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The other option is donate it. I checked this out a little bit over last summer. Call BoatUS and they'll come and get it. You just wait for the paperwork for tax purposes. That s the way I'm going when that time arrives. I don't want to deal with people who may or may not be interested. Granted I may not get the money but I don't get the hassle of customer interaction either. Good luck either way.
 
SST said:
The other option is donate it. I checked this out a little bit over last summer. Call BoatUS and they'll come and get it. You just wait for the paperwork for tax purposes. That s the way I'm going when that time arrives. I don't want to deal with people who may or may not be interested. Granted I may not get the money but I don't get the hassle of customer interaction either. Good luck either way.
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The standard deductions have gone up again. For you to get anything back, you must be over that figure to start out with. Well not really, it might put you over that. But you would only be getting a position of that . Other wise, you will get nothing back.

The other question is, will BoatUS or any other place give you full value as if the boat is in good working order? OR its current value?
 
I believe that those organizations are only interested in boats that they can resell. My one nephew boat one that way.
 
Although my boat is running well mechanically, the cosmetics of it will pull down the value. The "chicken pox" below the water line is the biggest drawdown. I don't have any expectation of getting a large sum when sold. Which is why letting BoatUS take care of it works better for me. The value of not having to deal with buyers will counter the loss of sales revenue.
 
The chicken pox could be due to no barrier coat. I know lake boaters don't want bottom paint. But it does protect the hull.

SST, good luck with in handling this!
 
I was told that bottom paint does not protect the fiberglas you need to put down a moisture barrier coat first. That is how I did mine, and to this day I have no blisters.
 
I was just watching a video in regard to a moisture barrier. I'm not sure it's worth the effort where my Chap is concerned. If I sanded the bottom of the boat in preparation for the barrier, I would burst open hundreds of blisters underneath. It's been like this for 18 years. Shortly after acquiring the boat in 2008, I did have an estimate for it. At the time it was $5000 plus over a year out of the water.

Now and for the past 18 years, after pulling the boat out of storage, I inspect the bottom for open blisters and repair them and then apply bottom treatment. Seems to be working as the inside of my boat is bone dessert dry.

A moisture barrier should have been applied to this boat long before I acquired it.
 
Denny said:
I was told that bottom paint does not protect the fiberglas you need to put down a moisture barrier coat first. That is how I did mine, and to this day I have no blisters.
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Yep, thats why I said "The chicken pox could be due to no barrier coat." After the barrier coat, the bottom paint goes on.
 
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