78 Seavette

[lost2a6]

Well the story is I arrived at Bay Island Yacht sales at 8:45 on Sat. 8/6/05, which was just before the broker got there. I looked at the outside of the boat and it looked pretty good. I looked at the inside and that was a whole different story. Some one had glassed over the original floor in places. They covered up the original pretty deck and left raw UN smoothed fiberglass mat, which they had just painted over. On top of that I tapped on the deck with a screwdriver and could hear hollow places. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] I then moved on to the top deck. Up there I found a very spongy spot and several holly places as well. Needless to say I was pissed, especially after driving 960 miles to the place. I was assured of no soft spots anywhere. Well I told the broker that I was not interested in the boat and he apologized several times. He said that he did not realize that those things were wrong with it. So then I called miles offshore. He recommended that I do some sight seeing while I was there and go across the Chesapeake Bay bridge/tunnel. So upon doing so I called the broker back and told him that I was still interested in the boat but only if I could get it cheap enough to have all of the work done by a professional fiberglass guy and still be into the boat for the same amount as the original selling price. At that point I made the broker an offer that was less than half of what we had agreed on. He then had to get in touch with the owner, which was out of town. After about 30 min, he called me back and said that I have a boat and to come pick it up. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] The hull # on this boat is #011 which would be the eleventh boat of the 11 made with the I/O.