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I found an excellent deal on an Albin Ballad 1972 and i wanted to get some opinions on the boat. I searched the forums and found some older posts that said its a great strongly built boat. I wasn't planning on getting a boat until next spring but this guy is just trying to get rid of her and offered me an almost to good to be true deal. (and yes i know most too good to be true deals usually are) I have read the what to look for when looking at boats thread and will go through and write it all down when i go look at her. The owner says that she has no blisters or soft spots and the paint is in good condition but hasnt been scraped this winter because he was in the dominican republic.
What i really want to know is there anything specific for these boats that i need to watch out for? do they have a certain flaw that i need to check?
when i was planning on getting a more expensive boat i was going to have a survey done and do everything correctly, but this one is so cheap i am probably just going to look her over the best i can. because even if she does turn out to have a fatal unseen flaw i can strip her down and probably make my money back.
one thing i would like to get an estimate for is he said he just put a working older engine in the boat. he said it works and is in the boat and that it only needs to be hooked up to the batteries ,water and exhaust lines and bolted down. he had the coupler made for it to connect it to the prop. he believes its made by Buda. How much left am i looking at to get those things connected? $1000?
by the way I'm going to be using this boat for day-sailing mainly with a few jaunts to the Bahamas and maybe further Caribbean eventually.
thanks ahead of time for all the advice and comments on this boat! i couldnt find an owners group so i thought maybe someone here may have one. I'm sure ill think of more questions in a little while...
What i really want to know is there anything specific for these boats that i need to watch out for? do they have a certain flaw that i need to check?
when i was planning on getting a more expensive boat i was going to have a survey done and do everything correctly, but this one is so cheap i am probably just going to look her over the best i can. because even if she does turn out to have a fatal unseen flaw i can strip her down and probably make my money back.
one thing i would like to get an estimate for is he said he just put a working older engine in the boat. he said it works and is in the boat and that it only needs to be hooked up to the batteries ,water and exhaust lines and bolted down. he had the coupler made for it to connect it to the prop. he believes its made by Buda. How much left am i looking at to get those things connected? $1000?
by the way I'm going to be using this boat for day-sailing mainly with a few jaunts to the Bahamas and maybe further Caribbean eventually.
thanks ahead of time for all the advice and comments on this boat! i couldnt find an owners group so i thought maybe someone here may have one. I'm sure ill think of more questions in a little while...