1979 Tayana 37, Alameda, CA
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Everything below is costed to cross the Pacific.
Specifications
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not analysed
$172k–$199k
offer + full refit
36.67 ft
5.67 ft
5.9 · 6.1
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
- One of the strongest design matches for the passage — heavy, comfortable, shallow, load-tolerant and proven offshore — attached to the thinnest evidence in the fleet.
- At 47 years old, the teak decks, chainplates, black-iron tanks, rigging and Perkins can each generate five-figure work, and fifteen systems remain unassessed.
- It carries the highest risk exposure on the board.
- Cheap to buy, not cheap to own: its all-in exceeds boats asking four times as much.
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 $6k · ins $700 · tax $440
offer + full refit
Worst case, every line landing in full: $159,060. 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.
$80k
in Australia, gross
$7k
on sale, not arrival
$8k
on the sale price
$65k
what actually comes back
$19k
incl. $4k CA use · $440 CA property/yr
$190k–$210k
cash gone once sold in AU
DIY savings
$54 an hour of your own time, blended. Not folded into any total above — every figure on this page assumes the yard does the work.
$19k
across 6 jobs · $10k more must go to a pro
350 hrs
about 22 weekends
Where the money goes
- Purchase $40k
- Use tax $4k
- Refit $107k
- Risk $68k
- Unknowns $21k
- Holding $16k
- AU import $7k
- Purchase
- $40,000
- CA use tax
- $4,000
- Required refit
- $90k–$133k
- Risk, expected
- $67,900
- Unknown reserve
- $20,966
- Holding
- $15,520
contemplated offer
8 open · $312k if all hit
systems not yet looked at
slip $8k · insurance $933 · tax $587
- Cash to Pacific-ready
- $193k–$325k
- All-in by Australia
- $208k–$340k
- Net after resale
- $190k–$210k
assumes $80k resale
Where to open
Asking price less $90,240 — the negotiable share of $82,500 in disclosed and suspected defects plus $67,900 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
- $90,240
- Weighted risk
- $67,900
- Max at high case
- over budget
from $82,500 of defect work
8 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.