Sadler 32

Mark-1 said:
the good news is, even if it goes to a scrappie I suspect this boat will be moved on as a going concern.
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Even if the hull is beyond sensible repair a relatively new, used engine, mast, boom, possibly furling gear, rudder components etc are all a bit like organ donation! Your boat may have died but it may keep another ageing Sadler going for another generation - and save someone else’s boat from the scrappy.
 
For Illyad

Are there places in your lad's vicinity where deep keeled boats can lay happily in deep soft mud at low tide on low cost 'swinging' moorings tethered fore an aft as they do where I am, now that everything has silted up so much - even the marinas.
 
Egret said:
For Illyad

Are there places in your lad's vicinity where deep keeled boats can lay happily in deep soft mud at low tide on low cost 'swinging' moorings tethered fore an aft as they do where I am, now that everything has silted up so much - even the marinas.
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Perhaps... There are deep water moorings, but I don't think the shallow ones have mud beneath. I'll pass the info on to him.
 
Ian West said:
Some fabulous summer holidays spent on her, my uncle and his friend self built her after purchasing the hull as a shell. W She's cruised around Holland, France and the Channel islands, some wonderful memories, would love someone to take her on.
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Looks a fine boat Ian.

Is there a way to directly contact you.....will a message at Yacht Market get to you promptly?

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winch2 said:
Aah.. in which case she is not a yard built Sadler which may explain your difficulty in selling her. Old dad built a beautiful, over engineered SCOD but without a yard plate she was worthless and we had to give it away
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Won't make much difference at this age - and the fitout looks superior to the original factory fit of the era. Many 32s were home completed from kits. This boat seems to have all the right gear, recent engine well matched to the boat and if the photos are recent very clean and presentable.
 
"Direct message me ill let you have my number"


I am not sure a DM will work as you are a recent member and there are restrictions. However I will give it a shot and see how it goes.

PS

* I can confirm this does work and anyone with an interest can contact Ian direct.
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Ian, i'm sorry but she looks a really solid sadler 32. Good interior, stack pack, well equiped. It would be an absolute shame to break such a lovely boat.

I would dig out the survey and see what it really says. My suggestion would be:

1. Take her out in a cheaper boatyard.
2. Get the survey and post on here what it says. (There are lots of people who in the worst case of osmosis have treated it by peeling the gelcoat, hotdrying, and laying up new epoxy resined grp as needed. A lot of effort but if the rest of the boat is good then maybe worth it to the right person)
3. Advertise through sadler facebook group, ebay, apollo duck at a lower price than the brokers have been asking.

If i wasn't already rdfitting a contessa 32 i would have been interested. Someone will.
 
Is it the whole hull suffering from bad Osmosis or just patches - lots of big blisters or just a few little pock marks - if it is not bad enough to be structural - for just local sailing in fine weather - maybe might only need local grind out, dry with washing and refilling - or just 'monitor' to give it at least a few more years.

I can see though that If it is severe and widespread, as the one below, it might be uneconomic to repair.
 
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Egret said:
Is it the whole hull suffering from bad Osmosis or just patches - lots of big blisters or just a few little pock marks - if it is not bad enough to be structural - for just local sailing in fine weather - might only need local grind out, dry with washing and refilling - or just 'monitor' to give it at least a few more years.
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For perspective
I bought a Corribee ( which is a small boat) with evidence of wicking under the aft gelcoat. In fact the surveyor I used happened to have written one of the standard texts in the subject so a fair price and a happy sale/purchase was achieved.
I then sailed that boat a long way over quite a few years . Imported it and sold it in the US having ‘done’ the Caribbean and bits of Canada and everywhere in between.
It didn’t sink and it sold on just fine
Just sayin’

A free Sadler 32, an affordable diy boatyard and a £50 grinder and a a few litres of that new fangled epoxy resin?

They’d have been queuing down the A3 to take that boat off the owners hands, back in the day.
We really are seeing a step change
 
Mark-1 said:
Probably not telling you anything you don't already know but I think the problem with giving boats away is trying to put off time wasters, and find someone genuine, not sure how you manage that. FB Marketplace and EBay you'll get literally dozens of time wasters. You could consider putting it on Apollo Duck with a free add, time wasters don't browse there IMHO.

Personally I'm a little skeptical that the 'osmosis' really matters in terms of the boat's long term future (clearly it will still put off buyers). Are there a lot of blisters? Surely this 'diagnosis' wasn't based purely on moisture readings? Having said that, with mooring renewal coming up in 3 weeks maybe £0 is quite a good price for it, even though I'm sure it will still be going strong in 40 years time with some fairly non-drastic work that the new owner can do himself. (Different opinions are available!)

Lovely boat, hope it has a long future.
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I was looking for a 'new to me' cat and had one surveyed. I knew that it had a few osmosis blisters on one hull, but that didn't bother me; but when lifted out it was covered in them on both hulls. I was annoyed with the owner for being so dishonest and myself wasting nearly £1k on the surveyor and yard lift out. These blisters were visible through copper coat and burst when pressed with a finger.
I know that it was repairable but at what cost and time with the surveyor saying a year to dry out fully.
I have heard that since I viewed, that the owner has decided to carry out the repairs and water was 'draining' out of one area opened up.
Apart from the osmosis it was a nice boat ......
 
Boathook said:
I was looking for a 'new to me' cat and had one surveyed. I knew that it had a few osmosis blisters on one hull, but that didn't bother me; but when lifted out it was covered in them on both hulls. I was annoyed with the owner for being so dishonest and myself wasting nearly £1k on the surveyor and yard lift out. These blisters were visible through copper coat and burst when pressed with a finger.
I know that it was repairable but at what cost and time with the surveyor saying a year to dry out fully.
I have heard that since I viewed, that the owner has decided to carry out the repairs and water was 'draining' out of one area opened up.
Apart from the osmosis it was a nice boat ......
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Yeah. I know someone who took on a similar boat (one we both know). Completely covered in thousands of obvious blisters and had been for years. He did the work himself in the open and, as luck would have it, it was a bone dry hot summer. 10 years later it's still fine.

I suspect a rainy foggy summer and it would have been a different story.

Whether it's worth it when excellent boats are available for peanuts is a different question.
 
Despite googling Joanne Clare Sadler 32 or clicking on the links given previously, particulars of this boat just don't come up.

Does anyone have an actual link?
 
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It was with Network Yacht Brokers but is now removed. Understand that it has been passed on to a breaker who I suspect will try and sell it complete.
 
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