Month: September 2020

08/09/2020

We actually got a deal made today.

In the morning the Brisbane guy said he was willing to put down a deposit and seemed to be able to offer $33,000-35,000, but he wanted to lift the boat up and get a third party to evaluate it before deciding whether to buy it or not, and J asked at two marinas when they could lift out but there’s no space for two weeks.

The buyer in Perth, Rory, called and made a new offer of $32,000 and J said to consider it.

Then a guy from Mackay said he was coming over to look at the boat, J explained the situation that we already had two people wanting to put down deposits and didn’t want to waste his two hour drive, but he still insisted on coming and said he would offer more if he liked it.

Then got a call from a lady in Townsville asking a bunch of questions about the boat, didn’t seem to have much sailing experience, but she and her partner were looking for a suitable boat to start a boat life and J explained the situation to her as well.

I wasn’t expecting Dagmar being so popular and J was worried it would stay on the market for months. It must have been Cal’s good reputation and the sailing photos we took to put on the brochure I made that made the buyers imagining a new life on the water.

After the guy from Mackay left, J called Rory in Perth and asked for $33,000, and they promptly agreed! It seems that people become a bit irrational when they really want something, they can’t wait for fear that someone else will take it. Rory is doing a big online shopping and hopefully he won’t be disappointed when he sees the real thing.

07/09/2020

The ad sent out last night worked well, we got several inquiries today. One guy from Perth didn’t even look at the boat, he just wanted to put down a deposit because he had sailed a 29 foot Cal across the Pacific before, he liked it, he knew it, and he had a soft spot for it, also now that his kids have left home and he wants to start sailing again, Cal is his first choice. This worried J, who kept asking if he wanted to know more about the boat so he took lots of pictures of the boat’s flaws so he wouldn’t be disappointed if he bought it and saw the real thing.

In the afternoon, a lady came to see the boat. The location of her pickup was not made clear, which caused J 6 dinghy trips. I thought it would save him a lot of trouble if someone would buy it right away.

In the evening, we went to a Japanese restaurant for the curry cheese chicken fillet rice that I was craving for a while, but the curry sauce this time was much less than last time so I won’t come again.

A guy from Brisbane called later, he said he had seen Dagmar in a book and sent us a picture, it turned out to be J sailing in French Polynesia 10 years ago.

06/09/2020

Finally I finished making the PDF for selling Dagmar. Hope it will sell well.

I cooked curry laksa with the leftover prawns for dinner tonight. Pity I added too much water, too much soup I nearly drowned.