Oh!... offer accepted!

[5teve]

Well in an unexpected turn of events we have had an offer on a boat accepted first time and under the already reduced asking price, subject to surveys of course!

I wasn't expecting the first offer to be readily taken, now the wife thinks they know something is wrong... Oh well surveys will tell. Excited and scared all at the same time, bit of a step up from our 6m aluminium cuddy cabin boat of 10 years

It's a locally made (western Australian) boat 40ft Flybridge but more like 43 overall, narrowish 4m beam (WA boats are always narrow) 18deg deadrise at stern and weighs in around 11 ton empty.

Built into the late 90s and has twin 6bta diamond series with 1500 hours, a 6kva gen set, twin cabins, 6 berths, fibreglass rib tender and outboard with davit. Oh teak rear deck too...

Pictures will be posted once it's over the line and past surveys, but for now.. a bit of a teaser from when it was recently antifouled...

 

[Prima]

Good luck!!! It's a nice looking boat, am I allowed to ask what make/model? Or is that all part of the big reveal lol

I wouldn't be too concerned about them accepting a low offer, they were probably chancing their arm in the first place, there's a boat i have had my eye on in Spain for several months now, and just recently they knocked 10,000 EUR off the asking price to what is now a reasonable figure

 

[5teve]

No big secret , it's made by Leeder. I didn't mention it as I don't think any went overseas, even though they had an export and euro version... So assume that nobody on here would have heard of them.

There are / were a number of very good WA boat builders designers all working around getting usable boats in our rough seas, unfortunately built quality was tough and functional, and internal fitouts were not too plush... This one isn't bad though but not quite the Riviera standard...

Steve

 

[BruceK]

Good luck with the survey, I hope she pulls through and you have many happy memories on her.

 

[rafiki_]

Looking great, I hope it all goes through ok.

 

[superheat6k]

I assume the 6BTA are the Cummins engines - bullet proof. 1 million buses can't be wrong.

Good luck with your purchase.

 

[5teve]

Yup.. my engine criteria was Cummins or Iveco.. Volvo's seem too much hassle here and far too expensive to repair.

Steve