[Alberg30] Boats available?

[Bill & Mary Ann Mahony]

Chris,

    Bill and Mike are right on target.  We were in your shoes during
winter/spring '02, we finally found our boat from a family up in Michigan,
and had her shipped down here to the Chesapeake.

    Survey is key, and particularly for an older boat like the Alberg, it
will give you a roadmap of what you will want or more accurately, need to
do.  Depending on your resourcefulness, you can estimate the real "cost" of
your potential purchase.  Even though our boat surveyed very well (in other
words, she was sound and well maintained), she was almost all
original--meaning original gate-valve seacocks, thru-hulls, wiring, etc.
Our insurance company wanted all those areas upgraded/replaced right off, so
that was the beginning of the shopping list.

    In my case, the genes don't contain too much of the craftsman DNA, so we
have had a lot of the more serious work (ie, stuff that involves the boat
staying afloat ;-), done by the yard.  We've done most of the cosmetic work
ourselves--cabin painting, galley rehab, brightwork, etc.  Still all told,
we've easily doubled her purchase price.  We also had the yard guys do some
of the more complicated (to me anyway) quality of life/sailing work--new
head and holding tank installation, new sheet and halyard winches, boom
brake/vang, etc.


    Good hunting!

Bill & Mary Ann
#276 "Mary Ann"





----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Blevins" <billblevins at mac.com>
To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 7:00 AM
Subject: RE: [Alberg30] Boats available?


> GREAT POINT MIKE! My 10K purchase has had at least 10K added in the past
year and a half since I purchased her. (I have another 5-10K to go too,
though all of that is cosmetic and comfort related). It is a wise process to
consider the upgrade costs, unless you want everything to be like YOU like
it and the weekly money spent on upgrades isn't a huge issue.
>
> Bill Blevins
> Alberg 30
> Sabrina, #158
>
> --
>
>
> On Friday, October 10, 2003, at 04:00PM, Hiesener, Michael
<hiesenerm at stripes.osd.mil> wrote:
>
> >Chris,
> >
> >Smart move considering the A30.  I recently bought into a partnership on
an
> >A30 and have not been disappointed at all.
> >
> >But beware....That fixer-upper, even if you do all the work yourself may
> >well cost you several thousand dollars in parts, to fix up.  And plenty
of
> >time as well....you would be wise to compare it too a boat in "good"
> >condition.  Marine parts are very expensive.....A $5,000 fixer-upper
could
> >well end up costing $12,000.
> >
> >Good Luck
> >
> >Mike Hiesener
> >Terrapin #254
> >Annapolis
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Chris Blain [mailto:blainch at yahoo.com]
> >Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 3:27 PM
> >To: Alberg 30 public list
> >Subject: [Alberg30] Boats available?
> >
> >
> >Hi all...
> >
> >I'm planning on buying a piece of classic plastic
> >sometime this winter/fall, and the A30 is up there on
> >the list.
> >
> >Anyone know of a good fixer-upper gathering spider
> >webs in the corner of their favorite yard? I'm in the
> >boston area.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Chris Blain
> >
> >
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