Well we went and looked it over today. The broker was kind enough, to just let me and the wife go through the boat, without him hovering over us. I appreciated that, he just went back to the office and did what brokers do. Which I suspect is drink more coffee. He did mention, that he would give us a copy of the recent (Dec 2021) survey, when we where done snooping, my words not his. So after 1.5 hours of uninterupted, snooping these are the thoughts we walked away with. First impression, no sour mildewy smell, just a boat that has been closed up and needed airing out. Interior and exterior were in very nice condition, for a 36 year old trawler. Just wear and tear in areas I would expect. Engine room, clean and tidy, no diesel smell. Just typical engine room aroma. Pulled a floor cover in the engine room, found a small amount of water, less than a inch. Located a bilge pump, in the same area and gave the float a lift, nothing. I eventually found 4 bilge pumps, two did not work when lifting the float, none trigger an alarm. Don't know if that's normal, but seemed odd to me. Maybe I'm just the odd one. Anyway, met back up with the broker, he had a copy of the latest survey and disclosure, which he gave to us. On the drive home, the wife is reading some of the findings in the survey. I'm not going to post every bullet point in the survey, I wish to sleep sometime tonight. But my first impression after reading the survey, was this boat has electrical gremlins. Plus it has spawned new questions, I'll post in a different thread. My gut is telling me to keep looking and that what we are going to do.
TT, I looked for a builders or boat yard plaque. Did not find one, so your typo theory is still sound. Thanks for everyones input, the schooling continues.
