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On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 07:44:45 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 3/18/2017 9:13 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:32:24 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 3/18/17 1:03 PM, True North wrote:
No survey allowed?
My buddy in the BVI says there are lots of boats available there at a good price.
Maybe I should sell mine and buy a sailboat down there to use as a cottage in the winter months.
Not only does my buddy have his 'Six Pack' skippers license but he also has a surveyors license which could come in handy if I was looking for a boat in that part of the Caribbean.

What you will get with a large boat of that vintage is an never-ending
list of serious, expensive repairs that need to be made.

That is pretty much true of boats in general if you do not do the
maintenance yourself. Older boats just have more stuff that will not
have a warranty and may have been ignored too long, perhaps years too
long. In that regard, I don't think I want an old boat from the
Caribbean. That is where old boats go to die.

First thing I did when Mrs.E bought the 80's vintage Grand Banks was to
have the service department at the marina replace every single through
hull fitting that was below the waterline. Not cheap.

A hole in the hull below the waterline sounds more like what you want
to do in a war to the other guy's boat ;-)
I suppose a couple are necessary with inboards but I don't like the
sound of it.
When I think of Caribbean boats I see old fishing guys cobbling up
parts from whatever is handy and usually using a Yamaha with a hole in
the ownership records and no serial number.

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