Harry Krause wrote:

Make sure you have a surveyor check out the boat and especially check
out the deck. Tiara, I believe, used balsa as a deck underlay. Where
hardware fasteners pierce the fiberglass and balsa is a place for rot to
start, unless the "driller" applied epoxy to the side of the openings.

I've heard that too. So far the two I've looked at were rock solid. One
had nearly 3000 hours on the engines, Crusaders, which kept me away, the
other I'm still considering.

Tiaras, as you have been told, are solid boats. Try to find out about
gasoline consumption before you buy. You might be - horrified.

Yeah, it's something like .85MPG. Not exactly thrifty but most of where
I'll be running is within a half a tank, about 100 miles, so it's not
horrible. I've tried locating one with diesels but they are rather tough
to come by any that are reasonably new, say no older than 10 years.
--
Rob