Laser 28 Wanted

There's a 1985 L28 for sale in New Buffalo, MI. Purchased new by current owner. Cruised, not raced. Original sails.  Needs lots of work.  Not well maintained. On cradle which owner has transported on flatbed trailer (not included). Owner believes it's hull #72.  It's sail #171. Owner believes that sail #s began at 100 for hull #1. Asking $18.5K US. If interested, send me a PM and I'll provide contact info for owner.

The hull number is located on the starboard side of the transom.  It's the last three digits I believe.  Hull #1 was listed as 100 and as Frank states, there were 143 boats so #243 is the last.

All numbers, sail and hull, start at 100, so 242 would have been the 143rd boat built, but it would still show 242 in the serial number marked on the starboard side of its transom. Everyone carries sail numbers that correspond to the number marked on the hull.

I've gone back and forth with the owner on the New Buffalo boat but the cost of travel, transport and updating  make it cost prohibitive for me.  There is definitely an appeal to a fresh water only, never race stressed boat though.

Edited by Vance Newell - 25 April 2015 at 11:08am

I will call him today and find out the latest. Once I confirm that he still wants to sell this boat, I will put you in touch. By-the-way, this was a fresh water boat for almost its entire life coming from Ontario. The previous owner brought it to Vancouver, put it in the water for six months, and was not sufficiently careful with either managing his electricity, or changing the anode and the sail drive leg got a few cavities in it. I purchased the boat on behalf of someone else, fixed the leg, which was very minor compared to others I have done, and the owner I bought it for fixed up the boat, changed the rigging, and re-did the deck with Kiwi-grip. He then sold it on to the guy who now wants a larger boat. Name of boat is Grey Eric. We race against her occasionally, but I have not been on her since I first picked up the boat a couple of years ago, but I remember all the downstairs cushions and woodwork were in excellent condition.

Besides the money there is also the time! OMG the hours! I have put literally thousands of hours into Voila and I'm able to do it because I have the skill sets. However if one had to commit these old boats to a boatyard to get the things done to make it one's dream boat, at boat yard rates it would be in the 10's of thousands. Then I wonder what might have happened if I spent all those hours focused on gaining revenue instead of breaking my back. But working on these boats is so much fun, a don't dwell very long on the process. It is a labor of love issue.

http://www.sailboatforsale.info/898469/laser-28-sailboat-bonsall-12000/

Edited by Mike V - 26 April 2015 at 7:25am

Ha so I was was right (kinda) that there's 143 boats.

Mike V wrote: http://www.sailboatforsale.info/898469/laser-28-sailboat-bonsall-12000/ Found this one this morning. It looks like it has had the keel modified with a bulb attached to it.

Correction: Hull ID is in the middle of the number on the transom, not at the end.  For example mine reads:  ZIDX0240F787 so the 240 in the middle is the hull number.