markvone
Sustaining Member
I completed a pre-purchase survey of a 1981 Ericson 36 RH yesterday and all went as expected except for the following:
The keel is canted slightly to starboard, ~ 1 degree, very subtle but visible if you have a good eye. The lower aft corner of the foil appears to have a very slight twist to starboard. Inside: The forward face of the transverse TAFG stringer, just aft of the trailing edge of the keel has a short (~ 4" wide) open crack centered on the centerline, approx 1/4" high where the TAFG fwd vertical face meets the aft edge of the bilge/keel sump at a limber hole. The fwd keel bolt nut is compressed down into the glass for a portion of it's height. No sign of leakage or cracking through the lead/glass keel joint. The boat is a dealer owned trade-in and neither they nor the PO (since 1988) were aware of the issue. Issue was not noticed on many previous insurance surveys by PO. It's 100% certain the BIG HIT occurred in the first 8 years with the original owner (we're checking with him), so it's been 22 years or more since.
I have considerable leverage over the broker for all the obvious reasons and several more particular to this situation to negotiate an additional price reduction and then repair soon, later or not. Or I can walk (run?) away. Broker not likely to repair himself.
I'm interested in any and all opinions on the cost and difficulty of the repair.
Thanks! Mark
The keel is canted slightly to starboard, ~ 1 degree, very subtle but visible if you have a good eye. The lower aft corner of the foil appears to have a very slight twist to starboard. Inside: The forward face of the transverse TAFG stringer, just aft of the trailing edge of the keel has a short (~ 4" wide) open crack centered on the centerline, approx 1/4" high where the TAFG fwd vertical face meets the aft edge of the bilge/keel sump at a limber hole. The fwd keel bolt nut is compressed down into the glass for a portion of it's height. No sign of leakage or cracking through the lead/glass keel joint. The boat is a dealer owned trade-in and neither they nor the PO (since 1988) were aware of the issue. Issue was not noticed on many previous insurance surveys by PO. It's 100% certain the BIG HIT occurred in the first 8 years with the original owner (we're checking with him), so it's been 22 years or more since.
I have considerable leverage over the broker for all the obvious reasons and several more particular to this situation to negotiate an additional price reduction and then repair soon, later or not. Or I can walk (run?) away. Broker not likely to repair himself.
I'm interested in any and all opinions on the cost and difficulty of the repair.
Thanks! Mark