I just talked to someone that ran into a person that apparently had fallen on hard financial times and had decided to sell their boats (a sad state of affairs to be sure!!). Anyway, this guy paid $1000 for TWO fiberglass boats - a VCP Argonaut and a Dagger Sitka PLUS two paddles (one was a Werner), spray skirt, car top equip, etc etc. I haven't actually seen the boats myself (I'm pretty sure the VCP is the Argonaut, both boats are ~ 18' long). At any rate, I'd feel guilty forever....but I still wish it would have been me and not him!! :o) BTW, I questioned the legitimacy of this sale - apparently the guy provided dated receipts for both boats. I may still grab serial numbers off the boats when I see them - just to be sure. Southern Wisconsin isn't exactly a hotbed of the black market boat trade though! Still watching for another financially strapped paddler to take advant...I mean "help"...oh yeah, I guess most paddlers are financially strapped... K *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Here in BC no kayak depreciates below 50-60% of its value, as I've found. Very sad. So, old fiberglass costs at least 1100-1200 (USD), sometimes with a paddle, but when it's something like Werner, it will be either offered as an option, or the total price will be more than 1200. > I just talked to someone that ran into a person that apparently had fallen > on hard financial times and had decided to sell their boats (a sad state of > affairs to be sure!!). Anyway, this guy paid $1000 for TWO fiberglass > boats - a VCP Argonaut and a Dagger Sitka PLUS two paddles (one was a > Werner), spray skirt, car top equip, etc etc. I haven't actually seen the > boats myself (I'm pretty sure the VCP is the Argonaut, both boats are ~ 18' > long). *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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