Shawn — am I correct in recalling you’re talking Canadian dollars? If so, $21500 CAD is around $16000 USD at today’s exchange rate. That’s a pretty low amount for a decent shape 35-foot C&C, even given its quirks.
— Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Apr 29, 2019, at 9:54 AM, Shawn Wright via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I'm glad to see such great dialog on this topic, and appreciate all the > varied responses. Someone on the C&C FB group posted a video from a race in > Ladysmith on Saturday, with only 3 boats braving the 25-40kn winds. I was > sitting on the 35-2 at the dock that day and felt her shudder under the > gusts. In the video I noticed how well the C&C 29 (mk2 I think) handled the > conditions, cutting cleanly through the waves, while another boat, in the > 32-35' range, with longer overhangs, was bobbing and hobby-horsing in the > small chop. Of course, the C&C easily outsailed the larger boat, and looking > far more comfortable doing it. > > My wife and I spent some time on the boat last night with plan to make a > final decision - we made a list of pros/cons for the boat, but still couldn't > make a final decision, except to agree that we both feel it is overpriced. > There are two many things that need attention before we can feel good about > this boat: > > Electrical - she had a dream that the boat had an electrical fire. I might > put this down to her fears, if I hadn't found the live battery cables for the > third battery bank sitting uninsulated - these cables making contact could > have easily started a fire. So I have to wonder what else is at risk. > > Cleaning - the boat is dirty inside and will require several days of > cleaning. It is tidy, but looks like it hasn't had a good deep clean in > years. The cushions may be original, and there is a musty boat smell which is > likely in the foam. The zippers are seized, so removing the covers (they are > otherwise in ok shape - oatmeal coloured fabric) may destroy them. The seat > backs are stapled in, so there is no good way to clean them aside from a > surface clean. So the old boat smell may not be easy to resolve, and new > cushions is several boat bucks I expect, even if we do some work ourselves. > > Interior condition - many holes in the ceiling liner, some of them filled > with epoxy leaving yellow stains which may be impossible to remove, even if I > can cover the holes. Most of the teak panels have some kind of holes or > damage in them, not horrible, but still detracts from the feel of the > interior. No water damage fortunately. > > So the boat is being hauled tomorrow (I paid for). I will call the owner > today to discuss, but I doubt he will be willing to make any concessions on > the deal, so that may be the end of it. If he is willing to drop the price to > $20K so I can put toward new electrical and cushion cleaning/repair, there is > a chance we would go ahead, but this still leaves a whole lot of work for me > to do in two weeks. > > I just keep hoping another suitable boat will come along to make it easier to > walk away from this one, but anything less than another 35 will seem like a > step down.
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