos, IMHO. The P-30 I just bought has very pleasing lines, good accomodations, sails very well I understand and has a lot of equipment and I paid a small fraction of what a new one would have cost. Good old boat.
 
#257 · (Edited)
Currently, Building (46' x 84') Shop Bld. for Boats & Shop Equip. & Moving from Penna. Shop to FL.

42 Years Old, 1st ~ 1970 Islander 37 MS, refitting for sailing this Dec. (2013).

41 Years Old, 2nd ~ 1971 Tradewind 32, major project.. ref. interior, guessing start date of 2014.

23 Years Old, 3rd ~ 1990 Four Wynns 23, like new, 345 hr's., 370 HP, 4 Sale, bring from PA to FL.

I'm 65 YO & Son (Avery III) is 18 = 83

Our Two Sailboats are 42 & 41 = 83 < Just a irreverent statistic.
 
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