Things look to be lining up and I need some words of wisdom. I've been dreaming for a couple of years and crawled over a few boats looking for a nice inland racer/cruiser for the family. I have an appropriate sum of ready cash and and a clean, nearby example of the boat at the top of my (realistic) dreamlist.
The boat in question is an S2 9.1 on the hard at Lake Lanier north of Atlanta GA. The current owner pulled her last summer ('07) to paint the bottom and make other repairs (new lifelines, halyards) but has not been able to relaunch her as the drought and Atlanta's thirst continues to drop the pool at Lake Lanier and the travel lift can't launch boat of this size. A year later the water level is still depressing so she is up for sail and he is looking for something with less draft. My home port will be on the Tennessee River in North Alabama so no problems with the 5.5' draft.
So the question is what do I need to look for on a boat that has been on the hard for over a year. And how do I handle the diesel c/o, test sail, etc. She is on a trailer ready to ship which seems attractive butt...
Thanks for any advice.
John
The boat in question is an S2 9.1 on the hard at Lake Lanier north of Atlanta GA. The current owner pulled her last summer ('07) to paint the bottom and make other repairs (new lifelines, halyards) but has not been able to relaunch her as the drought and Atlanta's thirst continues to drop the pool at Lake Lanier and the travel lift can't launch boat of this size. A year later the water level is still depressing so she is up for sail and he is looking for something with less draft. My home port will be on the Tennessee River in North Alabama so no problems with the 5.5' draft.
So the question is what do I need to look for on a boat that has been on the hard for over a year. And how do I handle the diesel c/o, test sail, etc. She is on a trailer ready to ship which seems attractive butt...
Thanks for any advice.
John