I can't even count how much money I've spent in my 2 years of ownership thus far. I don't really want to know to be honest! But at this point I have a boat that's pretty well sorted.
That said, a boat ... well, it's not a sound financial decision no matter how you look at it so go nuts! Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Marek Dziedzic <dziedzi...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Mark, > > I add my voice to the chorus recommending a survey. > > I know how it feels when you are spending over $20k on a boat and suddenly > everyone starts asking for $200 here and $500 there (I bought a new(er) > boat last year). But that $600 will be money well spent. It will either > show that most of the things are fine (and you will be happy about it) or > it will unearth some major problems and you will be happy to walk away. You > win, either way. > > Having gone through the steps over the last 12 months I suggest you > include in your calculations additional $5-7k for various repairs and > additions: > > - a few $k ($2-3k) for the bottom repairs (unless you can do it yourself) > - another $1-2k for instruments > - about $2-3k for the new sails > - additional $1k for miscellaneous additions, repairs, supplies, spares > etc. > > Not all of the above has to happen at once, but plan for it (we can talk > in a year how this worked out for you). > > Good luck and congratulations > > Marek (in Ottawa) > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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