Eldog

Hi All After looking at a number of other boats, this one still came to the top of the pack so after a lot of deliberation and a bit of negotiation I had an offer on the Colecraft accepted today. I'll let you know how the survey goes and hopefully will be adding a boat name into my profile in about a month (or so!) Thanks again for all the advice.

Hi All Absolutely amazed by he speed and quality of the replies - thanks - in answer to a couple of Qs Probably connected; cannot tell for how long. No inverter on the boat. Don't know but probably not. No - without upsetting the mods; this boat seems to be a different offering to that at Whilton! Finally (thank goodness I hear); The general blacking around the waterline seems ok with no apparent pitting or flaking (if that means anything!). The inside and exterior paintwork seems really good; essentially it seems quite tidy apart from this hull integrity concern, Incidentally the other candidate is a younger East West construction with a 12 mm hull albeit not with same character as the Colecraft.

Hi All Just about to buy our first boat and are quite taken with a 1996 Colecraft trad. Just a little worried that it hasn't been blacked since 2011 and has spent most of its life in a marine without a galvanic isolator. Before We commit to a deposit and survey, do those out there with undoubtedly more knowledge than me think we should walk away. I should also add that overall the boat looks quite reasonable and up together. Grateful for any advice