On 9 Aug 2006, "Boots Crofoot" wrote:

I am looking at this boat. It is a 1984 and in great shape.
Can anyone give me some views on this boat???

I agree with the person who summarized it as "slow and stable, the way
a proper cruiser should be" and with a "solid" hull, etc., but (alas!)
also with a cautionary that may be suggested by that poster's related
comment that" rainwater comes down the inside of the mast and always
ends up in the bilge" -- namely, that a dockmate who has one, and who
had believe it, too, was in "great shape" and who seemed otherwise
very pleased with the pleasurable and otherwise reliable use it had
provided on many cruises, learned (mostly by accident but, luckily,
before it was too late) that that intruding water of the sort referred
to apparently resulted in - anyway, he discovered - the corrosion to
the point of almost total degredation of the chainplates (not readily
visible behind the inside walls/furniture) which (putatively)
supported and attached the shrouds (seemingly) holding up the mast to
the hull.

Standing alone, this possiblity ought not be a reason not to make a
purchase, but (obviously!) it underscores the need for a very thorough
surveyor's inspection (unless, of course, you are looking at the
particular boat my dockmate had repaired/rebuilt in this respect).