Chris:
Unless you are reasonably knowledgeable about sail boats, buying one
without a survey can be quite risky. Especially a boat with tarps over
the deck.there must be a reason for the tarps.
Nevertheless, even if you do buy this boat, or any other 15 year old
boat for that matter,
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Subject: Stus-List Possible offer on a 86' C MKIII - with photos/video
Hoping to get some perspective from the group on a boat I’m interested in. I’m
not a surveyor but I took some photos and video (in the link below) of a 86’
C MKIII I'm considering making an offer on. And would
The floorboards in the main cabin are new, the small one in the V-berth is
the original. The interior has had a pretty good makeover, but I'd lose the
crooked wine rack.
Jim Watts
Paradigm Shift
C 35 Mk III
Victoria, BC
On 30 March 2016 at 17:32, Graham Collins via CnC-List <
OK, so the windows likely have to be replaced or re-bedded. And the
tarp over the foredeck makes me expect that hatch leaks. Otherwise it
doesn't look too bad. The area around the mast is confusing, there
should be a glass / gelcoat surface there.
I do find it odd when people are selling
The biggest problem spot on the 35-3 is the mast step. If that is healthy,
everything else is gravy. (I jest). I took a small tapping hammer with me
when I went to look at our boat and did some basic sounding down in the
bilge.
It's not that hard to do a lot of the things that need doing, it just
Make no mistake this boat is going to be a project. There are some areas that
look lovingly restored. Others, well, not so much. I suspect everything,
repeat everything leaks. Whenever I see a tarp over a cabin I get nervous. If
the deck is sound it’s just a lot of removing fixtures,
Hoping to get some perspective from the group on a boat I’m interested in. I’m
not a surveyor but I took some photos and video (in the link below) of a 86’
C MKIII I'm considering making an offer on. And would really appreciate some
thoughts on it to save me the hassle of paying a surveyor if
