Hoping I can get some unbiased direction regarding a
boat that I am considering
purchasing.
Why am I attracted to this
boat?
1. I love
teak and the classics.
2. I'm not opposed to taking care of
teak as I find caring for
wood to be very satisfying.
3. This is a 35 footer which makes it a little tight but practically speaking it would not be a
live aboard. 35 feet would do for me as I also plan on
single handing quite a bit.
4. I also want a
blue water boat. Please, I'm not seeking to get into one of those far out discussions regarding the merits of
blue water vs. other types of sailboats.
5. The boat has a beautiful custom built hardtop covering the entire
cockpit with significant amounts of
solar plus space for more. Also has
davits.
6. It has all new standing
rigging plus all new chain plates.
7. It also has a brand new
paint job and
anti fouling paint.
8. Was re-powered with a
Yanmar 3 cylinder in 2005.
9. Super clean Boat
History report.
Now for my concerns:
1. The reason for the new
rigging is that it sustained a
dismasting in 2015 due to broken chain plates. But, that resulted in brand new chain plates a real plus. The new
mast is a
furling mast which wasn't in my plans but I thought, can't hurt can it?
2. Although this boat has a clean boat
history report turns out from some digging that I did that it had a
collision with another boat while on a
mooring. When I inquired I was told by the
Broker that it was "above the waterline and only surface damage". However when I walked up to the boat I could immediately make out where the damage was on the port side under the new paint. I knocked on the
hull in that area and could definitely hear significantly different sounds. The dark blue paint really shows up every imperfection.
3. I somehow thought Cheoy Lees had
Keel stepped masts but realized that its
deck stepped with a
compression post. I really want
keel stepped but please feel free to educate me on the pros and cons of
deck stepped with
compression post.
4.The deck is of course all teak and the
Broker claims that its solid
fiberglass below that even though Ive read that Cheoy Lees have
plywood decks. Plus there are soft spots.
5.Finally, yes finally, the sleeping arrangements are limited to a V birth only as the
current owner converted the rear quarter births into
storage.
I figured that if the
price is right I can replace the deck within my boat
buying budget.
I could also reconfigure the
interior.
I would also need to replace all instrumentation as everything is shot including the
Compass.
I'm just hung up on the
hull damage and the deck stepped mast. So here Ladies and gentlemen is my headache in a nutshell.
Would you even consider
buying this boat?
What wisdom can you share about this type of mast?
Any insights on acceptable levels of hull damage?
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long writeup.