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Ryan L
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Initially Posted - 03/02/2012 : 21:46:10

As of today we officially own a 1988 Ericson 38-200! We're stoked. It's even better because I still occasionally get to sail on Maria T (the Catalina 25 we used to own) with the new owners.

"Naoma"
1988 Ericson 38-200
San Diego, CA

Formerly of:
"Maria T"
1987 C25 SR WK 5695
San Diego, CA
L DOCK ARMADA

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Ape-X
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Response Posted - 03/03/2012 : 05:32:00

congratulations. post up more details pictures....!

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 03/03/2012 : 06:32:48

Congrats! Looks sweet!

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 03/03/2012 : 11:32:42

Outstanding! Ericsons are wonderful vessels!

Is it [url="http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1988/Ericson-38-200-2378959/San-Diego/CA/United-States"]this one[/url] ("Sale pending" in SD)?

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Ryan L
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Response Posted - 03/03/2012 : 17:57:35

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 Outstanding! Ericsons are wonderful vessels!

Is it [url="http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1988/Ericson-38-200-2378959/San-Diego/CA/United-States"]this one[/url] ("Sale pending" in SD)?

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Not the one if your pic but ours looks similar (color etc). We actually went and looked at the one in your pic but walked away after five minutes... We also looked at one closer to Los Angeles, even got through sea trial and survey, but ended up rejecting that boat. I found our boat soon after she went to market. We went after her aggressively. Very clean survey, great previous owner, we feel fortunate to have found her and look forward to the adventures ahead! Stay tuned... ;)

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Response Posted - 03/03/2012 : 21:31:06

Oh... [url="http://newimages.yachtworld.com/resize/1/91/89/3849189_-1_20120213112530_0_0.jpg?f=/1/91/89/3849189_-1_20120213112530_0_0.jpg&w=600&h=450&t=1329161130000"]this one[/url] in Oceanside?

Great--I've always liked Ericsons. Sounds like you shopped very intelligently and benefited from both surveys. Congratulations! Now you can go anywhere!

Note to sellers: Button her up, de-clutter and clean her up, and these dsys, even get your own survey to eliminate surprises... A well-found vessel can sell herself! Everything else languishes for months or years in this market. Here's the quintessential case study.

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Response Posted - 03/03/2012 : 23:11:08

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 Oh... [url="http://newimages.yachtworld.com/resize/1/91/89/3849189_-1_20120213112530_0_0.jpg?f=/1/91/89/3849189_-1_20120213112530_0_0.jpg&w=600&h=450&t=1329161130000"]this one[/url] in Oceanside?

Great--I've always liked Ericsons. Sounds like you shopped very intelligently and benefited from both surveys. Congratulations! Now you can go anywhere!

Note to sellers: Button her up, de-clutter and clean her up, and these dsys, even get your own survey to eliminate surprises... A well-found vessel can sell herself! Everything else languishes for months or years in this market. Here's the quintessential case study.
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I'm betting you're right about this being the one. Both have the blue furry thing on the backstay (no idea what it's called), windlass cover on the foredeck, and railing? in front of the mast to protect the hatch.

The dodger appears to be identical and if you look closely you can see the two black brackets that hold the spinnaker pole on the starboard stanchions that are mounted in the exact same location.

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 03/04/2012 : 09:55:03

Just call me Guy Noir.

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Ryan L
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Response Posted - 03/04/2012 : 18:58:05

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 Just call me Guy Noir.

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Or a fellow yachtworld junky? ;)

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Ryan L
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Response Posted - 03/04/2012 : 19:00:18

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">
Both have the blue furry thing on the backstay (no idea what it's called), windlass cover on the foredeck, and railing? in front of the mast to protect the hatch.
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The "blue furry thing" is actually made from sunbrella and holds the flag from the person-overboard buoy...

...but you're right. It's the same boat.

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Ryan L
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Response Posted - 03/04/2012 : 19:07:53

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Note to sellers: Button her up, de-clutter and clean her up, and these dsys, even get your own survey to eliminate surprises... A well-found vessel can sell herself! Everything else languishes for months or years in this market. Here's the quintessential case study.
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I agree completely. We sold Maria T in less than 24 hours and purchased our Ericson within a week or so of her going on the market. Most of the other E38s we looked at have been up for a while.

In my opinion another thing to consider when selling is to price the boat realistically. I think some people (and/or their brokers) get greedy and hope they'll find someone willing to overpay for the boat. End result is a long wait to sell. If you're willing to accept a fair price I think you make it up in the money you save from the extra months of slip fees, maintenance, etc that holding out for a higher price may cost you.

Finally I think it is important to be as objective, honest, and complete as possible in your description of the boat. When we agreed on a price for the first E38 it was sight unseen after reading the description and asking the broker some questions. It turns out the boat was not in the condition the broker represented (not just aesthetics, there were functional differences) so we rejected the boat. Unfortunately it cost us close to $1K and a lot of travel time to discover the discrepancies. Not something that contributed to us having a good feeling towards the boat...

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