mattkab
Senior Member
Hello All.
Hoping to tap into the knowledge on this group -- I tried to search the archives on previously sunk boats, and while there were a few comments on it, I couldn't find a conversation on it.
I have two basic questions:
How to Identify a previously sunk boat
Obviously, everything is asked for personal reasons.... We are still looking for our next boat, and one of the boats in the area has had a ton of work done to it, much of it cosmetic. But the pictures of the genset (very rough) and engine room (single blurry pic) show that the mechanical condition is not great. Plus the upgrades include things like "all new electronics" and "rewired".
I do intend to drive up and take a look in a couple weeks, but was hoping to have a few specific things to look for. Of course, there will be a formal survey, haulout, etc before the purchase is finalized, but I'd rather catch big problems before spending real money on those things. And I'm also not sure that this vessel has sunk in the past -- it could have just been a normal refit.
Purchasing a sunk boat
Assume, now, that we do identify that the boat has sunk in the past, and that it occurred in salt water. Now what? Obviously repairs would range from simply drying out, to a complete rebuild -- and the truth is somewhere in between.
Also, for the sanity of the discussion, I think we should assume that if something is replaced, it's completely replaced and done well.
So what would need to be done for folks here to consider purchasing it?
Hoping to tap into the knowledge on this group -- I tried to search the archives on previously sunk boats, and while there were a few comments on it, I couldn't find a conversation on it.
I have two basic questions:
- How can you identify a previously sunk boat
- What work would need to be done for you to purchase
How to Identify a previously sunk boat
Obviously, everything is asked for personal reasons.... We are still looking for our next boat, and one of the boats in the area has had a ton of work done to it, much of it cosmetic. But the pictures of the genset (very rough) and engine room (single blurry pic) show that the mechanical condition is not great. Plus the upgrades include things like "all new electronics" and "rewired".
I do intend to drive up and take a look in a couple weeks, but was hoping to have a few specific things to look for. Of course, there will be a formal survey, haulout, etc before the purchase is finalized, but I'd rather catch big problems before spending real money on those things. And I'm also not sure that this vessel has sunk in the past -- it could have just been a normal refit.
Purchasing a sunk boat
Assume, now, that we do identify that the boat has sunk in the past, and that it occurred in salt water. Now what? Obviously repairs would range from simply drying out, to a complete rebuild -- and the truth is somewhere in between.
Also, for the sanity of the discussion, I think we should assume that if something is replaced, it's completely replaced and done well.
So what would need to be done for folks here to consider purchasing it?