Amateur surveying

[Wansworth]

Taking a very little hammer today to sound out the deck of a grp boat I am interested in hoping it will ing clearly indicating it doesn’t have sodden balsa core.What other tips could be handy,the boats in the water.

 

[Bilgediver]

You could tap each blade of the prop and confirm it is in tune !

 

[Bajansailor]

What type / make of boat is she, and how old?
I have often found on decks that my moisture meter will show up moisture, but the deck is still firm to walk on.
Walk on it bare foot - you can 'feel' it much better than if you have shoes on.
If the deck is firm, the odds are that it will last for some time longer.
But have a look at all the deck fittings, and see how they are attached, and assess how easy it would be to lift any that might seem suspicious, in order to re-bed them.
Moisture usually gets into decks via bolt holes, or in way of chainplates.
Ideally every hole in the deck should have been properly sealed by the Builders when the boat was built, but this rarely happens!

 

[Wansworth]

Well them general impression was a boat with lots of history and has been well used.The owner sailed most days winter and summer with an address book that included anybody who was anybody in Galician sailing.It needs a good clean a sort of YouTube reducing to its bare bones cleaning and making good and painting and probably the worst job is getting rid of the headliner.

 

[Wansworth]

this boat built by Silent marine in Alicante sometime in the 1970 called the Estrella 700 is under consideration but lacks total TLC?

 

[Clancy Moped]

this boat built by Silent marine in Alicante sometime in the 1970 called the Estrella 700 is under consideration but lacks total TLC?

Photos pls.

 

[Wansworth]

Photos pls.

Working on that?

 

[Wansworth]

Found a better boat in a Coruna a Puma 23 designed by Holman and Pye,going for a look on Saturday after buying a carpet in IKEA,keeps everyone happy?

 

[snowbird30ds]

If you turned up to look at my boat with a hammer you would be leaving rapidly with a funny walk and not much hammer protruding.

 

[LittleSister]

Found a better boat in a Coruna a Puma 23 designed by Holman and Pye,going for a look on Saturday after buying a carpet in IKEA,keeps everyone happy?

Also sold in England as the Jaguar 23.
https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/puma-23

 

[Bajansailor]

If you turned up to look at my boat with a hammer you would be leaving rapidly with a funny walk and not much hammer protruding.

Ummm Snowbird, Wansworth specifically mentioned a 'very little hammer', not a sledge hammer.
Using a 'very little hammer' for 'non-destructive' testing is generally accepted - if you refuse to allow anybody to do this on your boat, then nobody will want to survey your boat.