Walk away.
The composting heads should be a deal breaker alone.
The survey is nothing special. Just your average quoting ABBS CYA blah, blah for the most part.
Not all is lost either, he got to see the great white north in the middle of the winter. Some people spill that much on a weekend in Whistler.
Boatpoker, yes it was, I asked the surveyor for it recently and I did find out the current owner did buy it and did do some upgrades to do the loop, but its not worth double what he paid for it. Its listed in CAD so the price changes with the exchange rate.
The electrical is a rats nest and needs to be ripped out and redone. The current owner/ owners have added and spliced all kinds of crap all over the place.
Thats quite an insight from just a few paragraphs of a twenty page report.
By the way what are ABBS and CYA ?
500 hours different port to starboard and 2000 hours between listing and meters.Tuttouomo; said:...did you look closely at the salon windows? They look so much like residential house type sliders, maybe vinyl.
I think you're going to run into a little bit of a problem. This may not make very many people happy but I don't think you're going to find a really great 50 foot boat for $100,000 or thereabouts.
you might, with enough searching, if you are Johnny on the spot buy a great boat right as it's listed. I just honestly think that the boats in that price range in that size range are generally boats that are going to need some help.
I don't want to discourage you, and I think if you are willing to spend more money you can get a better maintained boat, or if you're willing to get a smaller boat for that money you can get a very good example.
7500 is getting up there,definitely a factor to consider despite the reputation for longevity. Mine at age 35 have 2200 hours, I hear of 10000-12000 hours, especially in charter boats which get more use and less cold starts.I am concerned about the high hours on the engines, over 7500 hours, but I am being continuously told that they are Lehmans so don't worry, they have many hours left in them.
What can I say, I'm pretty jaded when it comes to surveys and surveyors.
Mea culpa. Maybe.
She did have a list of requirements:
Europa style
NO V berth for master
Must have a full queen bed, that is accessible from both sides.
Must have a homely traditional feel
MUST be safe for young grand babies.
What Keven & psneeld said. Or, you can do what we did, look at the older, larger cruisers that need lots of work, slowly realize that we don't want to be working on a boat but cruising on a boat - so then move on to looking at the smaller Camanos & Prairie trawlers that are much newer, and then say eff it, we are gonna spend more than double what we originally wanted to spend, and get a new boat.or if you're willing to get a smaller boat for that money you can get a very good example. - Kevin
Better to go way smaller and enjoy cruising, so buy top condition in a much smaller boat. - psneeld
BoatPoker
Any leads would be grateful. I should have the mechanical survey back in a week so I will know how that turned out.
BandB, thanks for those and I will be setting some up some time to look at some of those close by.
Is yachtworld the best site to look for boats?