For what it's worth, the only reason we were able to realize our lifelong dream of owning a yacht (at least now and not in another 10 years) is because we were able to pick up on a 1996 336 that was impaled by a dock piling by Hurricane Opal in 1995 when less than one month old, and then thrown hard aground by Hurricane Ivan in 2004 with damage to the keel and foot. The previous owner got the boat at a salvage price in 1995 and repaired it, and then received an insurance settlement in 2004 and repaired the boat again. It all comes down to two things in my opinion - has the boat been flooded? And what are the quality of the repairs? In our case, she never took seawater inside as revealed by an inspection of the woodwork, locker interiors, and engine. And as for the quality of the repairs, the surveyor pretty much summed it up when he said "if you hadn't told me it was damamged and repaired, I'd have never known." Plus it's been 15 years since the first fix, and over five years since the second, so if the repair were poor quality, something would have most likely happened by now. Bottom line is we got the boat for about 40% of the market value in sail away condition and only showing average wear and tear. We're very happy!
okay what type of boat, and have you even looked at what your getting.