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Boat Shopping LIVE! With Andy & August
March 19, 2026 · 2h 33m · 369 views
Woman steering sailboat on sunlit open water
What this video covers
Andy Schell and August Sandberg review two boat listings live, working through a structured format they use for recurring "Boat Shopping" episodes.8:10 The first listing is a 1983 Ted Brewer custom one-off design, asking $35,000 on Craigslist — a private, non-broker sale.3:14 The boat shows high freeboard, a flat stern, a stern-hung rudder, and a double-spreader rig; construction material is unconfirmed but suspected steel. The seller bought it in 2012, lived aboard seven years, and cruised the full length of the Canadian West Coast including Haida Gwaii.18:09 Andy and August flag the $35,000 asking price as low for a claimed blue-water-ready 35-footer and note the sparse listing as a selling weakness.21:35 They discuss Ted Brewer's design philosophy — the "Brewer Bite" hull hollow to reduce wetted surface — and his production credits: the Whitby Boatworks 42, Brewer 44, and Gulfstar Yachts 50.9:16 A key point: with one-off custom designs, the original client's brief matters as much as the designer's reputation, since the builder executes what the customer asked for.16:34 The episode also covers how to evaluate private Craigslist-style listings versus broker listings, and why one-off boats can offer value precisely because they lack a recognized production market. A second listing is queued but not yet reviewed in this video.1:12:01
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