Here's a 25 Footer for a starter. $6500~
Located in Wilmington, NC. Advertised on Craigslist!
WHAT A THANKSGIVING GIFT !!! I have an excellent, fully rigged and refurbished 1980 MacGregor sailboat, 25' 10" in length. She has everything including autopilot, GPS, three sails (including a spinnaker), roller furling, 1995 Nissan 15 HP outboard with electric start and alternator, portable head, refrigerator, microwave, shore power, bimini with removable windows, pop top, swim platform, two anchors, two 6 gallon fuel tanks, new foam and cushion covers (cost = $2,400), VHF Radio, interior solar fan, four wheel tandem trailer with new wheels, tires, bearings and seals, swing keel, etc., etc. More Photos Available. Boat weighs 2600 lbs. Asking price = $6,500.00 or BEST OFFER. Can deliver for fuel cost only.
http://onslow.craigslist.org/boa/4201110298.html
Yep, the venerable and iconoclastic Mac 26. If you trust them, and many do, they are a very big light 26, sails great, trailers easy. That’s a escape pod you could keep in your driveway. Or a young man could head for the islands, hoping to so sweep a girl off her feet, she’d overlook the cramped quarters, preferring to stick to the skipper like a barnacle.
portable head ....outboard ....MacGregor sailboat ....
MacGregor? Well OK, offer $3500 you'll buy it. But keep her in the slip; you'll live longer. Learn how to furl and cover your main, get a proper marine toilet, ... etc. ad inf
... or save up the $6500 and put toward a real boat. This is by no stretch of the imagination a boat for the open sea, especially around Wilmington. This is a day sailor, at most a weekender in VERY quiet water. Danger.
BTW, Obama has been an absolute boon to lobux wannabe escapist yachtsmen. Since NOBODY has any cash, that $6500 would go a long way toward a real boat.