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03-04-2013, 16:39
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 29
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Boat buying checklist
Has anyone every created or come across a good spreadsheet/checklist to use while used boat shopping? Something that lists the main features/equipment/refits etc to look for when buying so as to keep track of what you've seen...pros/cons...and make good comparisons.
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03-04-2013, 16:57
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Crimea
Boat: Colin Archer 36', steel
Posts: 358
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Re: Boat buying checklist
Should be simple enough to do yourself. First you must decide what features are important to you. Fin Keel? Full keel? Centerboard? Fixed keel? You can categorize by components or areas of boat. Electrical. plumbing. standing rigging. engine, etc. It can be as simple or complex as you want. Anyway you get idea. Simply check off each boat as pro or con for each item. At end of first round you should be able to narrow to short list of candidates. Then you can browse owner group sites and forums for weaknesses and positives of short list candidates to further weight list. Until you have found the one that gives you best value based on your needs and price point. There is always going to be something compromised, unless you have bucks to custom build your dream vessel. Good luck with your hunt.
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03-04-2013, 19:10
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Nomad (often in Maine)
Boat: Norseman 447
Posts: 223
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Re: Boat buying checklist
We've got a spreadsheet we use to compare boats. But I don't think that's exactly what your looking for. I did post this up today along the same lines... but only touches on a few of the basics.
http://sailingsimplicity.com/best-fe...r-boat-part-i/
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04-04-2013, 05:53
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Living aboard and cruising
Boat: Island Packet 40
Posts: 276
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Re: Boat buying checklist
If you are planning to cruise on the boat, I suggest getting a copy of Beth Leonard's book "The Voyager's Handbook". It is a great resource for determining what to look for and what is important, and helps you think through the evaluation and decision-making process.
If you are new to cruising I would suggest you read this, as I believe that there are more things to think through than a generic checklist would provide.
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04-04-2013, 09:33
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 29
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Re: Boat buying checklist
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Originally Posted by benjiwoodboat
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Thanks! You guys are super inspirational but make me feel a bit lacking in comparison to all that you've done and are doing. I'll be sure to keep following you!
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04-04-2013, 09:48
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: Boat buying checklist
i first moved on board a project boat in 1990. i tried prior to that to make a listing of what i wanted for my ready to go boat....worked great until i saw the lines of my fist one--an olympian 34, pre-yorktown 1966 hank mckune product. bulletproof and sweeeeeeet with a lovely clipper bow-not the ugly newer ones...(i had been seeking a 1989 peterson designed morgan 44....and i was going to ciircumnavigate with a now ex-spouse)
as i continued thru life with lists for what to look for, since 1990, those lists have been ditched by something i LIKED.....
keep your lists and keep to them ...UNTIL you see that special one you fall over yourself to have. that is your perfect boat. fix, upgrade, and enjoy.
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04-04-2013, 09:54
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: near Lake Erie
Boat: 1984 Catalina 22, 2005 Carolina Skiff 24, 1989 BW Outrage 19, BW SS 15
Posts: 546
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Re: Boat buying checklist
Boat Owner:
Contact info:
Boat location and storage: moored, on the hard, docked, trailered, fresh or salt water history
Boat Type, Name, Designer
Year built
Price, how arrived, why selling, bottom line
Overall summary and condition:
Last survey:
Modifications:
Recent updates:
Work needed*:
Spares:
Sailing characteristics: to windward? wet? comfort? motion? stability? speed? light wind?
Hull: blisters, damage, epoxy, bottom paint, through hulls
Deck: condition, coring, soft spots, paint, nonskid, leaks, screwed in teak?
Deck/hull joint updated, leaking, repaired?
Cruising equipment: windvane, autopilot, SSB, chart plotter, spinnaker, storm jib, drogue, parachute, bimini, dodger, diesel, cockpit drains enlarged, last refit, radar, solar, battery bank, whisker pole, inverter
Engine room: access, halon, fuel tank access, corrosion, engine mounts, ventilation, blower, shaft, packing gland drip rate/repack, cutlass bearing
Electronics: depth, speed, GPS, chartplotter, VHF/AIS, antenna, portable VHF, wind, water temperature, radar
Standing rigging: age, how examined, salt water or fresh, forestay mods
Mast and boom corrosion? Change in rigging last date? Mast step reinforced?
Chainplates
Running rigging: age, condition, traveler, sheeting, lines to cockpit, single hand?
Winches: last rebuild, maintained?, single or dual speed, size, mounting, handles
Deck fittings- leaks, butyl or otherwise installed
Ground tackle: anchors, chain length and guage, rode length, rollers aft and bow, windlass, gaskets on chain locker or smells transmitted to Vberth?
Sails: inventory, age, type: storm jib, spinnaker, pole for genoa, sailcover condition, reef points, storm tactics
Reefing system
Roller furler
Cockpit: dodger, bimini, drains, lazarettes/storage, coamings, how wet under way
Brightwork and teak condition
Storm deck need raising or cockpit volume need reducing for offshore/pooping?
Tiller: spare, age
Rudder condition and age, linkage
Propulsion: diesel: shaft, prop, stuffing box, cutlass bearing, fuel age and stabilizer, engine mounts, cruise and top speed, maintenance, oil change record, compartment access/cleanliness/paint, cooling, filters age
Dinghy/storage/motor- oars, davits
Fuel tank need cleaning, replacement? Access
Storage and use history? Fresh or salt water?
Water tank size and condition
Sink: fresh, salt, pump, condition, odors?
Galley: stove, double sink, location, mods, electric or manual pumps
Table, dinette
Refrig, icebox
Head: compost or lavac? age, pump, privacy
Holding tank, how plumbed
Shower
Seacocks: age, type, color, condition,
Bookcase/storage
Interior: cushions, bulwarks, counter surface, leaks, leecloths, stains, hanging locker for clothes, storage for provisions
Floor
Bilges: dry, pumps manual and automatic, oil
V berth, leaks, smells, ventilation, lighting, cushions, comfort, noise
Ventilation
Hatches, dorade boxes, security, screens
Portlights- open, fixed, leaks, type, age, installation
Electrical system:breakers or fuse, age, rats nest, lighting, shore power cord, battery charging system, ac/dc, batteries, solar, inverter, wiring of sufficient guage
Batteries
Solar- location, charge controller, age, shading
Interior lighting
Running lights
Ballast, leveled at mooring, tender?
Rails, rub rails, stainless, fittings- checked for water infiltration
Pushpit, stanchions, lifelines
Safety gear: Coast Guard inspection, flares, life vests, throwing ring,
Cradle
Trailer
*No list is complete, and probably the "work needed" section should be an entire blank page or two.
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04-04-2013, 10:16
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Skagit City, WA
Posts: 25,477
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Re: Boat buying checklist
I have an Excel spreadsheet similar to what Azul shows above, but I think the OP is talking about boat features more than boat condition.............?
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04-04-2013, 10:49
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Armchair Bucketeer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 10,012
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Re: Boat buying checklist
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheechako
I have an Excel spreadsheet similar to what Azul shows above, but I think the OP is talking about boat features more than boat condition.............?
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I read the OP the other way around . for which the currently ongoing thread might be of help (albeit no spreadsheet has appeared - yet!):-
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...-101146-4.html
but if simply features and / or equipment then perhaps the spreadsheet in my sig below (cruising equipment list) is worth a look, at least as own starting point.
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04-04-2013, 10:53
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,492
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Re: Boat buying checklist
Quote:
Originally Posted by sarahjh22
Has anyone every created or come across a good spreadsheet/checklist to use while used boat shopping? Something that lists the main features/equipment/refits etc to look for when buying so as to keep track of what you've seen...pros/cons...and make good comparisons.
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Looks nice... check
Lots of teak... check
Quite sleak looking and nice and pointy at the front... check
OK, maybe not the best list but it's the one I used.
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04-04-2013, 11:24
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Skagit City, WA
Posts: 25,477
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Re: Boat buying checklist
you forgot "chick magnet?"... check....
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04-04-2013, 11:28
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,492
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Re: Boat buying checklist
I've been trying to find a chick magnet, so I can install one. So far, I can't find any at Defender or West Marine. Where do they sell them?
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04-04-2013, 11:33
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Skagit City, WA
Posts: 25,477
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Re: Boat buying checklist
You need the new neodymium style, far better I hear. Maybe check with an Oyster or Swan dealer......or better yet, more likely Donzi or Cigarrette!
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