What you need to know when buying a boat
I see a lot of folks who dream of selling everything, getting a sailboat, and taking off for parts unknown. They take the ASA courses and study the cruising materials, thinking they have the knowledge to head off to the blue horizon. Many only go […]
As a marine surveyor who has inspected hundreds of boats, I have learned that it is often easy to separate the good boats from the bad within the first few minutes aboard. It is the first 30 minutes on a boat that can tell if […]
Lately, prices of used sailboats have plummeted, partly due to the number of older boats on the market. This makes the purchase of an old, used sailboat a tempting option for many would-be sailors or cruisers. For less than the price of a decent used […]