Hello, I looked at a used boat today and noticed one of the bottom ribs (as I called them) had a few gouges, there were small in length, about 1/2" x3 separate ones about the same size but the fiberglass hairs were showing. There was no signs of an impact, just looks like pieces of gel coat fell off. Of course the guy said he never noticed them but they were never a problem. How bad is that and what might entail fixing them. The only other thing I noticed was one of the exhaust manifolds had a crack and water was leaking out while he was running it. He was going to fix that before I picked it up in a week or two. My main concern was the hull.
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I would keep looking. There are lots of boats on the market.
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Where you see damage on the outside of the hull look on the inside for cracks. If you see a spiderweb of cracks the damage is the result of impact.
Jim McNeely
New Hope a 2004 Bayliner 305 Sunbridge Express Cruiser
Twin 5.7s with Bravo2 drives
Brighton, Michigan USA
MMSI # 367393410
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JimMc wrote:
I would keep looking. There are lots of boats on the market.
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Where you see damage on the outside of the hull look on the inside for cracks. If you see a spiderweb of cracks the damage is the result of impact.
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boatworkfl wrote:
A crack in the ex manifold may be a freeze issue, keep looking.
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briyoung wrote:
Other than those two issues the boat was in great shape. Oh what to do.........
I'd find someone who takes a little better care of his boat.
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And you are planning on getting a survey aren't you?
No offense intended but the level of your questions suggests you really need someone else to look at this boat for you.
You can spend the money having a professional appraiser tell you about this boat, or you can spend it having a professional appraiser tell you about a boat that appears fine to you. Either way, they know more about boats than you do now, or will learn online.
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Nikko wrote:
yep
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Keep looking - use this one to learn from (the easy way).
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