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The price of the unknown yacht in Coruna has dropped a thousand euros to10,900 e whilst the Snapdragon remains at 8,500 e.If only the name of the class of the boat in Coruna was known it would be possible to decide .At the momment I am leaning towards the Snap dragon because it’s a known quantity and can be hoisted ashore and left reasonably safely ashore the downer is the electric w.c and no sprayhood.Factoring in a new Sprayhood both boats would be more or less the same price.Obviously we need to view both .https://www.milanuncios.com/veleros/velero-snap-dragon-25-531814331.htm
 
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colind3782 said:
Plenty of threads/posts on electric toilets but we love ours. Simple button press for 10 seconds and none of that elbow grease 20+ pumps shenanigans. We don't flush at night, unless we REALLY have to!
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What I don’t understand is how the boat has passed the ITB as your required to have a black water tank or a porta pottie
 
colind3782 said:
No, but I'm learning!
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😂…..in theory the ITB is every five years carried out by a inspector my friend in Vigo used to share a porta pottie still in its box to show the inspector!The ITB appears in most adds as a good point and indeed I have been on yachts with black water tanks or porta potties.Although I have lived in Spain for thirty years I cannot adopt the Spanish relationship to laws……must try harder😏
 
The narrow side decks are because the coach roof is higher and wider...this should (?) give more internal volume and more headroom.....if true....then it’s internal verses external space.....whatever you think your usage will be. I prefer indoor space...but if you are only using the boat in the heat of a Spanish summer, then exterior space is a premium
 
I am always suspicious of electric toilets just in case you get an electric shock in your dangly bits.

There is one boat I sail on where we spend more time unblocking the macerator than any other bit of unplanned maintenance. It is not the nicest of jobs.
 
Sandy said:
I am always suspicious of electric toilets just in case you get an electric shock in your dangly bits.

There is one boat I sail on where we spend more time unblocking the macerator than any other bit of unplanned maintenance. It is not the nicest of jobs.
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Yes …..alright when it works.
 
Bouba said:
The narrow side decks are because the coach roof is higher and wider...this should (?) give more internal volume and more headroom.....if true....then it’s internal verses external space.....whatever you think your usage will be. I prefer indoor space...but if you are only using the boat in the heat of a Spanish summer, then exterior space is a premium
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I won’t be using it in the heat full stop.A cockpit cover probably covering the cabin up to that mast would create shade when stopped out actually sailing should be cool enough from experience the rias are best in the Spring and Autumn
 
A snapdragon going for €8.5k?! Sod the risk going drug running, instead just buy an old £3k boat in Blighty, a 4(?) day sail across biscay and flog it for a massive profit! Worst case you get you collar felt for Spanish vat avoidance

[not that I am of course suggesting you break any laws]

€8.5k?! Blimey.
 
Minerva said:
A snapdragon going for €8.5k?! Sod the risk going drug running, instead just buy an old £3k boat in Blighty, a 4(?) day sail across biscay and flog it for a massive profit! Worst case you get you collar felt for Spanish vat avoidance

[not that I am of course suggesting you break any laws]

€8.5k?! Blimey.
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I am afraid you pay a tariff for luxury items😂
 
An electric toilet on a Snapdragon 23 /24 foot boat is odd to say the least and without the holding tank a future problem for you as I expect there is no convenient place to put one.
The other boat in itself looks an altogether better prospect, the only issues I see from the few photographs is the minimalist cooking arrangements but then from what you say of your potential use it's unlikely to be a problem for you, the other potential problem is what looks to be an old engine and if it is at the end of its first service life then it would be a very big problem, you would only know by testing it .
 
Wansworth said:
If only the name of the class of the boat in Coruna was known it would be possible to decide
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You don't need to know the name of the class to decide, you need to go and see it! :rolleyes:

The name of the class isn't going to tell you much that matters, but you can find that out later anyway - take some more useful photos and post on here to get the forum detectives on the case.

Going to see it will tell you much more. (How comfortable are the twin settee berths, for example?😁) You will likely get an immediate impression whether it could be the one for you or not.

It looks unusually tidy and well cared for. That includes the engine, despite being presumably quite old. If the boat is attractive to you, you could pay an engineer to start it up and run it, and give you their verbal assessment of it.
 
Wansworth said:
I am afraid you pay a tariff for luxury items😂
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I presume the tariff isn’t several hundred percent of the second hand purchase price though?

In all seriousness, would buying a small 24ft boat in the Uk - one with a modern 4stroke outboard for a couple of grand and trailering it / sailing it down to Galicia not be cost effective?
 
I am not at all agin a Snappie (unlike some of our brethren), but it looks rather down at the stern in the photos, (Are the supposed crew of 10 hiding in the cockpit locker, or is it the unusually large water (200l) and fuel (50l) tanks?)

The lack of interior photos, and the presence, on a boat with an inboard engine, of an outboard on a transom bracket always raises my suspicions.

But the time for pondering is past. You need to go and see it, and the you will know.
 
Bouba said:
I can tell you already....it’s not for him
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But he will need an extended period in which to agonise about it, and compare it to all the boats which are available in the locality, and also all those that are not, before someone else snaps it up and he can move on to the next boat to not buy.
 
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