The Cobber
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2013
- Messages
- 91
- Location
- FL
- Vessel Name
- White Rose
- Vessel Make
- 1988 Jefferson 42 Sundeck
Good day all,
My wife and I are home in Cocoa for a few weeks looking at several boats that made our short list. One that we've seen is a 43' Senator produced at the Chiew Hwa yards. Although she has all of the usual ailments that one would expect with any boat of mid-80's vintage and pedigree, the type and number of hull blisters present were new to me. We were fortunate to see the boat on the hard and I've attached a couple of photos. Basically the entire wetted hull surface was covered in blisters, roughly one blister every 2-3 square inch on average, with none of them larger than your small fingernail.
I know that that there is a ton of postings on the subject of blisters and that blister damage is somewhat subjective, so here's two basic questions to the group:
1) Knowing the extent of the blistering, should we even consider taking the step to arrange a survey?
2) Does anyone know a surveyor in the Vero Beach FL area that specializes in Chinese-yard Trawlers that you could recommend?
Thank you to all for your responses to my postings as we continue our search.
My wife and I are home in Cocoa for a few weeks looking at several boats that made our short list. One that we've seen is a 43' Senator produced at the Chiew Hwa yards. Although she has all of the usual ailments that one would expect with any boat of mid-80's vintage and pedigree, the type and number of hull blisters present were new to me. We were fortunate to see the boat on the hard and I've attached a couple of photos. Basically the entire wetted hull surface was covered in blisters, roughly one blister every 2-3 square inch on average, with none of them larger than your small fingernail.
I know that that there is a ton of postings on the subject of blisters and that blister damage is somewhat subjective, so here's two basic questions to the group:
1) Knowing the extent of the blistering, should we even consider taking the step to arrange a survey?
2) Does anyone know a surveyor in the Vero Beach FL area that specializes in Chinese-yard Trawlers that you could recommend?
Thank you to all for your responses to my postings as we continue our search.