Pensacola FL Sailing Blog - sailingnightwatch

A corporation that had virtually abandoned it 5 years earlier owned the boat. It had been broke into and everything of any value except 2 bilge pumps was gone. To get the boat ready to sell, the owner “rebuilt the engine.” That is a can of spray paint in these parts. After learning the history of the boat, they did rebuild the engine because it had turned to a lump of rust, inside and out. They also removed the carpeting and covered the plywood deck with a light colored contact paper. Brightened up the inside. They had also put a dehumidifier in the boat. The boat did not smell. That was a first and made a very favorable impression on the wife.After about an hour of inspecting the boat, we went up into the cockpit and told the broker we were making a low-ball offer dependent on the survey. We told him we wanted the offer accepted by the owner before the survey and adjustments would be mad pending the outcome of the survey. And so this phase started.