Countering.

After a long day yesterday of awaiting a response to our $16,500, it took a whole day to hear back from the owner because he is in Thailand. We woke up to a counter off email this morning. He said the wiring was redone on the boat while he has owned it plus a new genoa sail and there are lifelines and stanchions but they just aren't installed. So he countered at $22,500. After some debating this morning of what we would counter his counter with, we decided to go back with $20,000 final offer. Unfortunately because our money is in Canadian dollars and the exchange rate being what it is we have to pay another $700 to get our $20,000 (CAD) up to $20,000 (USD). Which is a pain considering we only have $20,000 (CAD) in our savings and we had hoped not to have to go into debt to purchase the boat and only use our PLC for the renovations on the boat. But I guess there is no point being petty, $500 here one way or another isn't going to break the bank I guess. So we,ll be waiting another day to hear if he accepts our counter, counter offer so by tomorrow morning we should know if we are boat owners. Next question is when we can get funds cleared, and get titles transferred, boat registered and brought up to Oak Harbor from Port Townsend. My biggest concern right now is having paid for the boat and leaving it at anchor in the harbor, where just six months ago it got lose and smashed into a crane causing $10,000 worth of damage. We figure it'll take 2 days to sail around Whidbey Island, and we have to arrange it with the tides and weather, with Marks off shift, with my mom being able to come down from Victoria to sit with the kids and with Josh (the sailor friend of the current owner who showed us the boat) who is going to help us sail it up. A lot of things need to line up, here's hoping for smooth transitions, Lord willing.