Posted by Aaron Jackson (ajacks@…>)
Hello - I thought I might have found my first boat, a
Freedom 32, until I started looking at the boat closer and moving things. I’m
wondering if I’m being overly picky or not. The boat was built in 1984
and is on the market for 45K and appears to have some damage. I was wondering
if I should spend the money and have a survey done or just keep looking for
another boat. If you don’t mind, check out the pictures I took and let me
know what you think. http://home.comcast.net/~sailbums/boatpics.htm
Thank you,
-AJ
Posted by ajlorman (ajlorman@…>)
AJ:
I’m certainly not an expert in things marine, but I just bought a
Freedom 30 (my third boat) and I rejected a number of boats that were
in far better shape than the one you’re looking at. Money can fix
pretty much anything, so at the right price it might be worth buying,
but to me it looks like a pretty negelected boat. And this is just
what you can see.
Good luck.
Al Lorman
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Aaron Jackson”
<ajacks@m…> wrote:
Hello - I thought I might have found my first boat, a Freedom 32,
until
I started looking at the boat closer and moving things. I’m
wondering if
I’m being overly picky or not. The boat was built in 1984 and is on
the
market for 45K and appears to have some damage. I was wondering if I
should spend the money and have a survey done or just keep looking
for
another boat. If you don’t mind, check out the pictures I took and
let
me know what you think.
http://home.comcast.net/~sailbums/boatpics.htm
Thank you,
-AJ
Posted by Kevin Ogden (kcogden@…>)
Definitely looks like some hull repair job done stbd side of rudder post. Why all the expanding foam along the wet locker bulkhead border? In general bilge ares and chain locker a bit unkempt, but not too unusual. All in all for a 84 model, presumably well used, not in too bad nick, but should definitely spring for a surveyor. The F32 is a good boat. Hard to meet her qualities in many other designs (ease of use, space, access, etc…) Course I’m not biased…
----- Original Message -----
From: Aaron Jackson
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:23 PM
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] I thought I found my first freedom 32
Hello - I thought I might have found my first boat, a Freedom 32, until I started looking at the boat closer and moving things. I’m wondering if I’m being overly picky or not. The boat was built in 1984 and is on the market for 45K and appears to have some damage. I was wondering if I should spend the money and have a survey done or just keep looking for another boat. If you don’t mind, check out the pictures I took and let me know what you think. http://home.comcast.net/~sailbums/boatpics.htm
Thank you,
-AJ
Posted by Dave_Benjamin (dave_benjamin@…>)
What the heck is that orange stuff in the bilge?
The stress cracks are normal. It’s just the usual too thick gel-coat
Freedom used. Some of the AC wiring appears to be Romax. Big no-no on
a boat. No big deal to replace with proper stranded tinned wire. I
use Ancor Triplex wire for A/C. Makes for a neat tidy install.
The port transom appears to have been struck at some point.
The boat appears to be fairly well used.
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Aaron Jackson”
<ajacks@m…> wrote:
Hello - I thought I might have found my first boat, a Freedom 32,
until
I started looking at the boat closer and moving things. I’m
wondering if
I’m being overly picky or not. The boat was built in 1984 and is on
the
market for 45K and appears to have some damage. I was wondering if I
should spend the money and have a survey done or just keep looking
for
another boat. If you don’t mind, check out the pictures I took and
let
me know what you think.
http://home.comcast.net/~sailbums/boatpics.htm
Thank you,
-AJ
Posted by Aaron Jackson (ajacks@…>)
Thank you everyone for you help and
insight. I’m going to write off this F32 and find another one.
Thank you again.
-AJ
From: Dave_Benjamin
[mailto:dave_benjamin@…]
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004
10:12 PM
To:
freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Re: I
thought I found my first freedom 32
What the heck is that orange stuff in the bilge?
The stress cracks are normal. It’s just the usual
too thick gel-coat
Freedom used. Some of the AC wiring appears to be
Romax. Big no-no on
a boat. No big deal to replace with proper
stranded tinned wire. I
use Ancor Triplex wire for A/C. Makes for a neat
tidy install.
The port transom appears to have been struck at
some point.
The boat appears to be fairly well used.
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com,
“Aaron Jackson”
<ajacks@m…> wrote:
Hello - I thought I might have found my first
boat, a Freedom 32,
until
I started looking at the boat closer and
moving things. I’m
wondering if
I’m being overly picky or not. The boat was
built in 1984 and is on
the
market for 45K and appears to have some
damage. I was wondering if I
should spend the money and have a survey done
or just keep looking
for
another boat. If you don’t mind, check out
the pictures I took and
let
me know what you think.
http://home.comcast.net/~sailbums/boatpics.htm
Thank you,
-AJ
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