Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure
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More info. The spec on the boat is amazing. Plenty of nifty original build upgrades. I still don't know what the asking price will be, but the single biggest issue we have to deal with is that it was a boat originally sold in The EEC. UK as we all know, is no longer part of the EEC, so there may be 20% VAT to pay upon "import" into UK. That could be the killer. Me and people with much larger brains than I, are working out how we deal with that…..We could berth it in France, but that would take a lot of the point in owning it (and having it moored down the road) away.....
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EU-based shell company could buy it…
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Amazing @Giles ! So stoked for you and @Madame Buttonfly. Can't wait to see what kind of adventures you get up to
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Fuggin Brexshit strikes again.
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Good things for good ppl. This'll work out as it's meant to either with this epic boat or an even better one.
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I mean, maybe just getting a narrow boat and sticking to the canals vs tooling around the lovely Mediterranean is the answer
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Not sure it'll get to Perth on one tank of gas, annoyingly
he can just ride the waves when it runs out.
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finished reading the whole thread! Wow wow!! [mention]Giles [/mention] [mention]Madame Buttonfly [/mention] !!
Awesome!! I can help with some marina and local grill fish family restaurant(Konoba) on the Dalmatian’s islands & coast! Specially the south part[emoji6][emoji41]Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk
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Back to the drawing board…...
The current owner has (what we think are) unreasonable price expectations. He may actually be correct as Nordhavn's are selling for substantial premiums over what they were achieving pre-Covid.
But the bottom-line is we can't go as high as he expects. And that is even before we sort out any tax issues...
Onwards and upwards....
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He may actually be correct as Nordhavn's are selling for substantial premiums over what they were achieving pre-Covid.
The blasted COVID-related price increases drive me mad. While this may be a dead end, I feel certain that there's a better (and more reasonably-priced) boat in your future.
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He may actually be correct as Nordhavn's are selling for substantial premiums over what they were achieving pre-Covid.
The blasted COVID-related price increases drive me mad. While this may be a dead end, I feel certain that there's a better (and more reasonably-priced) boat in your future.
That's what Phil the Nordhavn Europe agent just said…...
Hi Giles,
Understand, but we keep going! Whether that’s plan B or beyond we will find a solution!
Best
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My heart sank for you reading this tonight. as Phil said now to plan B and beyond.
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I spent some time (obviously
) intellectualising this last night. If the guy who is selling Plan A is correct in his view of the current market, then the problem is wider than just his boat. He wants 35% more for the boat than he bought it for in 2017, if he puts it on the open market, then this becomes the new norm. There is another Nordhavn 52 of the same age and similar spec that Phil thinks may become available, but how can he advise the owners on Plan B to put theirs on for 35% less than Plan A?When P and I came up with this dream, we realised that to some extent what the initial capital outlay was, was not the driving factor (obviously as long as we have the liquidity to fund the purchase price), what was more relevant was what the depreciation of the boat would be over our period of ownership. Even if we could afford a 35% premium over what they were selling for pre-covid (which we can't) we would likely be buying at the height of the market, so the expected depreciation would be a lot more.
The two possible upsides are 1) The guy who owns Plan A does not want to sell until the end of the year (which fiscally works in our favour, as the money from the sale of Iron Heart comes in annual tranches), so the "new norm" is not generally known until later this year, or 2) He puts it on the market now, and it the asking prices has to be repeatedly reduced until it reaches a (possible) much lower market price…..
