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Originally Posted by snider
I read the recent thread about old boats. I have a specific question. How long will a fiberglass boat live? The boat I'm looking at is a 1979. Spent 12 years in fresh water before the last three in salt water. I'm not sure before that. It's about the nicest 79 model I"ve seen. I had actually not wanted anything older than mid 80's. Also what about resale. The boat is listed for around $40,000. Say I buy it and in 5-10 years want to sell. Will someone want a 37 year old boat? Will it still be sturdy at say 40 years old? Thanks
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Strictly speaking, yours is a question it would take forever to answer...but whether well made FG boats will last forever or only a few hundred years, there are certainly many 40 year old boats whose hulls show no ill effects from the first 40 years, and there's every reason to expect the next 40 years to pass just as well.
There's a dozen makes of boats built in the mid '70s-mid 80's that I would buy in a minute versus considering many of today's production boats, even at the same money..Opps I guess I did that.
SF
Happy owner of 1986 CS 36T