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  1. J

    Am I Making the Right Call?

    I'm currently looking to upgrade my sailboat from a 23' Oday to something in the 27-30ft range. Mostly in order to share my boat with more friends, and go farther and faster on the water more comfortably. I recently came across a Tartan 3000 for sale for $5k. On paper it looked like a great deal...
  2. C

    What do you wish you'd known?

    I've dreamt of owning and sailing my own boat, and specifically a Catalina for the last 11 years. I was reasonably sure that the combination of life, finances, children, etc. were going to continue to cause that dream to be deferred for at least another 10 years, but last week a good friend of...
  3. Blackacre

    BVI Surveyor Recommendation

    I just put an offer in on a sailboat in the BVI's. I now need to settle on a surveyor to conduct a thorough pre purchase survey. I don't know the area very well but I was able to find the following websites. So far, no one has returned my calls or emails 4 days ago. Thanks in advance...
  4. R

    H380 Prepurchase Survey - Rudder Question

    I've had a survey performed on my H380 that I'm selling and the surveyor stated that the entire rudder sounded dead when he was percussion sounding it with a hammer (I was not within him when he sounded the rudder). I seem to recall a few years ago that there was a topic on here regarding the...