Hi all,
Unless something major happens between now and Friday, we are the proud owners of our new home, a 2003
Beneteau 473! It’s the 2-cabin version and we are already obsessed with her.
The
purchase has been surprisingly smooth. We were planning on waiting until September to start looking, but while we were helping a friend painting the
hull of his
boat we found her. I guess that's Karma?
We were lucky to find a good buyer’s
broker and a great
surveyor (although time will tell of course!).
The only major changes recommended from the
survey was a new
water pump">raw
water pump, re-bed a couple of hatches, and replace the float switch for the
bilge pump. That doesn't sound bad!
Hopefully, we’ll start sailing our way back from Mystic, CN to Boston this summer.