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Roger Long

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http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Strider0605.htm

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Roger Long

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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

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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
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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,