Gary G see.signature@bottom wrote:

I'm not a sail person but the principle of asking
for permission to by a boat seems quite odd to me.
Personally, I would have done much research and then
asked the group for confirmation or denigration of
what I decided.

I plan on doing this for a power boat in the future.
I will have lots of homework done before making a posting.

Either way, good sailing!

Thanks Gary. I didn't have a lot of time to do a research
because somebody else's offer just fell through last week.
There are also other people who are interested in this boat
and I don't see another Beneteau 473 with 3 cabins on the
market which is almost new and located on the West Coast.