fault_tolerance
Veteran Member
Greetings! I posted a little while back about being new to the forum and that my father and I were in the market for a 45 - 55 ft boat, and that we had our eyes on one. Original thread Original post here.
Fast forward to now, where we've taken ownership as of 5/8. Here's the boat listing for those who asked. It's a solid boat with a lot of great qualities. In my thread I mentioned how I felt the broker was being shady and we were unsure if we wanted to move forward with an offer. Well, I was wrong. After communicating with the previous owners via email back and forth, and hearing from the others who have serviced the boat, we quickly learned that the previous owners were quite a handful. (Respectfully, the boat had a lot of sentimental value as it had been in their family for 30 years.) We now know that there was a lot of behind the scenes dynamics that the broker did a great job of doing of navigating, and doing what he felt was best for both parties. We provided the broker with our 'wants' and 'would be nice to haves' and he provided a boat that fit the bill.
We've made one short run from Pleasant Harbor to Port Townsend (roughly 5ish hours) where we currently have the boat on the hard as we sand and repaint the bottom. We were fortunate enough that the previous owner had a project scheduled with the electrician (to install a new Victron inverter) - and she was fabulous about making sure we totally understood all of the systems. She even allowed us to perform some of the work to save on labor! The engine mechanic has also been around and super helpful. Everyone supporting us has been really patient.
As with any boat, we have some repairs to make, but we're excited for this endeavor and are excited to make it 'ours'.
We've meet some really great people already and even meet the current owners of "the sibling" of this boat (one of the 5 OA's that were stretched and repowered at the same time). Thanks for everyone's support!
Fast forward to now, where we've taken ownership as of 5/8. Here's the boat listing for those who asked. It's a solid boat with a lot of great qualities. In my thread I mentioned how I felt the broker was being shady and we were unsure if we wanted to move forward with an offer. Well, I was wrong. After communicating with the previous owners via email back and forth, and hearing from the others who have serviced the boat, we quickly learned that the previous owners were quite a handful. (Respectfully, the boat had a lot of sentimental value as it had been in their family for 30 years.) We now know that there was a lot of behind the scenes dynamics that the broker did a great job of doing of navigating, and doing what he felt was best for both parties. We provided the broker with our 'wants' and 'would be nice to haves' and he provided a boat that fit the bill.
We've made one short run from Pleasant Harbor to Port Townsend (roughly 5ish hours) where we currently have the boat on the hard as we sand and repaint the bottom. We were fortunate enough that the previous owner had a project scheduled with the electrician (to install a new Victron inverter) - and she was fabulous about making sure we totally understood all of the systems. She even allowed us to perform some of the work to save on labor! The engine mechanic has also been around and super helpful. Everyone supporting us has been really patient.
As with any boat, we have some repairs to make, but we're excited for this endeavor and are excited to make it 'ours'.
We've meet some really great people already and even meet the current owners of "the sibling" of this boat (one of the 5 OA's that were stretched and repowered at the same time). Thanks for everyone's support!
