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limey156
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Initially Posted - 04/15/2010 :  07:00:31  Show Profile
this is just fwd of the pass through for the swing keel wire.... This is on the first boat i have looked at purchasing, and the boat I looked at tuesday night had a hairline crack in the same place. anyone else seen this? i couldnt find anything after searching the forums. I assume it could be re-fiberglassed for a few hundred? it looks as though maybe the boat was resting on the swing keel itself, in the stowed position....?
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 04/15/2010 :  09:33:12  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by limey156</i>
<br />...it looks as though maybe the boat was resting on the swing keel itself, in the stowed position....?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">That was my speculation in your earlier thread with the same picture... Questions:
1. Does it leak there when floating?
2. How far into the laminate does the crack go?
3. When you crank the keel up (it appears to be down a little in another photo), does that area flex?

I don't recall whether we discussed professional surveys in your earlier thread, but if you're really interested in this boat, a contingency in your offer should definitely be a survey. For about $350, you'll either (1) learn why you should walk/run away, (2) gain some bargaining points to re-negotiate the price, (3) identify some things the owner must fix before you'll go through with the deal, or (4) have a prioritized list of things to attend to after you buy her.

Many insurers require a survey to insure a boat that age, so you might as well let the survey work for you as well. If $350 sounds like a bad bet, the boat without a survey is a worse one. Remember, you're buying several tons of fiberglass and iron that nobody else might want to buy from you (especially if <i>they</i> survey it), and that'll be a bear to get rid of any other way.
Edited by - Dave Bristle on 04/15/2010 09:44:37
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