Hatteras twin cabin questions

[Pascal]

With that PVC hack job on the main water intake, that boat won’t be afloat long enough for you to make an offer! And chances are the sea cock is frozen.

Run Forrest, run!

[brettportzer]

I guess what I was getting at is, on it's own, that sea cock is certainly a disaster waiting to happen, but, that and the high moisture around the pulpit are sort of isolated things, and the question really is, WHAT ELSE is wrong, right?

[Felix]

With that PVC hack job on the main water intake, that boat won’t be afloat long enough for you to make an offer! And chances are the sea cock is frozen.

Run Forrest, run!

Thanks for all of the replies. I just put on my running shoes!!

[SeaEric]

My only comment on this is, I think lots of people are buying 50 yr old boats and they think that if a surveyor spends a day on there and gives them the go ahead, they are good to go.

Most of these boats need a fair amount of work, there are not that many 43s out there that are turn key.

And even those, won't be turn key for long!

But, I feel like I see so many questions and stuff from people on various forums and they are buying these ancient boats and are surprised to find that they need a bunch of work, because "the survey was good."

Point being, I am convinced that if we had paid double for our boat, we would have gotten one in similar condition, which was pretty darn good, but I am still doing an awful lot of catch up projects.

YES! This ^^^^^^^ Even the nicest 50 year old Hatteras is going to have "stuff" The PVC pipe is certainly troubling. A dirty Racor is fixable and some moisture in the core is standard. How much is the next question!