Hi All, I'm contemplating a 1976 E27. I grew up sailing on Long Island Sound in boats up to 20' and for about 5 years I was on the Marine unit of a shoreline police department operating boats up to 35'. My skills with sailboats with power is almost zero. My skills at taking care of boats is minimal. This boat is for my wife and I to go out on weekends and afternoons during the week just to sail around. We don't want to race or go very far, just enjoy the water.
This particular boat is clean as a whistle, the owner's had it for about 7-8 years. There appears to be normal wear and tear for a boat that age topside. Below looks almost new. It has an Atomic 4 30 horsepower that's clean as well, no drips, stains, rust, etc. and runs real smooth. No damp smell down below, the bilge very clean. He just had the transmission pulled and rebuilt and just had a custom winter cover made. The owner's a minimalist and doesn't bother with the pressure water in the galley sink, the stove and the head has no holding tank because I believe this boat was built before the dumping rules.
This boat passed the drive up test, when my wife and I first took a look we couldn't believe the boat was that old. We went to take a second look a couple of days later and while we were walking down the dock we saw an older gentleman walking ahead of us. We knew the owner was older and my wife said wouldn't it be funny if he was the owner. Well.............he was. We introduced ourselves and then he told us about the boat for the next two hours. My wife believes in signs and she think this qualifies. We're getting the survey done on Friday and he's asking $11,900. Whaddya think?
MM
This particular boat is clean as a whistle, the owner's had it for about 7-8 years. There appears to be normal wear and tear for a boat that age topside. Below looks almost new. It has an Atomic 4 30 horsepower that's clean as well, no drips, stains, rust, etc. and runs real smooth. No damp smell down below, the bilge very clean. He just had the transmission pulled and rebuilt and just had a custom winter cover made. The owner's a minimalist and doesn't bother with the pressure water in the galley sink, the stove and the head has no holding tank because I believe this boat was built before the dumping rules.
This boat passed the drive up test, when my wife and I first took a look we couldn't believe the boat was that old. We went to take a second look a couple of days later and while we were walking down the dock we saw an older gentleman walking ahead of us. We knew the owner was older and my wife said wouldn't it be funny if he was the owner. Well.............he was. We introduced ourselves and then he told us about the boat for the next two hours. My wife believes in signs and she think this qualifies. We're getting the survey done on Friday and he's asking $11,900. Whaddya think?
MM
