09-01-2010
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Telstar 28
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: New England
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I'd recommend you read the Boat Inspection Trip Tips thread I started, as it will help you determine whether the boat is worth looking at, but a lot of it won't be applicable to a daysailer like the Javelin.
The transom is cored and needs to be checked for water intrusion or it will be squishy. The floatation on these boats was styrofoam and it needs to be checked to see if it has all crumbled away or not. Centerboard pivot pin is another possible problem area as is the mast step inside the forward cuddy.
The hull is solid glass IIRC, and should be pretty bulletproof.
The rudder and tiller assembly needs to be checked. The older ones were wood. BTW, drmarine.com in Massachusetts has parts for the boat.
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Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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