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11-05-2018, 08:37
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Minnesota
Boat: None
Posts: 30
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Honest reviews on this boat please!
Just found this and would love some feedback on if its as good a deal as he make it out to be!
Thank you in advance!
https://yucatan.craigslist.com.mx/bo...555024559.html
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11-05-2018, 08:51
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#2
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Edmonton/PNW
Boat: Hunter 386
Posts: 1,745
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
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Originally Posted by Danvrgs
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Well there is pictures of at least two different boats in there so...
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11-05-2018, 09:02
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#3
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Minnesota
Boat: None
Posts: 30
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
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Originally Posted by Macblaze
Well there is pictures of at least two different boats in there so...
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I did notice a few of the interior pics were different.. That should probably settle the whole question shouldn't it, lol
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11-05-2018, 09:10
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#4
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Bellingham
Boat: Outbound 44
Posts: 9,319
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
It's located in Yucatan, Panama. A non-existent place.
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12-05-2018, 08:34
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#5
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Chemainus BC
Boat: Camano 41
Posts: 286
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
I'll send you a deposit, oh I sent more than I should have, could you please refund the deposit and I'll send the right amount? Nice pictures of a couple different boats, but I do like the fully buttoned main feature.
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12-05-2018, 08:52
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#6
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: fl- various marinas
Boat: morgan O/I 33' sloop
Posts: 1,447
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
Sounds like a scam. If still interested ask for location and have a local confirm it's there and for sale.
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12-05-2018, 09:05
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#7
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: BC
Boat: O'Day 40
Posts: 1,083
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
Could be logical explanations for the discrepancies. If you're looking in this area for a boat anyway you should contact the seller and get more info.
I've seen beautiful ads for terrible boats and sloppy ads for good ones.
If this isn't your preferred area to buy then there are a lot of good buys out there.
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12-05-2018, 09:06
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#8
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2011
Location: St-Barthelemy Island, French West Indies
Boat: Ericson 34
Posts: 339
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
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Originally Posted by Danvrgs
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Hi! It's an excellent Dufour 35'. Very well built on the heavy side (6.3 metric tons). I had a small Dufour 27 back in 1974 that I sailed on lake Ontario before going offshore on a C&N 31/6 tons. I would take the 35 anywhere reasonnable (Forget the roaring 40° south!). Back then they didn't have osmosis problems. The layout is dated & I would consider that sailboat perfect for a couple. I would install an Hydrovane selfsteering for ocean passages since Hydrovane is a selfcontained rudder that allows you to lock the main rudder & doing so you gain very good broad reach & downwind longitudinal stability, something that fin keel & spade rudder configuration lacks. Remember that crossing ocean is often a 21 to 30 day downwind passage. Cheers !
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12-05-2018, 09:08
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#9
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Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Solent, England
Boat: Moody 31
Posts: 18,458
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
How odd, the photos have Kali Boat stamped on them and they are a yacht broker, in France. Doesn't seem to appear on there listing though.
Pete
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12-05-2018, 09:09
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 236
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
If it's for real, and you can get legitimate title with no liens, fines,duties etc outstanding, that is a hell of a deal. If you've the time, fly down, hire a local advogado/attorney and check it out.
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12-05-2018, 09:22
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#11
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: PORTUGAL
Posts: 30,616
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete7
How odd, the photos have Kali Boat stamped on them and they are a yacht broker, in France. Doesn't seem to appear on there listing though.
Pete
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Could be they are from the listing when he bought it.. saved to his laptop.. in which case theyre a few years old.. went to view a Cheoy Lee where the owner had had done that..
Thats not to say theres anything wrong with this one.
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12-05-2018, 09:44
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#12
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Dana Point, Ca.
Boat: olsen / ericson 34
Posts: 448
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
It is two different boats....misrepresentation.... for me, when things do not start of right at the beginning, they do not improve. I do not proceed.
Long way to panama
Any money sent could be a problem
NEVER BUY A BOAT without seeing it in person, doing a full on personal inspection by myself, and of course a professional surveyor picked by you.
Also, I would take it out for a full on sea trial, and sail that boat, check out the running rigging , lines sails, anchor, reefing, roller snarler, does the main fit the boat.
How about leaking hatches or seams.
Check out all systems, engine, engine room, rudder, prop and propshaft, transmission , all electrical, cabin lights, running lights, anchor light, steaming light. Batteries and charging, all belts and filters and pumps. head system, fresh water tanks, and fittings and pump, GPS, VHF, auto pilot.
Below the water line as well.
All lines, running rigging, sheets, traveler , halyards, and hardware.
The list goes on and on.
That is how I would approach purchasing a boat. And one in a foreign, and any clouds on the title, and is the title even authentic.
There are a lot of things to think about when purchasing a boat.
I have been sailing professionally a long, long time, as well as for fun, on many, many different vessels as skipper. On older boats, the list of descrpancies , serious and minor can be quite long.
You are totally free to do as you wish, but something is not right from jump street. IMHO.
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12-05-2018, 09:55
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#13
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: ashore in So Calif.
Boat: No more boat (my medical, not the boat's)
Posts: 1,453
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
Why would the listing say the buyer's location is important, but state a strange and probably non-existent location for the seller? Scam clue one, which is enough to provide an alert. More and even stronger clues mentioned by others in earlier posts. If you decide to proceed, the choice is yours, but extreme caution and and no deposit policy recommended at all stages, including verification of any title.
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12-05-2018, 11:11
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#14
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Florida
Boat: Symbol Pilot House 52
Posts: 126
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
I like the one with the prettier curtains- not the striped ones.
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12-05-2018, 13:18
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#15
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Minnesota
Boat: None
Posts: 30
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Re: Honest reviews on this boat please!
lol, right.. I've talked to the gentlemen selling it and he's certainly a bit of a "fast talker" Assuming he used pics of another boat for some reason.. maybe cause he didn't have any additional on hand. There is a bit off a language barrier and using WhatsApp can be challenging..
I get the feeling he's legit but also hiding something. I asked him if he had done a survey and didn't get an answer.. He basically says it's such a good deal and getting a survey done in Panama is expensive.
Worth checking out? I suppose you never know till you see it in person
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