I wouldn't factor the cost of a cradle into the deal. As a matter of practicality, why do you need one?
Does the yard where you would lay up the boat for the winter give you a substantial discount for not using their cradle or stands? Do you belong to a club that requires you to provide a cradle or stands (my club in Philly did require this)? If you need them, 6 new stands will be less than half the cost of a new cradle - plus they are a lot easier to move and to store than a cradle. And you can frequently find used ones for even less. When I needed stands or a cradle to store my 25 (at the club I joined in Philly) I bought a used shipping cradle from a large boat dealer. It was half the cost of new stands, and worked just fine. If I ever do sell my 25, the cradle will be included with the boat - it hasn't been used in over a decade and there is no market to sell one here in the south. Now a trailer does make some sense if you plan to store the boat at home over the winter to save yard fees - and you have a truck big enough to pull a 10,000 pound boat and trailer. But do a little research before you plan on doing that. In one city where I lived, it was OK to store a boat or RV (or empty trailer) in your drive, but it had to be behind a line extended out from the front wall of the house (and I did not have a suitable concrete pad next to the house on which to put the boat I had, so it ended up in a yard anyway). Rick Brass Washington, NC -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 8:49 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Another boat Cradle alone is 1500. _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
