[Alberg30] Request for Purchasing Advice

[Bill]

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"


----- Original Message -----
From: "David and Barbara Cooke" <dbcooke at shaw.ca>
To: <Public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 1:59 PM
Subject: [Alberg30] Request for Purchasing Advice


> Hello;
>
> I am new to this list as of today. Since the days, about 30 years ago when
I
> was a teenager and avid sailor, I have always loved the lines of the
Alberg
> 30.  I vowed back then that if I ever were to be able to afford to buy a
> boat it would be none other than an Alberg 30.  I have recently finally
got
> myself in a position where I can seriously start Alberg shopping.
>
> I was wondering if members on this list could feed me some advice from
their
> first hand experience on what to look for and what prices and features
> should be expected when shopping for the Alberg 30.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dave Cooke
> Victoria, British Columbia
>
>
>
>
>
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