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Congratulations! My family had some great adventures on board - glad to hear she's still at it. Best wishes for the season!

She survived the winter and was relaunched yesterday in rockland, Maine. She will spend the summer in Belfast, Maine. We are quite excited to be back with her. I wish I could post a photo. She has teal green bottom paint and a hot pink cove/boot stripe now. She’s quite beautiful.

Why, are you interested?

It's actually a friend's boat, but he still does - is based in Westbrook, CT.

@@terryborzoff9279 Beau Soleil is a 1974 model. I traded for her fully expecting to part out what I could and scrap her. However, she floats and sails sufficiently that with minor repairs she was able to participate in a club race last night. I'd say due to her size and age that a refit would cost more than she would be worth once finished. It's hard to justify being in that position with a boat that really doesn't have a sentimental value to me.

I sold it. I was happy with certain things but there were lots of modifications I would have made if I kept it. They're good boats, as good as any of the production boats of the era. Rudder arrangement is the weak point on this hull.

I've seen a couple listed in New England in the last year or two for about that... Seems to be the going rate if it's clean and well equipped - or at least where they start off asking. I'd want good sails, cover, trailer etc for that money, personally. It's very stable on all points of sail, but not especially weatherly - won't point very high. Fun, tough little boats. I'm a big guy and can stand on the foredeck without rolling it over.

That's privileged information. I got what I considered a fair market price for a 50-year-old boat in need of updating. More importantly, I released myself of the liability, which positioned me to cut a deal on the boat I really wanted when it came along.

I’m not the IRS, just a poor smuck who saves a few 100$ at a time for a seaworthy boat one day. I was headed to the coast this weekend to look at a Bristol 29, listed for 4900. Just like fishing is not called catching and asking price is not always paid price I think most of accumulated value in these old boats comes from the owners trying to recoup maintenance and anticipated storage fees. Sorry to brush up against your privileged hairs...

@@rabbit3502 Ha! I didn't mean to sound bristly, just that I don't discuss specific financials. Actually, I think you're exactly right: asking prices often reflect more of the cost of ownership than the value of the boat. They think they're "losing" money if they can't recoup every dollar spent on the thing, with no value assigned to their enjoyment over the years. My favorite example is re-powering. If I spent 8 grand dropping a new diesel in my boat, I didn't increase the value of the boat, I decreased the value of the engine - now it's bolted to an old boat! 5k sounds like a nice jumping off point for that boat, but the fact of the matter is there are probably better deals out there. I didn't ask for quite 5 and I got less than I asked: but I was also motivated to move the boat into someone else's hands. My goal wasn't to squeeze a certain amount out, it was to not own it. It can be hard to find that level of pragmatism in a seller, but this time of year in the NE (where we are) there are all kinds of boats for cheap or less - and better boats than my Bristol ever was, too.

Dan Bouchard are you insinuating a Bristol isn’t a capable decent base for a boat. I have not owned a boat. I’ve been on boats. Helped sail a boat (Catalina.27). Helped work on a boat (said Catalina) Bristols seem to be a blue water capable boats. Honestly, keep them in my list of potentials or look to another brand?

@@thatguy2408 If it helps any, it's on Atom Voyages "good old boats" list as a "proven blue water voyaging monohull fiberglass sailboat."