Urgent Centaur Advice please

[DennisF]

Just a quick update for closure. When we viewed the boat today, we also found cracks around the keel stubs on the other side. I'm walking away......

 

[James W]

Just a quick update for closure. When we viewed the boat today, we also found cracks around the keel stubs on the other side. I'm walking away......

Very wise, there's so many more out there.

 

[Tam Lin]

Good call, hope you find a nice one!

 

[tyce]

It looks to me like a crack in the gelcoat ..... there are no rough edges that would be expected if it was a laminate crack.

Even if it was a laminate crack it shouldn't be a costly repair surely? I'm rather out of touch with UK repairer's charges ..... and also you could get the owner to pay.

Get a surveyor to check it out ..... but if this is the only problem, don't get scared off by a repair that you may no even have to pay for.

Errrr I don't think that is gel coat, that is the laminate. If you buy it and you are at all like me it will bug you for the rest of your ownership, look for another or get a huge amount of money knocked off.

 

[GrahamM376]

You are looking at 4 to 5k to do a proper job. It had best be cheap to start with!

4 - 5K?!!! You must be joking, that would be an absolute rip-off. I've done a Centaur and a Berwick and from memory, each took me about a week mostly working alone except when dropping and reinstalling the keels. Even allowing for yard lifts (if not using trolley jacks which I did) to tilt the boat whilst getting the keels on/off, you're looking closer to £500 DIY cost so, are you saying you would charge £4k for 1 week labour?