Now that spring was upon us, it was time to start making a serious effort to thin out the fleet. The O'Day Mariner, Seanility, had to find a new home.
As the weather grew warmer (80 degrees in April) I updated all of my ads for Seanility, pulled off the tarp and began to clean her up for sale.
One mistake that I made, when I repainted the hull, was to use sanded deck paint on the entire topside as well as the cockpit. I figured that it would be a good hedge against slipping and falling on a wet deck. It made it harder to keep the topsides looking clean, but a little beach and a scrub brush brought her back looking like new.
I had started out by advertising the package - boat, motor and trailer for $3000. That had gotten little response over the winter so I decided to advertise the boat at $1500 with the motor and trailer available separately.
That approach generated more calls but I was getting people that wanted a 'project boat' or Seanility at a project boat price - wasn't going to happen.
I finally got a call from a fellow in Asheville, NC who wanted a Mariner but didn't want to have to work on it. He and his wife drove down to look at her and we arrived a mutually agreeable price. They drove back to the mountains with Seanlity trailing behind them. I was in compliance with June's one boat rule.
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