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In the early 1980s, when I was young and foolish I bought a 30' ferro hull and fitted it out with a junk rig. Never had enough money for the engine so used an outboard. The thing stopped about as quickly an oil tanker. I sold it half-finished and bought a 22' GRP boat. I saw the boat some years later - it had been through three owners after me and never did get finished. Common trick to underestimate the time and costs of fitting out a boat. This is not an uncommon stroy for ferro boats which is why they have such a bad reputation. The material itself is not the issue it's how it's built: you can have good or bad boats form any material. Ferro is pretty much indestructible in my experience. If you are looking for a large (min 45') HEAVY displacement cruiser at low costs then you could do worse. Personally I would buy something more mainstream as the purchase costs are only part of the story in boat ownership.
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