Selling an old wooden boat for display? (UK)

Sarah Harbour

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Jun 11, 2013, 8:36:53 AM6/11/13

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Hi all,

I wasn't sure whether anyone here would be able to help, but reasoned it was worth a shot. We have an old pair that we'd like to sell, but it's not really usable anymore as it leaks, so I thought it might be worth trying to find a pub or a shop that would like to buy it from us to hang from their ceiling. Does anyone have any experience of selling boats in this way?

Many thanks in advance,
Sarah

Phil

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Jun 11, 2013, 11:36:53 AM6/11/13

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Take some nice photos and put it on the bay of e ... you could be
pleasantly surprised.

sully

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Jun 11, 2013, 2:50:30 PM6/11/13

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On Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:36:53 AM UTC-7, Sarah Harbour wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I wasn't sure whether anyone here would be able to help, but reasoned it was worth a shot. We have an old pair that we'd like to sell, but it's not really usable anymore as it leaks, so I thought it might be worth trying to find a pub or a shop that would like to buy it from us to hang from their ceiling. Does anyone have any experience of selling boats in this way?
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I've done it a number of times. In the US there is a company that makes a business out of collecting and selling wood shells.

One bit of advice, if you have good useful hardware, seats , footboards, riggers, etc, replace them with trashed stuff.

Once on the ceiling or as a salad bar, nobody cares.

the hardware can be used on another rowable boat.

Jonny

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Jun 17, 2013, 5:10:28 AM6/17/13

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> I've done it a number of times. In the US there is a company that makes a business out of collecting and selling wood shells.

Rowable Classics is one such place. Might be the one Sully is thinking
of.

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> One bit of advice, if you have good useful hardware, seats , footboards, riggers, etc, replace them with trashed stuff.
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> Once on the ceiling or as a salad bar, nobody cares.
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> the hardware can be used on another rowable boat.

+1. Some old gear is hard to find now and someone with a working boat
might want them.

OR
You could turn it into something more fun?
http://tinyurl.com/kmnhwjr - photo of a section of boat converted to
furniture.
I'm in the process of making some coffee tables and a bookshelf.

sully

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Jun 18, 2013, 1:06:18 PM6/18/13

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On Monday, June 17, 2013 2:10:28 AM UTC-7, Jonny wrote:
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> > I've done it a number of times. In the US there is a company that makes a business out of collecting and selling wood shells.
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> Rowable Classics is one such place. Might be the one Sully is thinking
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> of.

Yes, good guys there, but since it was a UK request I didn't
think specifics would be helpful, thought maybe someone
similar in the UK.

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> > One bit of advice, if you have good useful hardware, seats , footboards, riggers, etc, replace them with trashed stuff.
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> > Once on the ceiling or as a salad bar, nobody cares.
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> > the hardware can be used on another rowable boat.
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> +1. Some old gear is hard to find now and someone with a working boat
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> might want them.

Just what I was thinking. got a call a couple years ago
from the boatman at Cal. Needed some old Pocock riggers
for some project some Cal alums were doing.

(ok, let me check here under the eves of the garage underneath
the K-2s...) Voila! A full set! :^)

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> You could turn it into something more fun?
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> http://tinyurl.com/kmnhwjr - photo of a section of boat converted to
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> furniture.

That's beautiful work, I'm not near that good of a craftsman.

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> I'm in the process of making some coffee tables and a bookshelf.

Nice. I've got way too many half started, half finished projects.
Most of them go into "sleep" mode because I'll need something for
it but don't want to spend the money - prefer to wait until it
shows up for free. So then I start something else.

My Hobie Cat catamaran launch is in that state, waiting for a discarded
steering assembly.

I had a very stressful bad winter/spring - prime candidate for a heart
attack. I'm convinced that the reason I didn't keel over was
embarrassment at how many things are unfinished!

If I had my s*** together RSR would be eulogizing ol' sully.

John Greenly

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Jun 19, 2013, 9:48:18 PM6/19/13

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On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:06:18 PM UTC-4, sully wrote:
I'm convinced that the reason I didn't keel over was
> embarrassment at how many things are unfinished!
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> If I had my s*** together RSR would be eulogizing ol' sully.

Yup, that's me exactly. I swear that when I narrowly avoided being hit by a truck on the road last week I thought- phew! I would have left all those things undone at home. Of course, instead of going home and doing them, I went rowing instead....

--John G

sa...@cuwbc.org.uk

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Jun 24, 2013, 9:10:53 AM6/24/13

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Thanks all for your suggestions. I decided to approach a few shops directly and then realised that it wasn't a wooden shell at all but an old plastic Burgashell (my memory was confused as there is a single that is wooden and I switched the two in my head)... Not sure that they'll be wanting that!

Sarah

JK

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Jul 9, 2013, 11:41:02 AM7/9/13

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I'm still racing a Burgashell... and there are others still willing to buy them for social paddling, first boat etc... as already suggested try Ebay or maybe www.scullingboatsales.com

Peter Ford

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Jul 10, 2013, 6:38:28 AM7/10/13

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On Tuesday, 9 July 2013 16:41:02 UTC+1, JK wrote:
> I'm still racing a Burgashell... and there are others still willing to buy them for social paddling, first boat etc... as already suggested try Ebay or maybe www.scullingboatsales.com

Our club's best pair is a 10 year old Burgashell, and we still pick up pots in it...
Sarah, did you find a home for your Burgashell?

Thanks,
Peter Ford