Wombat seeks your opinion on a possible new Womboat. - Page 14

tdw · #**131** (**permalink**) 04-27-2008

I tell you what, this is turning into a saga as long as War and Peace. Next time I do this I ain't tellin' nobody till the papers are in my furry little paw.

Shall we say it progresses. I was away as you all know and that slowed things down, then the yard has had an 80'er hogging their slipway so we've been unable to get her slipped for survey. Maybe next week, fingers crossed.

When I said on Saturday I was going sailing I was referring to Raven.

A 34' steel sloop of Van de Stadt design is looking very nice right now.

Stillraining · #**132** (**permalink**) 04-28-2008

Thanks for the update ...Benn thinking about ya...no more pestering from me...

tdw · #**133** (**permalink**) 05-17-2008

For any of you still interested...........heavens even I'm getting bored with this saga......

We had her up for survey last week. Raised possibly more questions than it answered but it stills looks promising.

The good news was that the surveyer reckons she is a great boat let down by poor maintenance which has created a few problems none of which are insurmountable.

We knew the teak decks were in poor shade but surveyer found more bad than good. Currently in negotiation with owner to determine how much compensation towards new decking they are prepared to pay. Good news was that surveyer found no sogginess in the core. As there are no internal leaks I though this would be the case but I'm happy that it was confirmed. This is potentially the most problematic area for us to agree on. How much of the deck problem is attributable to fair wear and tear ?

Worst news for the owner was that the surveyer condemned the fuel tanks. I'm glad he did as they are the original iron tanks and I'd much rather get 'em out and have them replaced with stainless. Owner will have to pay most of the cost but we will pay difference between new iron tanks and new stainless , also I want to go from two large tanks to two medium and one small so we will pay for the extra work. For us this is all good.

Best news was that surveyer more than happy with rig, engine and interior also very happy with hull, rudder, rudder stock, prop shaft etc etc.

Bit of argey bargey to come over some minor issues but we will work it out I think.

Nice hull btw. To my mind lovely lines. Classic fin and skeg underwater. I'll try and post a pic when I get the JPegs from the surveyer. He only sent me hard copies not the digitals.