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    Just Bought a Marine Trader 40

    hi tim, i can't believe they could get someone to part with several hundred thousand (when new) and not give any kind of schematic/block or other diagram, or more to the point, the new owner didn't ask for anything! the wiring problems appear to be compounded with...
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    What-to-look-for when buying

    hi, profuse apologies for not getting back sooner, been squezing in visiting friends between amateur detective work. update on the boat is: 1) it appears to have been a taiwan/pae trader build 2) h.i.n. O.N.706533 R.T.23 90/100 3) 1989 build, launched 1990 4) brought to europe 2004, don't know...
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    What-to-look-for when buying

    hi all, good advice to a man, and yes i have bought it (paid 3/4), except there is no real proof of ownership of a uk registered vessel, no onwnership papers as in a car. people use the ssr registration certificate (attached in case you haven't seen one - not the same boat, people etc) but that...
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    What-to-look-for when buying

    hi again, well the reason i thought it was a trader 47 is because that's what the seller called it and that's what it was called on it's UK ssr register, and me being a bit of a newbie i didn't give it a second thought, till i saw this artwork on the port side, then the name HiStar on the engine...
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    What-to-look-for when buying

    hi all, thank you all for your comments and advice. i did manage to get a surveyor to turn up at such short notice. as the boat had only been out of the water 2 days and hadn't had time to dry out yet, he did an infrared scan of the hull to look for uniformity, and she was pretty close, no...
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    What-to-look-for when buying

    hi all - firstly my apologies at jumping straight in with a post and not reading through everyone else's, but it's getting late and i have to pretend to be intelligent tomorrow. - i have a chance to buy a 1990 Marine Trader for a good price. - i attach a pic, not a good one but all i have. -...
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