Let me take off that whoever owns this
boat knows nothing about tlc. The boat looks super dirty.
The
keel situation does not look anything far from similar designs. In earlier Allegros (built by Acva) there were 11 pairs of bolts with nuts in the pockets of the ballast under the boat. Basically indestructible as this was designed to take rocky ground at small speeds. The gap has to be cleaned very well, dense
epoxy putty injected. The forward bolts (I think 2 pairs) slightly tensioned. To tension them, you empty the pockets. And sure the boat is on dry and supported on the ballast slab.
If the ballast slab is very rusty only blast
sanding and
epoxy work save you from quite some
maintenance chore every time on dry.
I hope you have inspected the ballast bolts which are all visible in the
bilge - these should be pristine. They are easy to replace BUT this is a major job - time,
money, effort wise. Finding quality bolts of the right length and dia is difficult.
The
plywood forward is probably just and overlay. There should be a proper grp bulkhead underneath. The extra stay is and add on and not done too well at all. Replace the
wood. Use proper
marine ply and saturate it in epoxy prior to fitting.
The small
water intrusion on the main bulkhead looks a minor glitch BUT you want to find where this
water came from - most likely from the chainplates area (these are close to the bulkhead). This
plywood is expected to be quality
marine grade so do not worry if there is just a small blackened area - open, dry, pry a pin, saturate).
The
fuel tap ... no comment. If the rest of the
engine / systems look like this ... skip the boat.
Our boat is much older, sailed possibly more sea miles. Looks nearly new ban some love scars.
People who owned the boat damaged her. Do not pay 28k nor anything too close to this. The design is worthy but this sample looks very very worn out.
Expect everything to be repairable - just ask yourself if you have the time, the energy and the
money to be the one who fixes her. Fixing up
boats and sailing
boats are two different pastimes.
a new
engine 7k,
new
sails 3k,
new
rigging 2k,
a good paintwork 2k,
new
cushions ?,
new woodwork ?,
new pumps ?,
new electrics ? ...
etc.
Add up. Think. Do not jump.
Thanks for the write up and the pictures!
Standby,
barnakiel