If your budget has hard limits, I would suggest spending only half of
it on the purchase, no matter how good the survey and how good the
boat looks if the boat is over 10 - 15 years old.

OTOH I'm glad we didn't follow this rule because we would only have
bought half as much boat.

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Roger Long



wrote in message
...
At our club we have a sailboat like your and it owner like it a lot.
I am on the market for another sailboat.
I visited http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Boat2.htm and found it very
interesting.
I wonder if you could gave a picture of the financial implication in
purchasing your pre - owned sailboat like you did.
That is the purchased price along with all the refurbishing and
upgrading you have done to bring the sailboat to the stage it is
now.
The learning curve to know what to and how to fix and repair may be
hard to establish.
The idea is If I purchase a pre - owned sailboat how much should I
allocate for sprucing up the boat and make to necessary repair like
the stern tube and other things.
Over here the insurance companies do require a boat survey when the
boat is 20 years old. The surveyor gets pay a percentage of the
evaluated replacement value of the boat. Then the insurance
companies decide the premium to be paid.


"Roger Long" wrote in message
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I suggest you read this to start in order to get some idea of what
lies ahead and the intimidating economics of buying a used boat.

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Boat2.htm

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Roger Long



"Praxi" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi all,

I'm new to sailing and I would like to buy a (used) boat between
30-35".

I'm looking for something that I can spend a couple nights on, now
and
then, while on a trip; entertain my family, and friends, and maybe
live
there for a week or so.

Can someone give me some leads as to what to look for and what to
stay
away from?

Maybe recommend some boats (brand, material, year, model, etc.) to
look
for?

Thank you,