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moister in the stringers

Discussion in 'Carver Yacht' started by sanjuandreamer, Aug 6, 2009.

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  1. sanjuandreamer, Aug 6, 2009
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    sanjuandreamer New Member

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    Hello, just purchased a 98 Mariner 350. The Survey reads "There was some moister in the stringers but it was not an excessive amount, they appear to be sound. The only true way to tell would be to core them."

    I know with some boats, thats not good. Should I be worried?
  2. NYCAP123, Aug 6, 2009
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    Moisture in the stringers is never a good thing, but that statement was vague enough to to mean anything or nothing. I'd retest before coring.
  3. sanjuandreamer, Aug 6, 2009
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    Thats what I was thinking, however I was reading something to which it read something to the effect of stringers are made differently in Carvers...
  4. K1W1, Aug 7, 2009
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    Hi,

    Why did you buy the boat without first checking out the extent of the moisture?

    That's most of what a survey is for, to find and report on potential problems and shortfalls so you can either negotiate a reduction in price to cover the expected repairs or walk away if it has issues you do not want to become involved in.
  5. NYCAP123, Aug 7, 2009
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    DK what "differently" means, but K1W1 was right. This deal should not have happened until you learned the full extent of the intrusion. Hiring a surveyor is the way to go, but then you have to act on his results. You now have to deal with how the moisture got in as well as any damage caused. It won't get better with time.
  6. sanjuandreamer, Aug 7, 2009
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    I had the boat surveyed by a mechanical and structural surveyor which I found independent of the brokerage. Mechanical found the port side packing seal leaking, small engine oil drip, exhaust riser hotter above normal and the DC electrical didn’t work.
    Structural found only what I stated above. He also mentioned the only way to really check is to core it. The boat is a repo and I negotiated it down to $51000.
    I ask because I read a post about a person who purchased a 1986 something, it surveyed good. However, couple weeks later he found sever transom rot which cost him about $17000 to fix.

    I was hoping stringers in Carvers were different in respect to balsa, wood or foam. Once they get wet, its a realy bad thing.
  7. NYCAP123, Aug 7, 2009
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    You may well be in that exact situation both with this and the riser situation (Hopefully the DC situation is just dead batteries). You need definitive answers and the sooner the better. Get a good fiberglass guy in to estimate the repair; same for a mechanic.