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Scraping Paint
Hello all.
To summarize, I own a power boat which I am considering trading for a Marine Trader trawler. The boat is floating and in running condition, but needs some cosmetic TLC. After doing some preliminary research, I've found what appears to be a previous broker listing for this boat.
I'm pretty good at investigative work, and through social media posts I know that this boat just transited the ICW from Florida To Galveston during the summer of 2017. Over 1020 miles were put on her by the previous owners. The current owner bought it in January 2018 for $12,000.
Seeing the previous condition, and now the current condition, makes me afraid that it ended up either sunk, or derelict, or both at some point in the recent past.
I will be inspecting the boat, with a mechanic later this afternoon, but what are some of the signs that I need to look for in this make/model boat? What were the weak areas in their manufacturing process that caused problems in later years?
This was the boat in (what I've gathered was 2011)
Marine Trader 32' Trawler for sale - Guatemala Yacht Broker - Rio Dulce
And this is the boat now.
https://houston.craigslist.org/boa/d/1980-marine-trader-trawler/6536255992.html
Thanks
Chris
To summarize, I own a power boat which I am considering trading for a Marine Trader trawler. The boat is floating and in running condition, but needs some cosmetic TLC. After doing some preliminary research, I've found what appears to be a previous broker listing for this boat.
I'm pretty good at investigative work, and through social media posts I know that this boat just transited the ICW from Florida To Galveston during the summer of 2017. Over 1020 miles were put on her by the previous owners. The current owner bought it in January 2018 for $12,000.
Seeing the previous condition, and now the current condition, makes me afraid that it ended up either sunk, or derelict, or both at some point in the recent past.
I will be inspecting the boat, with a mechanic later this afternoon, but what are some of the signs that I need to look for in this make/model boat? What were the weak areas in their manufacturing process that caused problems in later years?
This was the boat in (what I've gathered was 2011)
Marine Trader 32' Trawler for sale - Guatemala Yacht Broker - Rio Dulce
And this is the boat now.
https://houston.craigslist.org/boa/d/1980-marine-trader-trawler/6536255992.html
Thanks
Chris