LaBomba182 wrote:
Subject: I have a crazy wife
From: Eisboch


LaBomba182 wrote:

Subject: I have a crazy wife
From: Eisboch


Anything in particular we should watch for in the survey?


Just thought of something else. Find out what kind of transmission it has.
Parts for some of the old Borg Warners can be hard to impossible to get.

Capt. Bill


Thanks, Capt'.

This is great. I've got a good list going for the surveyor.

Eisboch


What kind of genset does it have?

Be sure to run it and go lay down in the aft cabin and see what you think about
the noise and vibration.

Is it a split berth lay out or a island bed?

Capt. Bill



Small genset (4 kw) no air conditioning. The genset is enclosed in a
sound box, but I have to wait for the survey to run it.

The forward cabin is a split V berth configuration.
The aft cabin has a double berth to starboard and a single to port.

Eisboch

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:36:39 -0500, Eisboch
wrote:

LaBomba182 wrote:
Subject: I have a crazy wife
From: Eisboch

I think this one has painted white window frames - I think they are
aluminum.


If they are aluminum take a good look at and in the window tracks. Check the
condition of the felting.

I went down and took a good look, (in the rain/sleet/snow).

The window frames are very thick and white - either painted wood or some
kind of very hard PVC or fiberglass. I really can't tell what the
material is as I only looked from outside the boat. The painted aluminum
I saw were screens that are attached to the port and starboard window
frames.

The door is definitely fiberglass with a gel coat.

It could be wood with epoxy paint coating. I've seen that done and
you can't tell the difference.

Well, in any case, I hope it works out for you guys. My wife has had
a hankering for a boat of this style, but I keep finding excuses to
avoid purchasing one. She wants to buy a floating house and I want a
a lean mean fishing machine. Like a Hatteras. Or a Cabo. Or one of
the new 37' Topaz boats which I have an increasing affection for.

Just can't see me in a Grand Banks - ain't my style. :)

Later,

Tom

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:36:39 -0500, Eisboch
wrote:


LaBomba182 wrote:

Subject: I have a crazy wife
From: Eisboch

I think this one has painted white window frames - I think they are
aluminum.


If they are aluminum take a good look at and in the window tracks. Check the
condition of the felting.

I went down and took a good look, (in the rain/sleet/snow).

The window frames are very thick and white - either painted wood or some
kind of very hard PVC or fiberglass. I really can't tell what the
material is as I only looked from outside the boat. The painted aluminum
I saw were screens that are attached to the port and starboard window
frames.

The door is definitely fiberglass with a gel coat.


It could be wood with epoxy paint coating. I've seen that done and
you can't tell the difference.

Well, in any case, I hope it works out for you guys. My wife has had
a hankering for a boat of this style, but I keep finding excuses to
avoid purchasing one. She wants to buy a floating house and I want a
a lean mean fishing machine. Like a Hatteras. Or a Cabo. Or one of
the new 37' Topaz boats which I have an increasing affection for.

Just can't see me in a Grand Banks - ain't my style. :)

Later,

Tom

If Mrs. E has her way, you won't see me in a Grand Banks either.

Eisboch

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 19:19:44 -0500, Eisboch
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:36:39 -0500, Eisboch
wrote:


LaBomba182 wrote:

Subject: I have a crazy wife
From: Eisboch

I think this one has painted white window frames - I think they are
aluminum.


If they are aluminum take a good look at and in the window tracks. Check the
condition of the felting.

I went down and took a good look, (in the rain/sleet/snow).

The window frames are very thick and white - either painted wood or some
kind of very hard PVC or fiberglass. I really can't tell what the
material is as I only looked from outside the boat. The painted aluminum
I saw were screens that are attached to the port and starboard window
frames.

The door is definitely fiberglass with a gel coat.


It could be wood with epoxy paint coating. I've seen that done and
you can't tell the difference.

Well, in any case, I hope it works out for you guys. My wife has had
a hankering for a boat of this style, but I keep finding excuses to
avoid purchasing one. She wants to buy a floating house and I want a
a lean mean fishing machine. Like a Hatteras. Or a Cabo. Or one of
the new 37' Topaz boats which I have an increasing affection for.

Just can't see me in a Grand Banks - ain't my style. :)

If Mrs. E has her way, you won't see me in a Grand Banks either.

ROTFL!!!!!

Later,

Tom

Subject: I have a crazy wife
From: Eisboch

The window frames are very thick and white

They're wood then.
Which in my opinion are better than the aluminum ones.

The door is definitely fiberglass with a gel coat.


Can't recall see one that wasn't on a GB. :-)

Capt. Bill

Subject: I have a crazy wife
From: Short Wave Sportfishing

Just can't see me in a Grand Banks - ain't my style. :)

Then you've never seen the GB sport fish model with 3208T CATs in it. :-)

Very rare. I think they only built 13 or so of them.
We have one in our charter fleet.

http://boat-charters.com/front.html

Take a look at "Raffles".

Capt. Bill

Subject: I have a crazy wife
From: Eisboch

If Mrs. E has her way, you won't see me in a Grand Banks either.

Eisboch

LOL

Capt. Bill

Subject: I have a crazy wife
From: Eisboch

Small genset (4 kw) no air conditioning.

Will you be cruising on it while in FL?

Capt. Bill

LaBomba182 wrote:
Subject: I have a crazy wife
From: Eisboch


Small genset (4 kw) no air conditioning.


Will you be cruising on it while in FL?

Capt. Bill


Very, very doubtful. I suspect it will used here in MA, mostly sitting
in the slip as a gathering place for the "girls" with an occasional
weekend trip to Martha's Vineyard, Cuttyhunk or Nantucket. Any cruising
in Florida will be on the Navigator.

I was thinking that you almost have to plan trips on this GB as if it
were a sailboat. The Cape Cod Canal is known for very strong currents -
as much as 7 kts or so as the tide changes. If she were to head north
towards Cape Cod Bay at the wrong time in the canal, she could end up
returning before she left.

BTW, thanks for the link ... I was wondering how you were so
knowledgeable about these boats.

Eisboch

Assume a seller lists his boat
with a broker and the broker presents an asking price offer from a
buyer. If the seller changes his mind to sell, is the broker due his
commission as if the boat sold?



You could make a case that if a broker brings a full price offer, without any
contingencies for financing, survey, etc, and the seller then said, "Sorry, but
I've decided to keep the boat after all," the broker would be due a commission.

The weasel out for the seller is that almost no offers are full price and
without contingencies. If the buyer offers 99% of asking price, there is
nothing that compells the seller to discount the boat 1% if he has changed his
mind about selling. Same with sea trial, survey, etc.
Nothing says the seller *must* allow you to sea trial or survey the boat. The
seller can say no to the discount, no to allowing a survey, no to accepting an
offer subject to finanacing, no to a sea trial, etc.