What to look for on used fiberglass hulls?

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New regs might just let you find what you want.

Have they finally posted them yet?

 

[brutus]

Have they finally posted them yet?

lots of boats are goi ng to be for sale soon

 

[wolf]

lots of boats are goi ng to be for sale soon

YUP as I said on another thread about 4 months ago

 

[chromatose007]

Step #1: Buy a small rubber mallet
Step #2: Knock hulls, transom, stringers...
Ring sound = Good
Thud sound = Bad
Gl

 

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Step #1: Buy a small rubber mallet
Step #2: Knock hulls, transom, stringers...
Ring sound = Good
Thud sound = Bad
Gl

Thanks for the Info, I guess what I should be looking for too is a variance in sound for a similiar part of the hull.. Ringing/high pitch = dry. Low/pitch/deaded = possibly wet?

 

[brutus]

Thanks for the Info, I guess what I should be looking for too is a variance in sound for a similiar part of the hull.. Ringing/high pitch = dry. Low/pitch/deaded = possibly wet?

Do yourself a favor, find something you like and want then look at it if it looks good , something you would want, hire a good surveyor to look at it, then pull the trigger,, i was amaze at what the surveyor i hired in the states, the stuff he found on some of the boats we looked ateas amazing, i walked on two boats because of him

 

[Fixit]

I other wthan can’t waitw to eq eras and the other side

 

[Enniberg]

Buy an Arima and you won't have to worry about rotten stringers and bad transoms. If you get a 21 you will have the dance floor or the typical 24 of most other makes, and your fuel economy will be hard to match - just my biased opinion

 

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Do yourself a favor, find something you like and want then look at it if it looks good , something you would want, hire a good surveyor to look at it, then pull the trigger,, i was amaze at what the surveyor i hired in the states, the stuff he found on some of the boats we looked ateas amazing, i walked on two boats because of him

What did it cost per survey?

Buy an Arima and you won't have to worry about rotten stringers and bad transoms. If you get a 21 you will have the dance floor or the typical 24 of most other makes, and your fuel economy will be hard to match - just my biased opinion

They seem like nice boats, the way they recess the main makes it look hard to slave a kicker off it though. - to small for me, but I figure this sells in 24 hours or less - https://nanaimo.craigslist.org/boa/d/nanaimo-17-arima/6869039694.html

 

[Enniberg]

What did it cost per survey?

They seem like nice boats, the way they recess the main makes it look hard to slave a kicker off it though. - to small for me, but I figure this sells in 24 hours or less - https://nanaimo.craigslist.org/boa/d/nanaimo-17-arima/6869039694.html

That is a steal of a deal for a 17 if the motor checks out good! Should last less than 24 hours on CL.
I have had 7 Arima's over the years, they are pretty much bullet proof and the fishing space in the back of the 21SR is huge.
EZ-Steer works for a lot of Arima owners - I used Python remote electric steering on my previous 17 Chaser and really liked it. Planning to do the same with my current 21SR.

 

[brutus]

What did it cost per survey?

They seem like nice boats, the way they recess the main makes it look hard to slave a kicker off it though. - to small for me, but I figure this sells in 24 hours or less - https://nanaimo.craigslist.org/boa/d/nanaimo-17-arima/6869039694.html

250$ US per boat, but because i had him survey 4 boats in 10 days he was charging me 150$ each after the first one, i had 4 boats lined up in that area that where potential buy, stayed at the casino for 10 days with the wife, shoping for boats, if i did not find what i was looking for we where heading to florida to do the same , turn out the boat i wanted the most out of g the 4, grady gulfstreem was rotten, ended up buying a wellcraft 25 sportsman, also looked at a 28 boston whaler that was a beauty in excellent condition but too much boat and money for the timebeing. So far really happy with what i got.Took over a year and multiple trips to the island and the mainland and the states to find it. I shitt you not i looked at over 20 boats and 16 of them where rotting, and did not feel like doing a re and re on a transom and stringer

 

[brutus]

250$ US per boat, but because i had him survey 4 boats in 10 days he was charging me 150$ each after the first one, i had 4 boats lined up in that area that where potential buy, stayed at the casino for 10 days with the wife, shoping for boats, if i did not find what i was looking for we where heading to florida to do the same , turn out the boat i wanted the most out of g the 4, grady gulfstreem was rotten, ended up buying a wellcraft 25 sportsman, also looked at a 28 boston whaler that was a beauty in excellent condition but too much boat and money for the timebeing. So far really happy with what i got.Took over a year and multiple trips to the island and the mainland and the states to find it. I shitt you not i looked at over 20 boats and 16 of them where rotting, and did not feel like doing a re and re on a transom and stringer

Also forgot to mention the surveyor ask the owners of all the boats for permision to drill probe holes in transom and stringers all agreed except the one with the rotting grady lol