Dont know how to sell starcraft 1974

[DLNorth]

Around here glass boats are still selling for premium prices. Aluminum not so much.

I just sold (unloaded) a mid 70's glass w/115 Merc, I was lucky to get $300 for it.
I have another, a mid 80's glass, that will likely get scrapped, no motor and needs a floor and transom.
Here, MN, old glass usually goes to the scrap yard, unless it's of interest to someone in a local club, Glastron is the biggy but there are others.

 

[jhande]

No doubt old aluminum boats are bringing more money than old fiberglass boats. I'm just saying check your local market or references as to the value of what ever boat you're trying to sell. Different locales usually have different values.

Example: Growing up in CT I was keen on keeping up with used car prices. When I moved here to NH that went out the window. In CT high mileage work trucks sold kind of on the cheap side, lower KBB values. Here in NH if it has 4 wheels it's game on for top dollar. People actually sell and buy the trucks with cracked or rotted frames, no floor pans, serious body rot, motor doesn't run, etc... And forget about KBB values. None of those rigs would even be on the market in CT, they'd be at the scrap yard.

I started 2 years ago checking used boat prices because I needed to save up money to get one. In the beginning motor boats (kind of like mine) were expensive. You couldn't find anything under $1,500. for an old boat that needed serious work. I was originally looking for a small row boat with a small motor and trailer. Within a year those setups jumped from $600. to over $1,500. I just about gave up looking for a fishing rig. Then I spotted my fixer upper and got it for $400. Sure I have to rebuild the deck and transom but I'm game for it. I couldn't buy the motor or trailer alone for that price around here. Not that I plan to but after I fix it up I could sell it and make my money back. Sure the age/year of the rig plays a part in pricing, but around here if it's in really good condition they sell for decent money. At my somewhat local marina you can't touch anything for under $6,000. and they need some work too.

Example: https://www.facebook.com/marketplac...wse_serp:2fff2cf1-aff2-4f9f-9aea-025246ec92ca

 

[ShoestringMariner]

Key differences between glass and aluminum boats;

glass boats are expensive and involved when it comes to repair compared to aluminum. It costs money to dispose old glass hulls. (Around here anyway)

aluminum hulls are relatively easy to repair with common construction methods. They can be easily retrofitted as open deck, fishing boats. This effectively gives them a second life, whereas the fibreglass family runabout meets its fate abandoned or crushed at a recycler.
even the most beat up aluminum hulls are worth some money to someone as a fixer upper.

When aluminum boats are finally recycled, there’s a few dollars in scrap value.

not the question you asked, but it shows where the values differ

 

[mattsteg]

Key differences between glass and aluminum boats;

glass boats are expensive and involved when it comes to repair compared to aluminum. It costs money to dispose old glass hulls. (Around here anyway)

aluminum hulls are relatively easy to repair with common construction methods. They can be easily retrofitted as open deck, fishing boats. This effectively gives them a second life, whereas the fibreglass family runabout meets its fate abandoned or crushed at a recycler.
even the most beat up aluminum hulls are worth some money to someone as a fixer upper.

When aluminum boats are finally recycled, there’s a few dollars in scrap value.

not the question you asked, but it shows where the values differ

Glassers can deteriorate to the point where they're nigh-unsaveable, and don't have the flexibility and ease to refit and reconfigure. Glassers are more of a "this boat is what it is" and you need to love that boat for it to be worth saving.

For that reason Aluminum tends to depreciate to a point, and then kinda hang around that same value forever, while glass (which can certainly be great on a newer, well-maintained boat!) depreciates to zero.