[Alberg30] #276 Bill & Mary Ann

[Henry Hilliard]

Bill,

I saw your posting below. I recently purchased Celeste #394 (spring 2002) and was interested to hear of your many upgrades.
My budget is pretty tight at present and am looking for used gear particularly a winch or two. Would you be interested in selling this gear (what condition are they in?) or other that is repairable/salvageable?

Regards,

Henry



                              
                               
                              From: Alberg 30 public list
                              Date: Sunday, March 02, 2003 11:17:13 AM
                              To: Alberg 30 public list
                              Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Request for Purchasing Advice
                               
                              Dave & Barbara--

                              Hi, Bill & Mary Ann Mahony here. We embarked on the same journey last
                              year about this time. As some of the others who have replied, we live on
                              the East Coast. However, when we were looking, there weren't many boats for
                              sale, so we actually wound up buying one we found up in Michigan through
                              Yachtworld.com.

                              Our boat, #276 had led a fairly sheltered life in fresh water, actually
                              in the same slip since she was originally purchased in 1967. We paid ~$14.5
                              for her, and then paid $1500 to have her shipped here to the bay. She
                              arrived as surveyed, generally in pretty good shape but essentially
                              original. Even though she was very sailable in her existing condition, we
                              elected to go ahead and upgrade/redo quite a few things on her once she
                              arrived. Most of the work that was essential we had the yard do as we are
                              novices to this sort of work, and candidly, I trusted the yard guys more
                              than myself when it came to things that kept the boat afloat ;-). We wound
                              up replacing all the original gatevalve seacocks and through hulls, dewiring
                              and rewiring the 30+ years of accessories that had been sort of jury rigged
                              into her. We also wound up replacing the spreaders, the companionway,
                              icebox and cockpit locker hatch (all were pretty rotted from age), several
                              of the portlights and the head, as well as redoing the bottom paint and
                              repainting the transom so we could rename her. We took advantage of some of
                              the lessons learned from this list, and had a holding tank installed, a new
                              manual bilge pump for the cockpit, and as I write this having new winches
                              installed. We also had some of her earlier "upgrades" redone--we added a
                              second aluminum plate for the mast support beam to the one already
                              installed, and replaced the battery recharger the earlier owners had
                              installed with a more efficient, modern unit. Ditto with the radio, etc.
                              All totaled, we put about ~$20K in yard work into her, not including the
                              work we've done ourselves--mostly below decks sanding, painting, varnishing.
                              We put new white laminate up over the wood bulkheads in the main saloon to
                              cover some of the holes left by accessories from earlier owners. We feel
                              she's come a significant way from when we first met her--we had the
                              advantage of a great boat yard and one of the members from the Assoc looking
                              out for her while she was being worked on (thanks Tom & Sheila, if you're
                              reading this!). The only thing left, and we'll just play it as it goes,
                              will be the decision to reengine or rebuild when her Atomic 4 decides to
                              retire. Knock on wood, the engine appears to be running well, so we hope to
                              get at least another season (our first) out of her before we have to make
                              that decision.

                              Find a good surveyor and they will be able to lay out not only the
                              status of your prospective boat, but they will make recommendations on what
                              needs to be done now, and what can be phased in to ease the beating on your
                              wallet. All of this is a long way of saying the advice of the others here
                              is very good--if someone has made a lot of recent improvements to the boat,
                              you will benefit as a seller can never really expect to get their investment
                              back.

                              Well, good luck, and welcome aboard!! Feel free to write with any
                              specific questions you might have.

                              Fair winds, Bill & Mary Ann
                              #276 "Mary Ann"




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