This here is just a long list of "randoms" that I consider to be a bargain. Nothing insanely fancy, everything here would make a good liveaboard, is under $60k and usually less than 45 ft.
This took me a lot of time...
43ft Viking, two bedroom, nicely kept. Full size kitchen, screened-in "back porch". Built in 1978, fiberglass hull, has a range of about 400 NM. $55,000
Another Viking. Same design, pretty much. No screened in back porch. Also $55k
41ft Chris Craft 410 Commander. These things are kinda ugly, but they're the Ford Pickup trucks of the water. Indestructible, reliable, and boat people have worked on 'em. $55k. The guy went a little gay with the flags there, gotta take that shit off.
1973 Pacemaker 40' Flybridge. Nicely kept, $55k
40ft Silverton Aft Cabin. Theres lots of these around. This one's an 87 I think. Nice boat. Silverton is one of those companies that wants your business, so they put out a good product and don't go crazy with frills, undercut the market and run away with the show. $50k
47ft Concord - nice boat, but the guy doesn't know how to operate a camera worth shit. Pix of the inside are teeny. This one's a bug fuckin diesel with lotsa power and a long range. $60k Probly pisses through fuel. Lots of interior room, and everything is normal-sized. Big genny, too
This one here's a 1970 Gulf Commander Pilothouse. Fuckin beauty. I think I showed a picture of this earlier in the thread, but it deserves to be here, an excellent bargain at a modest $58,000. It's about 45 ft long, lotsa room inside. Everything's perfect, right down to the woodwork. Rear deck could use a new coat, but so what. One thing I love about this one is the sliding rear doors, very cool. I can tell this guy is an old salty badger, and knows his shit... one word: maps
This one piques my curiosity, its an "unspecified" make, 45ft flybridge. Probly a one-off from a custom manufacturer, which isn't anything really remarkable. Lots of private companies make a few boats for enthusiasts. It was made in the mid-80's, pricetag is $55k. I think the guy is losing his ass in a divorce or bankruptcy, because the ad is just one paragraph and theres hardly any pix for this nice of a boat. He claims its fresh from a $55,000 refit of all important shit, has receipts to prove it. Sounds like a life going suddenly from good to bad.
Speaking of "unspecified", heres one I never heard of. A 42ft Hershine. This thing looks pretty slick. Nice wood inside, looks like its well maintained. Only problem I see with this one is, the "living room" area looks bolted down. I'd like to be able to take the furniture out, this seems to be a fixed design. Like theres storage lockers under the couch, that sort of thing. $59,000
Another Chris Craft, 41ft built in 1981. This one's nice. $59k. Some go for twice that, or much more in this condition and year. I'm not too wacky about the brown, but it grew on me as I looked. Boats are always fucking white white white. These Commanders are battle-wagons. I wouldn't be afraid to take this one into some waves, Chris Craft builds tough reliable machines. This one's a diesel. I like it.
Yet another Chris, this one's fuckin' huge. Its a 55ft long Commander, selling for $47k. Built in '73, its got tons of nav equipment and all the necessary shit. This boat is balls. Diesel, long range tanks. It'd cost a fortune to dock, a fortune to run, and be worth every fucking penny. You could go to war in this fucking thing, all it needs is cannon on the bow. Its got THREE full sized staterooms, a full sized kitchen. You name it. It probably has a big thick penis that drags on the ocean floor, except all boats are girls, so maybe not. The owner drove it up from Honduras. Honduras! I wouldn't have the balls to drive a
car to Honduras.
This one deserves honorable mention, just 'cause she's a good old girl. She's 80, have a little respect. She was a cop-boat back in the days of prohibition, built for speed to chase rum-runners. She's got beds and all that, a kitchen. Wooden hull, lovingly restored, and can outperform modern boats of similar designed hulls. Notice the pole, with all the wear on it. Thats from people holding it while she runs. People have been grabbing that pole for 80 years. She's still standing.
Yet another Chris, this one is a Catalina model, which is a little bit different than the others I've shown. Its a 42ft built in '87, this is a pretty nice boat. All modern shit, its a bank repo going for $49k. Its a 2 bedroom setup, none of this bunkbed shit. It'd be a good turn-key investment for two people if they forked out a little cash. A 42ft would be on the cheaper end of fuel and dockage. Its got a washer-dryer. The important part is not the washer-dryer itself, but running the hookups. Any fool can buy an appliance. This bird has the hookups, and thats major win.
If you made it this far, you get the bonus photo... Do I ever fail to bring the goods?