Have you ever had to sacrifice your boat and sell it off for a selfless reason, or just to survive?
If so how did you / do you cope with such a descision ?
Have you ever had to sacrifice your boat and sell it off for a selfless reason, or just to survive?
If so how did you / do you cope with such a descision ?
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No, I never have, But i would'nt think twice if i had to, Family first no matter what in my case, Can always pick up again down the track sometime,Originally Posted by noboat
Daz
not my boat ,but i had to sell my 65 chevy impala , to get enough money to put a deposit on our house
was a hard thing as i had spent so much time and money on it ,
but you know you can always buy another one as wahoo said ,
if i had to sell my boat i would go back to my usual land base spots to keep fishing, and work my ass off so i could get another one
I nearly had to let mine go, and it was less than easy. But you can always get another. It's only money, you know!
Cheers,
Tim
Carbon Really Ain't Pollution.
Not my boat I had to sell my YZ 425 thumper, and Go Karts (2 off)....
All I can say is depression sucks, so Anti-Depressents are the go during times like that...
my boat and 4x4 are both for sale at the moment due to financial stress.At first I didnt want to sell the boat but as has alrteady been said the family comes first,so the toys have to go.
Cheers Craig
If you always do what you've always done
You'll always get what you've always got
Tried to get a loan for $12,000 to buy a secondhand 4x4 recently and was knocked back despite us paying an extra $300 per month on our mortgage!
I just want a good,reliable car,on LPG,that I can tow my boat and take my little bloke fishing and camping with..he's 4 1/2.
I've got a brand new Sea Jay 4.55 Magnum with new Tohatsu 40 on a new Dunbier loader trailer.I've been converting it to centre console and am nearly finished (slowest project ever!!).Anyway I'm entertaining thoughts of selling it and buying a car + lesser boat and the thought is sickening.I hate bloody banks and have lost a lot of faith in humanity lately.
Having had that whinge I've gotta say that I have a lot to be grateful for....but..anyone know any loan sharks?
Darren
Hey Tim,
I saw your boat on boatpoint last night....
Marty.
Like the others...not an easy decision at all ...but a no brainer because my wife and boys are TOTALLY #1.....so I sold my fully restored 27 Riviera last year just before bub # 2 came along. My wife actually said dont sell her because she knew how much I loved the boat......but we just werent using her enough to justify the huge running costs. I felt physically sick at the start when I made the decision to sell as I had put so much work into her.....but after the initial shock wore off it was ok (and no more weekends stuck working at the marina...always something to fix). I kept the marina berth which we now rent out. Mind you the best way to get nice weather every weekend is sell your boat
Like Tim says...its only money - and the best bit is planning for the next boat. The Minister of Everything now says she wants to get another boat next year...I'm really lucky because she loves boats. Hopefully next year we will look at getting another hole in the water to throw some more money....pretty keen on a 2600 Powercat.
cheers, Mike
sold a Jet ski a few years back to help with a deposit for a house ( thanks to the bank making it soooo easy when you're self employed )
Not an easy decision but the right one when you look at the bigger picture
Mate have never had to and hopefully never will, but to any body that has to dont hesitate pm me and i will be glad to take you for a fish.
Cheers Perry
My first boat was sold to help finish off the extension i added to our house.the second was sold to start the second lot of renovations i am just finishing off now,phew what a year.the bank graciously paid for the Signature i now have.I would sell a kidney before she went up for sale,worked too many hours for too long to get myself in this position so i'm keepin it.Jim
Haines Signature "FinaLeigh" 580F 135 Optimax
CH 81 & 72 VHF
a few years ago, i gave it all away.. house, relationship, cars, boat and a 6 figure job and moved states in order to go back to uni...
as i kept telling myself at the time, and as i tell myself each fortnight when i get my pathetic pay, its all short term pain for long term gain.
moral of the story is you gotta do what you gotta do....
and it was the best decision i have ever made in my life by the way....
In these hard times there is a lot of people giving up there pride and joy's.
Except for once I have always bought boats within my cash means even if that meant waiting for it, twice in the past they have sat for many months on end without hardly a second glance until finances stabilised, my current boat is no different and was bought with this in mind...it's not flash and will be none the worse off in any practical sense if ever i do need to lay low for a while but at least it will be there the very day I am ready again.
cheers fnq
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