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12-03-2013, 06:40 PM
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City: Hotel, CA
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!
Nice, salty little ship! 
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Craig
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled - Mark Twain
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12-03-2013, 07:15 PM
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City: englewood fl
Join Date: Dec 2013
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I kinda thought so also,,,now I have to decide whether it's worth driving 12 hrs to see
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12-03-2013, 07:34 PM
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Guru
City: St. Petersburg, Florida
Vessel Name: M/V Sherpa
Vessel Model: 24' Vashon Diesel Cruiser
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 598
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I am most impressed! That is indeed a trawler! Steel is one of the strongest materials you can use for a hull. Steel hulls have their own maintenance needs but the advancement of paints/coatings have made rust less of an issue than in the past. Galvanic corrosion is an important consideration; be sure to read-up on affective active and passive protection methods for steel hulls.
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― Larry Pardey, Cruising in Seraffyn
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12-03-2013, 07:39 PM
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Guru
City: Hotel, CA
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 8,323
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If distance is a problem one solution is to find a surveyor to do a walk through for a reduced fee with the understanding that you'll hire a full survey if you make a move on it. If he doesn't see any obvious problems go take a look. A respectable surveyor can tell if anything major and obvious is afoot rather quickly.
Magnify your 12 hour drive issue by cross country travel, air fare and hotel and you'll see why finding the right boat locally is such a money saver.
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Craig
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled - Mark Twain
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12-03-2013, 07:47 PM
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Senior Member
City: San Diego and Gabriola
Vessel Name: Skookum Maru
Vessel Model: Ed Monk design #1924
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 228
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I've seen that boat on the market for, what... at least a year, and at a low price, without moving. High likelihood of issues, I'd guess. So: What CPseudonym said about finding someone local to look at it for you.
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12-03-2013, 07:53 PM
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Guru
City: South FL
Vessel Name: Oliver
Vessel Model: Nordhavn 47 Hull# 12
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 3,607
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Reminds me of the Coot.
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Thanks, Oliver
M/V Oliver
Nordhavn 47 Hull #12
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12-03-2013, 07:58 PM
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Guru
City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,195
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Love it. Super neat trawler. An early Coot. Only question I see is the limited tankage. With paravanes and such, I'm surprised this wasn't part of long-range intention. Water maker and Electra-san help with long term anchorage though.
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"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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12-03-2013, 07:58 PM
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Veteran Member
City: englewood fl
Join Date: Dec 2013
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Thanks all for your insights...Greatly appreciated, This forum is da bomb! I am awaiting a response from my pop yachts rep about how low he is willing to go I figure mid 30s and I will stop on my way north for xmas and meet a surveyor there if I like it. I have yet to see such a clean boat in that price range...you can eat off the anchor! Thanks again all
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12-03-2013, 08:47 PM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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Yeah, it's certainly worth a good look. From all appearances here she looks well maintained. A complete little yacht. If I were interested, I would get over to take a look, or at least get a preliminary survey done. She looks priced pretty fairly.
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12-03-2013, 10:16 PM
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Guru
City: Bayfield, WI
Vessel Name: Gopher Broke
Vessel Model: Silverton 410 Sport Bridge
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 898
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I don't want to hijack the thread, but I've always been paranoid about custom builds. I see conversations here all the time that are made clear and easy because others own, or have owned, the same boat. It seems like a big risk to 'go it alone'. On the other hand, I've never owned anything large enough to have much of a custom market to choose from. Am I not thinking about this the right way?
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12-03-2013, 10:59 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,558
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vashon_Trawler
... Galvanic corrosion is an important consideration. ...
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The steel Coot has four zincs along the length of each side of the hull bottom as well one on the propeller hub and a couple on the rudder.
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12-03-2013, 11:04 PM
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Senior Member
City: Dayton, OH
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 206
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Wow, nice boat for that price, isn't it?
It has a 2" SS keel shoe, central vacuum, a new yet unused water maker, new video system installed, dry exhaust and the whole thing restored in '05! Spotlight, solar panel, toys everywhere, Arrgh!
(It seems like it is almost too good to be...)
Definitely worth a road trip to check it out. I can't get over the low ask..
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12-03-2013, 11:07 PM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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Rust inside the hull is just as important as rust outside the hull. The boat looks like it was built from plans, and she looks to float on her lines. A little more free board would be nice. I do like the dry stack exhaust and keel cooler. If she runs out right, she should be a great little coastal cruiser.
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12-03-2013, 11:14 PM
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Guru
City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,195
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Moonstruck
A little more free board would be nice.
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Hey, what the heck, Don. On that thing, you just weld on another foot of freeboard.
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Larry
"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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12-04-2013, 01:06 AM
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Guru
City: Adelaide
Vessel Name: Kokanee
Vessel Model: Cuddles 30 Pilot House Motor Sailer
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 3,215
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I love it! Great design, well fit out, and almost too good of a price.
The cost of the Lehman, generator, bow thruster, electronics, and paravanes would probably add up to more than the asking price.
I don't see the lowish freeboard as an issue due to the shallow gunwales and large scuppers.
I would expect to see some problems just because of the low price, but you never know.
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12-04-2013, 02:11 PM
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Guru
City: St. Lucie VILLAGE -NOT- Port St. Lucie!!!!!
Vessel Model: 15' Hobie Power Skiff w/90hp Yamaha-owned 28 years. Also a 2001 Bayliner 3788 that I took in trade
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Cute little thing, but key word is "little". This boat is only 30' LOD and 10.5' wide. Looks rather top heavy to me. I understand steel for the hull, but why the superstructure?
Personally if considering a little boat I would take a Doral 25'SE instead-because the layout is super spacious, having a nice double bed athwartship under the cockpit. The salon has a big dinette area that sit's 6, and the cockpit is gigantic, actually having more usable space (double helm seat, Lounge, and L-shaped seats with table) than many 45' boats. The single Volvo with Duo-prop backs straight and get's up and goes (40 mph) when you want it to, or is fuel efficient when planing at low speeds. I've taken one of these from Miami to Nassau and back in huge sea's (only other boats out there were over 80') and it rode em like a duck. Better yet, you can put it on a trailer or on a rack. Buy em all day now for $30k or less. Quality construction too. I like steel trawlers, but small one's equal high maintenance for the garnered slow speeds (waterline length) which doesn't cut it when one is against a strong current (like trying to come into Charleston against a Ebb tide!) or a squall pops up with 60 mph winds..I'd rather just put the balls to the wall and circumvent it. But if you want a cute boat- this little steel one is it.
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12-04-2013, 02:29 PM
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Senior Member
City: Palmetto Bay
Vessel Name: Sunshine
Vessel Model: Island Pilot DSe 12m Hybrid
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 268
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What a gem! No photos of the stateroom? Cruising speed?
Hire a surveyor skilled in steel. Keeping up with the exterior is straight-forward maintenance - but, if there's rot inside the hull hidden away under the motor, etc., very difficult to deal with.
Who designed her? Perhaps you can find a stability test out there somewhere? If not, it's not too difficult to perform.
Lovely boat!
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"Sunshine" - Island Pilot DSe 12m
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12-04-2013, 05:15 PM
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Senior Member
City: newfoundland
Vessel Name: E.E.S.
Vessel Model: 38' Northumberland
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 140
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Oh yes "Careb",
I had my eye on her for almost a year, tried to beat to owner down into my price range but he wouldn't budge, and the cost of getting her home was just too much for me, so VERY reluctantly I called the broker and backed out.
The only concern I had was her size, especially the narrow beam, I'm sure that's the only reason she hasn't sold, you could just squeeze a couple on the boat but there wouldn't be much room left even for occasional guests.
The owner has spent a pile of cash on the boat, there's hardly anything she doesn't have, and yes she does look at lot like a little "coot", Mark gave me some pointers to look out for earlier this year, we agreed she would look nice with a yellow house roof 
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12-04-2013, 05:40 PM
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Veteran Member
City: englewood fl
Join Date: Dec 2013
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