My original plan was to sail Tallula over to France then enter the inland French waterways and bring her down to Southern Spain. But, I spotted a Elizabethan 29 going very cheaply on ebay and I won the auction.
The only problem was that I was in Spain and would soon have two boats with two lots of mooring fees to pay. The only photo's that I had were the ones on my phone. I needed to sell her quickly but, did not want to sell her too cheaply.
Coral Moon
I decided to do two listing on ebay to get as much interest as possible. I did an auction with a start bid of just £500 and a buy now with best offer of £2000. I also decided to add details about my blog so people could see what I had done with her.
Within day both listing had generated a lot of interest and I had received a number of acceptable offers that I decided to decline. The auction was going very well so I decided to remove the Buy it now listing.
It did not take long for the auction to go beyond the £2000 and the winning bid was for £2550 so I was very pleased but, she was in a bit of a mess and I needed to move my boat stuff from Tallula to Coral Moon.
It took me three car loads to clear my things of Tallula, The day the buyer decided to collect her I gave her a good clean and that took me most of the day. I had also forgot to start the engine and it had not been started for a couple of months.
To my delight the engine started first time from cold.
I had only just changed the belt.
The new owner come down to see her and take over the mooring he seemed to be pleased with her and I felt very sad to see her go.
Farewell Tallula
