Help me out my dear friends?? Shame to see an old boat go to waste, so whilst chatting to one of my shop customers who used to sail a 505 she told me it had sat in her families front garden for the last 7 years!! I offered to take it off their hands free of charge, so now after dear Dad (happy birthday yesterday) has fixed the trailer I now have a 20/30 ish year old 505 that is for sale?? Anybody know what it is worth?? Plastic hull, good nick, metal mast but sails shagged?? Not really trying to make a fast buck but always nice to see a booat on the water again as oppossed to collecting leaves?? Cheers ALLLEEEEZZZZ!!!! Rock on Salcombe!! |
Try the 505 site, deducing from the add below, maybe about a £1000. http://www.gbr562.co.uk/505/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?174.last |
Cheers Mr F, Blimey if I get a grand for it will be happy bunny might even have to give the previous owner a nice lil pressie!! |
Its only worth a grand if its still stiff and reasonably light, who made it?and what is the sail number? it is also worth pointing out that some of the ones for a grand have the new monster kite set up |
Parker built, no is 5995, light and stiff? Put it on a merlin trailor to tow home no probs?? Turned it over easily with dad holding the other side to catch it?? Hull smmooth all sorted basically?? Would love to have a blast in it sometime but pennies short and You all know where my true allegiance lies?? |
Parker 25 at a guess, does it have a wooden deck and centre board capping? Depending on the rig and foils it'll be worth anywhere between £300-£800 at best. Had an old P25 sail no.69xx about 10 years ago that sold for circa £1k, that was in great condition cosidering her age. Odly the best place to advertise an older 5oh is on the French Association website, that's where mine eventually sold. |
Clean it get some good photos and put on e-bay without a reserve should fetch nearly a grand! |
Hay Cheers Peeps appreciate info!! Think Salcombe gonna Rock? Rhi and are gonna kick ur asses?? Well in the "Bar" Anyway?? Only joking Crew????????????? AAAALLLLEZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!! |
Mr Woods ~ or should that be Count Woods!! AHAH |
The Sun has gone down and the night is young?? One of my friends comes into the shop to buy a mobile telephone voucher and asks for a five pound "Virgin" MMMM?? Is she one of mine?? Answers to on a postcard?? |
5995 is pre Parker 25, approx 1980 vintage condition is everything as with all older dinghies, have a good check around the mast step. i had 5816?(minds gone blank!) when she was 7/8 years old and the fore & aft support under the step collapsed, making for a very carefull sail to the beach. This was pretty common for that mark, apart from the number they are fairly easily recognised by a relatively small apature in the main bulkhead (approx18") The 25's had a far bigger access probably 3' x 2'. that said if shes unpainted & in apparently good nick then well worth sailing. check out P&B for set up sheet she would almost certainly of been rigged with a Proctor D in what was refered to as the 'Pre-bent set up' |