Hello all,
I am looking at buying an early Privilege 39 catamaran.
The vessel has two cracks in the cockpit deck, just where the "T"
shaped cockpit extends out from bridgework to the hulls.
The cracks are about 8" or 9" long and they are fairly deep, probably
through the skin of the foam core sandwich.
Same spot on each side.
I will of course have a surveyor inspect it and moisture meter the
surrounding deck.
I am trying determine whether these are from loads on the cockpit deck
or from flexing of the hull deck structure.
I would have expected to see some other signs if it were flex, like
some spider cracks in the transom or something, but so far I don't
see anything.
I am wondering if anyone has seen this on other cats.
Any general observations on where the older Privileges show their age
is also most welcome.
Thanks.
Russ

Make sure that you have a real good survey. I had a cat for 10 years
about year 8 the bridge deck showed signs delaminated. The entire
outer skin of the under side of the bridge deck and the foam core had
to be replaced. This was about a $10,000 job. The good thing is the
company stood by there boat and paid for the repairs. Another Cat I
know of had a bridge deck failure while sailing 40-50 miles off shore
in the Gulf of Mexico they had to be rescued by the Coast Guard and
lost the boat. I spoke to the owner afterward he said that he had some
of the same symptoms that I had had.

Thanks for the info.
Can I ask what company stands behind their work 8 years down the road?
Russ


On 4 Oct 2006 05:11:34 -0700, "
wrote:

Make sure that you have a real good survey. I had a cat for 10 years
about year 8 the bridge deck showed signs delaminated. The entire
outer skin of the under side of the bridge deck and the foam core had
to be replaced. This was about a $10,000 job. The good thing is the
company stood by there boat and paid for the repairs. Another Cat I
know of had a bridge deck failure while sailing 40-50 miles off shore
in the Gulf of Mexico they had to be rescued by the Coast Guard and
lost the boat. I spoke to the owner afterward he said that he had some
of the same symptoms that I had had.

PDQ
Russ Barron wrote:
Thanks for the info.
Can I ask what company stands behind their work 8 years down the road?
Russ


On 4 Oct 2006 05:11:34 -0700, "
wrote:

Make sure that you have a real good survey. I had a cat for 10 years
about year 8 the bridge deck showed signs delaminated. The entire
outer skin of the under side of the bridge deck and the foam core had
to be replaced. This was about a $10,000 job. The good thing is the
company stood by there boat and paid for the repairs. Another Cat I
know of had a bridge deck failure while sailing 40-50 miles off shore
in the Gulf of Mexico they had to be rescued by the Coast Guard and
lost the boat. I spoke to the owner afterward he said that he had some
of the same symptoms that I had had.

wrote:
PDQ

Russ Barron wrote:
Thanks for the info.
Can I ask what company stands behind their work 8 years down the road?
Russ


On 4 Oct 2006 05:11:34 -0700, "
wrote:

Make sure that you have a real good survey. I had a cat for 10 years
about year 8 the bridge deck showed signs delaminated. The entire
outer skin of the under side of the bridge deck and the foam core had
to be replaced. This was about a $10,000 job. The good thing is the
company stood by there boat and paid for the repairs. Another Cat I
know of had a bridge deck failure while sailing 40-50 miles off shore
in the Gulf of Mexico they had to be rescued by the Coast Guard and
lost the boat. I spoke to the owner afterward he said that he had some
of the same symptoms that I had had.

Friends of ours had a very old PDQ 36 (one of the first few made).
The company, upon hearing that they didn't have emergency tiller
ports, immediately shipped a few down to them in Annapolis. Gotta
like that (boat was about 10+ years old)

Evan Gatehouse