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Forum: Our Community 12-08-2014, 01:18
Replies: 226
Views: 48,905
Posted By DumnMad
Re: I Wish I Never Bought This Boat

:thumb: Agree, the cost of moving from sailable to live-aboard and ocean ready for us was getting towards + 50%. But thats paying others to do the work :whistling: One sailor I know spent more on...
Forum: Our Community 16-02-2014, 15:03
Replies: 226
Views: 48,905
Posted By DumnMad
Re: I Wish I Never Bought This Boat

Good fibre glass & good ferro are low maintenance hulls but thats no use if he's going to have to blow the budget on the engine. Even upgrading the batteries & charging installation can cost $3,000.
Forum: Our Community 12-02-2014, 12:23
Replies: 226
Views: 48,905
Posted By DumnMad
Re: I Wish I Never Bought This Boat

The OP had trouble with his engine and thats what broke the bank. (Reconditioned the motor then got salt water into it if I remember correctly)
Plenty of good hulls out there for $3,000 but the...
Forum: Our Community 30-10-2012, 16:21
Replies: 226
Views: 48,905
Posted By DumnMad
Re: I Wish I Never Bought This Boat

:banghead: For the buyer one meaning for the seller another.
Yep a serviceable engine could be fit for use as spare parts:whistling:
Forum: Our Community 27-10-2012, 19:00
Replies: 226
Views: 48,905
Posted By DumnMad
Re: I Wish I Never Bought This Boat

:devil:"Serviceable":devil: Ha. Good word that. Doesn't mean it works - just that it can be serviced.
Forum: Our Community 27-10-2012, 17:26
Replies: 226
Views: 48,905
Posted By DumnMad
Re: I Wish I Never Bought This Boat

I think you need to spell out what is to be thoroughly checked by the surveyor and what you can do yourself. More thorough means more responsibility, more time and more cost. If you want to get a...
Forum: Our Community 24-10-2012, 21:06
Replies: 226
Views: 48,905
Posted By DumnMad
Re: I Wish I Never Bought This Boat

Salt water in the motor - very undoing but could also happen to a smaller and more expensive boat. I don't think size has much to do with it, just the disheartening cost.
Wish you a good...
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