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New Member Introductions / Re: return on renovation

« on: March 20, 2012, 07:37:50 AM »

That's not what I wanted to hear. Lol

The interior fabric is new.
Standing rigging is not original. It was Replaced and beefed up at some point. It was looked at by the surveyor at the time of inspection. I doubt if he went over rigging with a fine tooth comb like a rigger would.
Man, this is one of the best boats I've seen for its age. It's disappointing to think that the best we could get is low 30s. Especially since it has a brand new Volvo in It.

I'm not sure fixing blisters would benefit us any. Surveyors have said that they are not a big deal and for practical purposes fixing them doesn't nessassarily mean a better hull. Plus throwing another 5k+ at the boat will only put us further in the whole.

Anyway, we are not looking to sale, I just wanted to get some thoughts before putting more $ into it.

Thanks

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Plumbing and Galley Systems / Re: Marine Air Conditioning

« on: March 18, 2012, 07:08:01 PM »

not sur eof the BTU, i can check when I am down there next time.

Our unit is located directly across from the head, in the small locker. th eonly vent comes out on the wooden wall, err, bulkhead, whatever, on the port side.

at this time, it only runs on shore power, but keeps things frosty when at dock on hot summer days.

i am thinking of rigging up some type of ginny so that we can also use it at anchor.

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Electrical Systems & Electronics / generator?

« on: March 18, 2012, 07:00:54 PM »

Anyone installed a generator?

maybe use a small prtable honda?

looking for something that might run the A/C while away from the dock. or possibly an on demand hot water heater?

I am not to versed on electrical systems and loads so maybe i am way off base.

thanks

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New Member Introductions / return on renovation

« on: March 18, 2012, 06:44:34 PM »

hello all. I was not aware this forum existed. this is great and thanks!

anyway i am hoping someone can give me some advice. In short, we have, and are considering some major work on the boat. my question is can i expect to recoupe the money at sale. I realize that boats are not a place to invest money, but, we would like to at least see some of it back and wondering how much we might expect to see.

about a year or two ago we purchased a 323 in REALLY good shape. the insides have been very well maintained, and except for seat fabric is all original and in very good shape. the hull is in great shape (excluding the blisters below the waterline) we have had mixed advice on if we should repair these or not. there are probably an average of 5-10 per sq ft. !!!

sails are in pretty good shape. all sunbrella is in new condition and all teak is maintained.

after having the boat about 5 days the orginal volvo gave up. we replaced that one with a new volvo.

thinking of having the hull and topsides, with mast, painted.

so:
boat: 32k
engine: 12k
paint hull and topsides: guessing 10-15k
repair blisters: rough estimate 5-10k

so at this point we have a solid 44k in the boat and considering throwing another 5-20k into it.  If we did, this would be one top notch 323! but, would it be a 60k 323? that seems to be a bit out of the park, but maybe not, i dont know.

end the end, what might we expect to see on return? how much is a very nice 323 going for?

we have no plans of saling the boat, but i dont want to throw money away either. the boat is in great shape as it is now.

thanks all! i look forward to browsing the forums here.