Saba 50: Advice Request: What Should I Focus on at Survey

[vdavena]

Hello All Saba 50 Owners,

We're in the process of purchasing a Saba 50 and about to conduct a pre-survey inspection.

From all accounts this boat appears to be in good shape, but we still plan to giver her a detailed once over during the personal inspection.

If you would please, we'd appreciate any advice, thoughts, or areas of focus that you'd recommend we pay attention to during our review. We're experienced boat owners, and know every boat has its "thing" or two to pay attention to and were hoping for as much advice as is possible.

Thanks in advance.

[CaptainRivet]

Originally Posted by vdavena

Hello All Saba 50 Owners,

We're in the process of purchasing a Saba 50 and about to conduct a pre-survey inspection.

From all accounts this boat appears to be in good shape, but we still plan to giver her a detailed once over during the personal inspection.

If you would please, we'd appreciate any advice, thoughts, or areas of focus that you'd recommend we pay attention to during our review. We're experienced boat owners, and know every boat has its "thing" or two to pay attention to and were hoping for as much advice as is possible.

Thanks in advance.

The rig on Saba is definitely on the small side for this vessel. As i told you i delivered sanoa and its the same vessel from the same molds just cut 3ft off but rig etc is all the same rhen on saba and it was already the 2nd biggest source of trouble but the most severe one on the sanoa...they improved it by going a size up. The main came down as the top of the mast and the hardware couldn't handle the forces of 25kn and up. We got a new upgraded
mast and rig in gran canaria by FP because of these issues.
The original sails and cut is cheapest ****, so if they are old good. replace them with properly cut good quality dacron...more doesn't make sense as hull shape and weight limit you further.
You also need reacher and good downwind sails (a parasailor would do both but some effort to rig and it must be huge for this weight and size (around 180-230sqm) as the shrouds come so far back that you cannot put the boom further out then for 120-130degress sailing, more and the main is scaffing on the shrouds and won't survive long. Also its quite undercanvased.
What will give you constant and expensive issues is the motorized lifting platform if it should have one. On Sanoa it showed already severe corrosion and wear after 3 month we delivered it and it wasn't used much as you doing when normal cruising. Already repaired it 3 times during the 3 month delivery. It also adds a lot of weight far rear...

[JPA Cate]

Here's a link: https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...1-a-78671.html

It is pretty general, and not specific to the Saba 50, but it will give you a grounding in thinking that may be quite helpful.

Ann

[vdavena]

Thank you Captain and Cate, really appreciate the feedback!

[boatpoker]

Originally Posted by vdavena

Hello All Saba 50 Owners,

We're in the process of purchasing a Saba 50 and about to conduct a pre-survey inspection.

Perhaps this will help ... Marine Survey 101, pre-survey inspection

[vdavena]

Yes, thanks the 101 Survey article is a great one!

[Iara]

We purchased our Saba 50 last July and love her! We did, however, survey 2 other boats which turned out to be in poor shape for the price. Some things might not be checked by your surveyor, like looking behind interior panels to see where the chainplates are attached on the inside. One boat we surveyed had penetration through the chainplate bolts. (That boat is still for sale) Do a thorough inspection of the electrical systems. Are there a ton of add-ons? Are they properly fused? Was the system converted to 110v? did they size the new wiring properly? Was the gas converted from Butane to Propane? Was a solenoid shut-off also installed? These are just the things which seem to pop up on all Saba 50 surveys, in addition to all the standard stuff, blistering, deamination, through hull corrosion etc. Good luck, and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any other questions.