One must bear in mind that a marine surveyor is only responsible for what he
can see.
The hidden defect and fibreglass rot are not always detected. A good
example is the stern rubber hose connecting the boat hull to the shaft. If
this hose lets go water start to get into the boat very quickly. The same
thing applies to the exhaust hoses. These hoses are hard to reach and a
visual check is not good, you have to reach them and strongly feel them all
around top and bottom. On some boat you can not reach them at all. Last
year my friend boat checked his hoses and he stated that the hoses look
pretty good. I replied, impossible, not after 23 years of service. We took
the hoses out. Yes, the hoses were rotten and were replaced with the new
approved hoses.

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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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
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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,