bertram31.com

No connection to seller--but there seems to be a nice restoration by Becker & Cassidy on e-bay----boats are selling pretty cheap these days

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BERTRAM- ... e9d7c1[url][/url]

I couldn't place it at first, but I think that's the "Stars and Stripers" or something like that. It used to be around Annapolis, and if that's the boat, I saw it at Bay Bridge Marina once.

It is Stars and Stripers and was sold newly refurbished in 2002 for around $200K. Becker and Cassidy is no longer in business, (Ron Becker died of a heart attack around 2004). This was their first of 2 or 3 B31s...

The same boat is listed on yacht world for $138,900

There showing the starting bid on eBay at $75k but who knows what the reserve is.

Regardless it is a buyers market. Older gas boat plus diesel repower is going to cost more then a totally refurbished boat with slightly used diesels.

Being new to the B31 I'd assume it was not always this way. What was a refurbished boat with diesels going for? And how about a boat like mine older running gas motors? Before prices dropped, say 5 or 10 years ago.

Just curious.

For a while a nice FBC or SF with Cummins or Yanmars and good equpment was going for 100-120K....a few for more, then the prices slowly began to drop as fuel prices crept up. But, a B31 is still a bargain today as I doubt any of us have a good feel for how long they will really last. Its still about the only boat you can carefully put money in and get most of it out after a very long time.

Good gas boats used to sell in the 50s and 60s but those days are long gone.

UV

PeterPalmieri wrote: And how about a boat like mine older running gas motors? Before prices dropped, say 5 or 10 years ago.

Just curious.

Today the price depends largely by the amount of fuel you have in the tank at time of sale...and whether or not its a new tank.