When I went to purchased my boat it was on the hard, I noticed the floor pushing up .I talked to the lift operator who has lifted thousands of boats and told me he noticed the keel pushed up like a 1/2 inch when sitting it on the hard , he also told me there were a couple of others in the yard where he has seen this too, one being a Jeanneau.
I hired a surveyor to inspect it with me along with 2 boat yards , we all came to the conclusion the matrix had/was separating. I got my deposit back and walked away. 6 months goes by the owner calls me and tells me it is in the shop being fixed and if I was still interested go in look at it and talk to yacht builder doing the repair. I did offered him a lower price as the season was almost over and bought the boat.
The test after repair in the travel lift the full weight of the boat was placed on the keel with no flexing inside or out.
The matrix and glue holds in the middle because of the keel bolts and separates either side front and back like a crack in glass slowly getting worse. So when you buy a boat you want the full weight of the boat on the keel with the boat balancing in the lift. Two others different beneteau models had floor flexing up on the hard , had a pan cut out and sure enough glue had popped. The owner of my boat sailed it for 2 years like this, how many others are out there that have separated and don't get taken out and checked?
I hired a surveyor to inspect it with me along with 2 boat yards , we all came to the conclusion the matrix had/was separating. I got my deposit back and walked away. 6 months goes by the owner calls me and tells me it is in the shop being fixed and if I was still interested go in look at it and talk to yacht builder doing the repair. I did offered him a lower price as the season was almost over and bought the boat.
The test after repair in the travel lift the full weight of the boat was placed on the keel with no flexing inside or out.
The matrix and glue holds in the middle because of the keel bolts and separates either side front and back like a crack in glass slowly getting worse. So when you buy a boat you want the full weight of the boat on the keel with the boat balancing in the lift. Two others different beneteau models had floor flexing up on the hard , had a pan cut out and sure enough glue had popped. The owner of my boat sailed it for 2 years like this, how many others are out there that have separated and don't get taken out and checked?