Anyone that might be interested in the Dean 365 above, I have researched this
boat and hopefully it is okay for me to share. This boat was purchased in St. Thomas several years ago by a
family from the
west coast. They have a YouTube channel named "Sailing by Faith" that tells their story. I saw it was
for sale last summer and tried to look at it but never got a response from the seller.
I saw it listed on Sailboat Listings this month and recognized it right away. I called the seller and tried to arrange a viewing.
Here is more of the back story I learned from the
current owner. It was left by the "By Faith" family
on the hard in Ft. Pierce Fl with a dead Starboard
motor. The boatyard rebuilt the
engine "for the 3rd time" and the family moved back to the
west coast.
The
current owner bought it for what is has it listed for. He says he fixed a few things and added new
electronics. Then put it back in the
water and sailed it to Kehma TX last summer. He claims he had no major issues but the Port
motor would cut off occasionally at low RMP. He has it in the
water in a marina there and lives near Ft Worth TX (5 hours away)
He says he does not have time to deal with getting a
survey done and expects to sell it with out one. I offered to set up with a local
surveyor that happens to live in the same marina, but he still says he does not have time to deal with that.
He took the add down and called me to tell me he could not spend time on it for a few weeks and would let me know when he was ready to
work on selling it again. Today I saw it listed again, no
phone call :-(
As much as I REALLY like the layout and the fact that I know some of the
history if the boat, I live 16hrs away and is too far away for me to take a chance on getting down there just to find out it is not actually worth the time and effort. If it was a few hours away I would jump on it anyway.