New member and having a great time! And I'm enjoying past threads, the wealth of info available and most entertaining with the banter laced with some comedy as well. Makes for a GREAT site and I appricate the effort that must go into it. Well done! Being a newbie, I would also like to sign up for a copy of the 'SailNet Acronym Handbook' and the 'Who to Watch Out 4 Unstable Member List'! Although very entertaining, one must be careful! If you have the latter in waterproof addition, would appreicate it. There are more than just boat 'issues' to be addressed out there!
And thanks to all for the welcome aboard.
All seriousness aside, I recently saw a somewhat derelict Cabo Rico Tiburon which I found out later had been abandoned and repossessed for a year or more. Because of legal issues, I guess, can't get permission to board to see if the boat is worthy of further survey, but the bank or the liquidator are not ready to talk for some reason and the MAN with the keys can't be bribed.
My main concern is the boat is listing to port, not too bad, but the boot stripe is an inch under water and I saw bird footprints on the cabin sides(maybe the thick growth of black and green grunge helps with traction)!
The dock guys that have been below swear the boat is totally dry (all tanks and bilge) and empty of extraneous gear.
Well, if anyone is still awake out there after that backround info, my questions are: With the boat listing as much as it is, will the hull above the boot and antifouling paint be subjected to osmosis enough to be of real concern for blistering? After searching a few sites, I found one Tiberon add that describes the walk thru as "cozy passageway".(I saw a Tiberon owner on SailNet to ask this one of, but can't find the thread again. Hope he sees this post)! I'm 6'3" and 235lbs. (and maintaining), just how cozy is this passage way and will I need lube and a large shoe horn? I was also hoping to get some reason for the listing. One dock mate reports a generator installation, somewhat to port. With the boats displacement of over 20k lbs., could a generator weigh that much to cause the listing? Are the water tanks configured as such to cause it if the port tank(?) is maybe still full? What else of the Tiberons design could cause it?
Just hoping for someone familar with the Tiberon so I can maybe get a jump on things I need the survey to concentrate on. That is if powers to be allow it. If not, I won't be buying no pig in a poke! But ooohhh, she does have beautiful lines, even for a CC. If she wasn't so filthy, I coulda and probably woulda LICKED HER! Yeah, Yeah, I got issues too! I know all this is sketchy at best, but it's all I GOT.
Bob
Sailors tombstone: My worse day of sailing was much better than this.
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