A Des Moines, Iowa man was the highest bidder on a 40'
luxury yacht on the online auction site eBay.
Jon Q. O'Nasses, says he was at the right time at the
right place and ready to make a deal, when he nabbed the luxury yacht for a
mere $4000. Yes, you read that right, $4000 U.S. Dollars for a 40' luxury yacht.
The ship, named Miss
Fortune, was placed for sale by its owner tarkington42, when he could no
longer afford the monthly marina slip rental fee of $350 per month. The yacht
is docked in Sarasota, Florida.
"I was so sad to let her go for that price,"
said tarkington, "but the marina rental was eating me alive, plus, the
boat needs a complete engine overhaul."
While the engine overhaul wasn't mentioned on the
description of the item as O'Nasses was bidding on it, he says he doesn't care
if the entire boat needs an overhaul.
"I had a cool $12,000 in my savings account," said
O'Nasses, "and I was willing to buy half the boat for half that amount. When
I saw this come on the auction block starting at $500, I couldn't believe my
eyes."
O'Nasses says he began bidding on the boat at 2 a.m. last
Friday, believing he was never going to get a yacht for $6000, but luck was on
his side and Miss Fortune turned his
luck around when he realized a week later, as the auction came to a close, that
he was the highest bidder at $4000.
Asked what a guy from Iowa is going to do with a yacht
moored in Sarasota, Florida, O'Nasses replied "Well, first I'm going to
fly down to Sarasota and check her out, then most likely, I'll start shopping
around for bids to fix the engine.
"Once she's fixed, I'm thinking maybe I'll hire
myself a seasoned caption and ask a couple of friends to accompany me on a trip
to the Bahamas. Then, if that works out, who knows? I might even consider
taking her across the ocean and bumming around the Greek islands for a few
months."
Upon hearing this, his wife Jackie rolled her eyes, and
told us, "He is a dreamer, a great big fat dreamer."
