my wife and I are looking to move to a live aboard in the 40' range. I know, only a tender for some of you . We're looking closely at a Carver 4207 with Cat diesels, and a Jefferson 42 with Cummins. The Jefferson is cosmetically better maintained, but the engines are showing 2600 hours. Realizing this is very high, should I run away quickly? The Car rental has 1200 on the Cats. Thank you all for any reply. Mike
A lot depends upon what the age of the boats is and if the hours have been accumulated a a few hundered a year or all in a couple of years. What are the engine models?
Thank you for the response - she's a '90 Viscount with Cummins 5.9's We've "known" the boat for several years as we were slipped in the same marina. Rarely used over the past 5 years. Clean and always maintained. Love her lines and the accomodations