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Originally Posted by tommays
It makes no sense to me to buy something this common with bulkheads hacked up UNLESS you feel you can do a good DIY repiar
The real RED flag on the older C27s is the plywood keel sump which can be repaired BUT may not have been and the other issue is a lot of these older boats have raw water cooled motors which is a big issue compared to a freshwater cooled motor (heat exchanger)
I walked away from a 1981 "bargin" C30 with the same issue becasue it had been ignored so long the keel bolts were junk and it had a raw water diesel
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On this particular boat, he has replaced the keel bolts and refaired the keel-hull joint within the last couple of years. I did not ask whether he removed the plywood and filled with epoxy - I will ask if I decide to proceed. He seems like a guy who does his homework, so I would expect that he did the repair properly (i.e., removed the plywood), but I do need to ask.
The motor is freshwater cooled.
It is a real shame about the head modification. On the positive side, the bulkhead that was reduced is not the one with chainplate mounts - those mount to the aft wall of the head - and the corresponding closet wall on the port side.