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the boat, I noticed that the teak was
painted in some sort of tan paint. It
turned out to be deck stain, like you
would paint a hot tub deck with.
Yuk. Not a good first impression!
As I looked over the boat and visited
with the couple who owned her, I
was impressed with the equipment on
board and the way it had been
maintained. The captain was a retired
naval officer who had purchased the
boat with his wife to live aboard and
cruise. The boat was really set up for
cruising, with propane cooking, cold
plate refrigeration, single diesel, etc.
The more I got to know the boat, the
more I loved her. The poor cosmetics
outside could be fixed. The sturdiness
and seaworthiness of the boat were
what I fell in love with. I made an
offer and left them a deposit on the
spot.
We went through the sea trial and
survey a couple of weeks later. We
found nothing major, with the
exception of massive hull blistering
that the owners had told me about. I
was expecting blisters on a boat of
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