Never buy a used boat without a Marine Survey. I can't repeat that enough. Any boat 33 years old would have needed all fittings and hardware rebedded several times over those 33 years. Bob
From: andreic@math.wisc.edu> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:43:00 -0500> Subject: M_Boats: Core rot> > Dear M-boat owners,> > the recent spate of e-mails got me very worried of core rot. How > common is it? The problem is I am not very handy with fiberglass, and > this seems to be quite a serious problem, especially in the older > boats (I am looking at buying a 1975). Am I right in understanding > that if the deck fittings have not been reseated, then the likelihood > is quite high that there is a significant amount of rot?> > How many of you have had to redo the decks?> > Thanks,> > Andrei.> > > _______________________________________________> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats