Spring has Sprung

Today it was above 70 degrees and partly sunny and it was still light at 0830. I guess summer is coming afterall.

Sunday I was up bright and early to go to Holland, MI to observe the survey of the Watkins 36 I made an offer on. The results were not good because the deck was seperated from the core and there was a lot of water in the wood core. This would cost about $15K to fix and is a significant % of the boat so it may not be worth it to the owner to fix it up. As for me, I love the layout but do not want to mess around with the problem only to find more problems.

I called about another boat, a Tartan, and plan on going over to see it tomorrow after work. It is a pretty boat but lacks some of the electronics the other one had. It does have hot/cold running water with both engine and electric heat. The layout does have a aft berth ( which is one of my criteria) and will berth 7 people in somewhat tight quarters. For me this is probably a maximum I would ever have aboard and then only for a weekend at most. We shall see – maybe I will not like it at all.