Posted by John Nichols on April 10, 2010 at 06:50:32 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Re: Auction for Swallow posted by John Nichols on April 10, 2010 at 06:31:59:
Just so there is no misunderstanding, I have absolutely no idea what a second hand boat in England is worth.
My guess at 3000 UK pounds is for a brand new boat, and the Swallow is not brand new. I simply translated the cost for an equivalent boat from Maine at about 5000 USD that I had seen last week on a web site. Anyone purchasing her for anything except her provenance at more than 1000 UK pounds is mad.
Her provenance is interesting, but only to a Ransome fan, and there are few Ransome fans I know who would take the boat away from the Trust at an auction. At the trust children can sail her and experience Ransome.
I considered placing a comment in here about such a person, but children and elderly folk read these posts so I did not, but they would probably own a loud radio and a motor boat.
So I discounted provenance and ignored a lack of local knowledge.
JMN