I have no doubts that quite a majority of us have over the years purchased our preowned vessel via a “ broker” , our last purchased was
boat No 5 since 2002 , yes I know I keep looking for punishment 😖🤑.
We did buy a 2006 sailing
catamaran built by a reputable company , it being
Fountaine Pajot ( this is our second FP) , of course being a 2006 model one is to expect a few issues due to wear and tear , ours did not escape that and although the
surveyor gave her a clean bill of
health , there had been two major
water ingress into the main
salon , and the damages were still obvious .
Upon enquiring these issues with the
broker ( who advertises himself as a Naval architect ) we were assured that all had been repaired “ professionally “ under his supervision 👌👍😩😩😩🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
The rest is
history, we did
purchase the
boat and unfortunately, yes you guessed it , the
water leaks were still very present .
I have since undertaken the proper
repairs to these two major
leaks , it is rather unfortunate that I was totally mislead on this subject , but then again , brokers have only one concern , sell , sell , sell .
It is a shame but it is what it is , one cannot really trust the agent in charge of selling second hand goods , as although they are called “ preowned “ boats , it is a second , or some time third hand product .
A hard lesson learned.
Merry Xmas to you all .