[Alberg30] #276 Bill & Mary Ann
Bill & Mary Ann Mahony
mabwjm at starpower.net
Tue Mar 4 16:15:19 PST 2003
Henry-- I replied direct to your email.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Hilliard" <island_light at lycos.com>
To: <Public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 1:23 AM
Subject: [Alberg30] #276 Bill & Mary Ann
> 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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