2003 Hunter 426 (unnamed in listing), Marina del Rey, CA
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Everything below is costed to cross the Pacific.
Specifications
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not analysed
$285k
offer + full refit
44 ft
6.5 ft
5.7 · 5.9
cruising · offshore, of 10
Capability is scored for both standards from the same design research, re-weighted. The money is not: a coastal refit has to be costed on its own, which is why it can read “not analysed” above while the score beside it is real.
Assistant's read — an opinion, not a source
- The best-equipped candidate for coastal and liveaboard use, and among the weakest as a boat for Brisbane.
- Axiom plotter, solid-state radar, EV-200 autopilot, 2018 Ullman main, 2021 running rigging and a 4kW inverter are worth more than the price gap to a cheaper hull.
- But the B&R rig chafes and steers badly downwind, which is what the Milk Run mostly is.
- Owners with ocean miles disagree; recorded as a question rather than settled.
Costed to cross the Pacific.
Finance
At the asking price. Drag down to model a lower offer.
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each line × its odds
slip $8k · ins $2k · tax $1k
offer + full refit
Worst case, every line landing in full: $149,898. Planning figure is the likely cost above; this is the tail, not the expectation.
Resale
The gross figure flatters: Australian duty and GST fall due on sale, and brokerage is charged on the sale price.
$178k
in Australia, gross
$21k
on sale, not arrival
$18k
on the sale price
$139k
what actually comes back
$54k
incl. $14k CA use · $1k CA property/yr
$182k
cash gone once sold in AU
Where the money goes
- Purchase $135k
- Use tax $14k
- Refit $117k
- Risk $13k
- Unknowns $21k
- Holding $21k
- AU import $21k
- Purchase
- $135,000
- CA use tax
- $13,500
- Required refit
- $90k–$168k
- Risk, expected
- $13,160
- Unknown reserve
- $20,614
- Holding
- $21,370
contemplated offer
6 items still unpriced
11 open · $173k if all hit
systems not yet looked at
slip $10k · insurance $3k · tax $2k
- Cash to Pacific-ready
- $273k–$386k
- All-in by Australia
- $305k–$418k
- Net after resale
- $182k
assumes $178k resale
Where to open
Asking price less $54,936 — the negotiable share of $78,400 in disclosed and suspected defects plus $13,160 of weighted risk. Offshore upgrades are excluded on purpose: a watermaker and a liferaft are your ambition, not the seller's problem, and the next buyer wanting a Bay daysailer would pay near the ask.
- Negotiable defects
- $54,936
- Weighted risk
- $13,160
- Max at high case
- $24,967
from $78,400 of defect work
11 still open
the ceiling, never an offer
Schedule
A boat that cannot be ready is not cheaper, it is a year late.
How much of this is actually known
A boat priced from guesses is a different risk from one priced from quotes, at the same total.