Greeting's I own a
San Juan 30 a Half Tonner I bought in Kind of the same condition you are looking at I paid 2000 for mine was missing the
engine the inboard It had a
outboard mounted on it. The
interior was completely gutted so I was checking on all the other things that I would have to
repair. first thing I looked at was the condition of the
sails were they in good shape or bad. I found them all to be in excellent shape. next was the
Rigging what shape was it in He showed the receipts For all new
rigging 8000 dollars worth done 4years prior. Was in excellent shape.12 So I checked it out ran the
outboard check the
fuel tank checked the holding
tanks water a new bladder was installed 1 year prior as well. Bottom was full of mussels and kelp so I also had to fig on
haul out cost so every checked
deck softness
hull damage I did the hual out at my expense Just for my soundness to visual know. Well after
cleaning it and having a pro look it over it had never ever hit bottom the
keel skid had no scratches at all not even a ding so I figured all the costs to redo all
wiring install all new
interior new foam were the seacocks in good shape and in working order. so after 3 days of fully checking everything from bow to stern this Boat was in awesome shape for a 30+ year old boat also I check other's listing for one fully complete but not in as good of shape as the one that was gutted rigging on all others was in need of replacement as well as
Sails a new
Jib 150 was 2900+ and the main was over 3k so I thought I am going to buy this one due all the things needed new electronics' that this one new never had it came with a
compass and that's it. A lot of figuring for every cost you have to keep in mind the
jib hardware on the track are 200 each what shape are they in. I put 15000 worth of material to make the interior as comfortable as I possibility could My wife had to go onboard and you know
women they want it nice. I spent 3700 for an
engine 1000 for the
hull cleaned and painted new lines for the
Furler witch was in excellent condition by the way and after all being spent I now have a great Boat I mean a really great boat so ask your self this question do you want to spend a whole Summer repairing a boat to your standards are buy one all put together with still thing you will replace. Think about that it looks like in the pic's on ebay it is going to need a lot of
work I have a friend selling a 21 foot sj complete for 2k with an engine and great rigging as well and Clean But I do have to tell you I had a great time refitting my Boat and it gets so many complements on my interior I made it My Sailing Vessel not someone else's Electronic's are expensive and a good
Vhf will run you 300+ mine has it all it has taken a few years to get everything but Baby steps auto pilot will run 600+ I wish you good luck on what ever you choose But is the old term what my friends say BOAT bank on another Thousand I have to pay Moorage fee's as well witch is 220 per month even though I live right on the
water Mooring Buoy is not allowed so in
seattle I was paying for a 34' slip 409 per month I got a new home up north where I have a private
dock 50 feet so my dingy has a place as well. Think about what is needed and what the costs are to replace and can you do it or will you have to pay to have it done Good Sailing Let the
wind Blow your hair and keep you safe.
Jack S/V UsCa San Juan 30