I have been keeping an eye on an 83 N30C advertised for sale on boat sites online. This boat was sail pending twice in that time and after the survey the prospects dropped out and price dropped twice.
The broker explains it like like this, “ Raven is well kept, well equipped, and ready for her new owner. Please call on this boat. The deck has some moisture spots. They are not soft at all, and not at all structural. Two surveyors have labeled this finding “normal” in an older boat like this. Great boat for the money now!! Owner wants her sold. She is in the water and ready to sail away!“
I’m I to assume that because the core wetness is described as non structural that this is just “normal” and nothing to worry about?
Wet core is very difficult to dry out, and will eventually rot if water continues to intrude. If it is localized and you can find the source of water intrusion, read the hardware that is leaking into the core. THenyou may put a vacuun pump to work, perforate the deck with holes and, after drawing vacuum for a week, suck a water-based epoxy into the area. Or, as I did on the area around my dead windlass, cut out the deck area over the wet spot, epoxy new core in place, and laminate the deck with new fiberglass set in epoxy. It’s not technically difficult if you’ve worked with epoxy before, and you’ll sleep better at anchor.
I agree with Barry
I had an area on the foreforedeckdeck to the port side of the mast repaired. They removed and expoyed it from the under surface, the deck was left undisturbed, but it did cost $4,000 in 2014 dollars
Ray Dykstra
Timaru Nui Nonsuch 324
Brentwood Bay. B.C.
Barry,
There are about a thousand of these boats left in existence, this one surly is worth saving. I think it would take a better man than me in these skills to pull it off.
Just saying,
Brian
Boat-less inNew England