Orginal Freedom 40

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Posted by Geoff (fraser54au@…>)

Hi all,

I am in Darwin Northern Territory and am looking at buying the
orginal Freedom 40. It was built in the early to mid 80`s. Can any
one give me any tips? They want 80K aus for it. It appears to be in
good condition.

Thanks

Geoff

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Posted by Dave_Benjamin (dave_benjamin@…>)

Sounds like a deal depending on the exchange rate. Isn’t 80K Aus
about 40K USD?

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Geoff” <fraser54au@y…>
wrote:

Hi all,

I am in Darwin Northern Territory and am looking at buying the
orginal Freedom 40. It was built in the early to mid 80`s. Can any
one give me any tips? They want 80K aus for it. It appears to be in
good condition.

Thanks

Geoff

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Posted by Michel Capel (mike_c_f35ck@…>)

Check the hull for blisters, check hull, deck and coachroof for wet
balsa core (drum with a hammer) and visually check the integrity of
the masts; also check for electrolytic corrosion of the masts under
the mast hardware and at the foot.

good luck,
Mike


— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Geoff” <fraser54au@y…>
wrote:

Hi all,

I am in Darwin Northern Territory and am looking at buying the
orginal Freedom 40. It was built in the early to mid 80`s. Can any
one give me any tips? They want 80K aus for it. It appears to be
in
good condition.

Thanks

Geoff

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Posted by svdownstream (SVDownstream@…>)

Hi,
If you can get an older F-40 for 80,000 Australian Dollar (50,000
Euros) it is a very good price, maybe too good. When I bought my
F-40 Hull #25, I looked at a number of early F-40s—pre 1980.
I had a survey done on each boat–expensive but
worth it. One surveyor sat down with me, at the end of the day
and said: “Do you really want to do this to yourself?” Another
surveyor said: "If this is what you want it is the best I have seen in
a long time—I bought that boat. Needless to say the price on the
two boats were 25,000 Euros apart. A good survey will tell you
what you need to know.

peter




In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Michel Capel”
<mike_c_f35ck@y…> wrote:

Check the hull for blisters, check hull, deck and coachroof for wet
balsa core (drum with a hammer) and visually check the integrity of
the masts; also check for electrolytic corrosion of the masts under
the mast hardware and at the foot.

good luck,
Mike

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Geoff” <fraser54au@y…>
wrote:

Hi all,

I am in Darwin Northern Territory and am looking at buying the
orginal Freedom 40. It was built in the early to mid 80`s. Can
any
one give me any tips? They want 80K aus for it. It appears to be
in
good condition.

Thanks

Geoff