I quit keeping track off Touche's rewiring at $2500. :) I had a database to track all refurbishment spending. I was around $22K when I lost it to a hard drive failure. I never recovered it or tried to reconstruct it. Been much happier since then.
Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 11:02 AM rjcasciato--- via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Shawn, > I get the feeling that you are using this list of owners to support your > rationalization that you already made to buy this boat.... > Remember, if anything goes wrong, you can't use us to spread the blame... > > My position has always been that you should spend your time looking for > something else.... > > Just bite the bullet and walk away from this one......if your time to > repair is as under estimated as your cost to repair....this is not going to > go well. > E.g. rewiring my 38MKII 5 years ago...new panel, charger inverter, > rerouting wiring, and bringing the standards up to ABYC levels was was a > $7500 adventure.. > > So to be clear....it's sailing season....find another boat. > > Ron C. > > > Sent from Xfinity Connect Application > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: 2019-04-27 10:53:42 PM > Subject: Stus-List Cleaning epoxy off cabin liner > > Hi, > > The 35-2 we're still waffling on (!) has many holes in the ceiling liner, > and some have been filled with what appears to be epoxy, leaving a > yellowish residue around the hole. Is there any safe was to clean epoxy > residue off gelcoat without damaging it? One of the things that gives me > concern about this boat is the sheer number of holes drilled everywhere, in > both the teak and the liner. Some are done well, some not. Nearly every > teak panel has some kind of flaw, so the sheer amount of work to clean it > all up keeps dropping the boat into "project" category, even though pretty > much everything works, aside from a few lights. > > Aside from the amount of time I would spend fixing these things, I can't > help feeling that a project 35-2 should cost less than $22K CAD. But maybe > I'm wrong. I know the seller things it is worth this much because of the > upgrades, but the fact is most of these things are 15+ years old, giving > them little real value, since they could fail any day. A few things it > doesn't have, that I would like to add (I think) are a boom vang, move > mainsheet to the traveller, and lead halyard and reefling lines aft. These > are going to cost a bit, and many other boats already have these things > done. > > Of course, the electrical is a whole other can of worms, and will cost me > at least $500 - 1000 to resolve depending on where I make a panel and use > blade fuses+switches, or go with a bluesea breaker panel. > > So when I add these things up, I figure $18K is a more reasonable price > for the boat, and that's still ignoring the franken-engine watermaker > setup. Or the homemade solar arch with amateur SS welding. > > Oh, and I took a hose and sprayed the boat down today after the wind > finally eased a bit, forcing water all along the hull-deck joint, windows, > etc. No issues at hull-deck joint or chainplates, but two windows leak, in > addition to the forward hatch I knew about, and two of the dorades also > leak. Not a lot, but I also didn't hold the hose on it that long. > > Maybe we'll just buy it, sail it and see how it goes. Maybe I'll flip a > coin. I don't know... > -- > Shawn Wright > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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