Hello!
my name is Dan G - this is my first post to the
monohull section of this forum (i'm the guy from the "is this a Piver" thread in the
multihull forum)
at any rate - we've started looking at monohulls. I recently stumbled across a 1979
Cheoy Lee Perry
Ketch, which you can see here:
The Sailing Life (Portland, OR)
we recently made the drive to
Portland to check this
boat out, and for the most part she's gorgeous. at first, i was a little curious why the
price was so reasonable, and why she's been on the market for so long.
Here's the scoop:
the
broker gave us copies of two different surveys taken on this
boat, since it's been on the market. The first was from 2005, the 2nd was from march of this year.
in the first
survey, the masts were found to be rotten, and as such the owner purchased and installed new,
aluminum masts and
rigging. neat!
also mentioned in the first
survey was the following:
"during
haul out, the vessel was observed to be covered with
blisters less than 0.5 inches in diameter. examination of some
blisters found
delamination occurring below a barrier coating but not penetrating into the
hull of the vessel. it is not possible to determine if any of the blisters penetrate the
hull until the failed/blistered barrier coating is removed. percussion testing of the hull revealed no structural delaminations."
flash forward to the 2nd survey,
on the front page, it mentions "some blisters less than 1 inch in diameter"
however, further into the survey (page 7 ) it says "numerous osmotic blisters are found on the bottom of the hull. some approach or exceed 1 inch in diameter"
so...
it's hard to tell exactly what's going on down there. they appear to be growing in size, at any rate. aside from the blistering problem, i'm very excited about this boat - it's the right size, rig, and in decent enough shape that i would very much consider
buying it.
however - i'm worried about the blisters. how worried should i be? how long can this wait before it's a necessary fix? how much of a
project is this to fix (in terms of time, cost, etc)?
in short - is this a deal breaker? or something i can fix/live with for a while?
sorry this was so long winded.
advice is greatly appreciated!
-d