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My father and I took a 18ft Lund Alaskan, stripped to bare hull and built back with very high quality materials, actually probably overkill. Anyway we are looking sell it mid build as a sort of custom "we finish it how you want" it sort of thing. I don't see any sales forums here, I only know of HT, anyone have any suggestions on the best place to advertise this? I really want to showcase the materials used and care put into electrical wiring and so on. 

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Might try Craigslist or Facebook market place.

Probably going to be hard to do and seriously doubt you will get back what you have in it now.  

I personally wouldn't even look at or consider a boat redone by the average backyard builder.

Now, you might be one of the rare ones that actually are good with metal fabrication and it's done very professionally with aluminum, but most just make a good boat junk, with a bunch of wood and extra weight.

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Facebook has a “Walleye boats for sale” page and there are some high dollar rigs on there.  

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2 hours ago, Way2slow said:

Might try Craigslist or Facebook market place.

Probably going to be hard to do and seriously doubt you will get back what you have in it now.  

I personally wouldn't even look at or consider a boat redone by the average backyard builder.

Now, you might be one of the rare ones that actually are good with metal fabrication and it's done very professionally with aluminum, but most just make a good boat junk, with a bunch of wood and extra weight.

I completely understand, we're ABYC members and have read and followed their recommendations and so on. No wood anywhere, all coosa composite. 

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36 minutes ago, TOXIC said:

Facebook has a “Walleye boats for sale” page and there are some high dollar rigs on there.  

Thank you Toxic, I checked it out and it looks promising although the rules are very specific about photos/pricing lol I'd prefer to leave a range depending on options but I'll give it a shot. 

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I recently sold a custom built jon/jet boat through a dealer. He took a 15% commission but I still got more than I would have gotten. Used boats were in short supply. The dealer had nothing and was happy to have something to sell. 

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9 hours ago, TOXIC said:

Facebook has a “Walleye boats for sale” page and there are some high dollar rigs on there.  

I believe that page is based in Canada. My son listed my Lund on that page and i think I got one response. 

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I posted in the walleye forum, posting said it needed admin approval then was gone this morning. I guess they don't allow for builds, I gave a price range and said dependent on buildout options. No love for ppl who like to build stuff.

Here's a copy of ad I attempted to post, I thought  followed their posting rules. "1992 18 Foot Lund Alaskan Stripped to bare aluminum hull. Father-son rebuild project, customizable as we are early stages, you choose layout and features. Engineer built/done right. New foam, All coosa composite/no wood. Brand new Yamaha 50 outboard (0 hours). New electrical, literally everything will be new. Optional Ultrex W I-pilot Link DI, Solix 15 with SI transducer. You want solar, center console, side console, downriggers, shock absorbing seats, no problem. Everything down to the passivated 3/16 stainless fasteners are all top end materials better than in many new boats, we like overkill. Shorelandr galvanized roller trailer, brand new Carlisle tires w/ new Dexter Vortex hubs 100k mile. Message me with interest Berlin, CT. Price depends on build but starts at 25k. Tight Lines!"

What in their might have violated their rules? Firm price maybe, really cant with this!

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1 minute ago, DDog1 said:

I posted in the walleye forum, posting said it needed admin approval then was gone this morning. I guess they don't allow for builds, I gave a price range and said dependent on buildout options. No love for ppl who like to build stuff.

May have been removed because they want money for advertising. Some forums charge for monthly classifieds. OutdoorsFIRST, which is a walleye and musky site,  charges for classifieds but they run the ad for a year or until the boat is sold.

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