Redwood Coast II

Marples 44 Constant Camber


Hello Don,

Wow,  33 years IS a good run, Don.  With that history, selling the boat must feel like cutting off a chunk of your own anatomy.  I only had 12 years on Bacchanal, and it felt that way to me.

I retired from surveying about 5 years ago and have not kept up with the used boat market much.  I do know that it is slow due to increasing costs of everything. A CC44FC did sell, about 10 years ago, for $135K.  That was the one built in SF by Dennis Cartwright.  Since then, one sold in FL for much less, but it was highly modified, not in a good way.

My guess is that your boat, with the new equipment and recent bottom service might be worth $100- 120K.  Today's dollars don't go as far as they used to.  That $40K construction materials cost would be easily $100K or even more, today.  That's a ballpark guess, knowing that the deal is between a willing seller and w illing buyer.  These boats have earned a good reputation, partially by the demonstration of service in your circumnavigation.  They do what they were designed to do rather well.

Hope that helps.  Congrats to you both for such a good run.

Cheers, John

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