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I have another question that has come about after the survey. The fuel tank is alloy construction, has anyone known these to corrode and fail or have they got a good life on them?

Had my offer on the boat accepted! Hopefully getting the survey done next week...

Thanks for the info, think I'll try to keep things in place to clean them and only remove bits if I really have to.

This might be a really silly question but I'd rather ask it than end up damaging bits. Is it ok to unscrew bits that have been mounted to the hull / deck? The wooden board at the front for the windlass could do with sanding and painting and the light housings could do with a good clean which...

Hi, that's a fair point, if it's anything like me and cars / motorbikes haha. We shall see how this one goes and I dare say a bigger boat maybe on the horizon if it goes well.

Just to update I've had an offer accepted on the 220 DA so hopefully I'll have it by the end of October, pending results of the survey :)

It will be on a mooring or on a dry stack, I don't have a trailer or a vehicle big enough to pull it. Think I saw a system to flush the engine using the water from the on board water tank.

That's what I was looking for and can't see one, so I'm guessing it raw water cooled. Anyone got any tips on keeping it well maintained or would I be looking at having a conversion done?

Is there an easy way to tell if the engine is raw water cooled or has a closed cooling system? I can't see a heat exchanger at the front of the engine. Also as I would be running the boat in salt water would it be better to convert a raw water system to a closed system? It's a new low use (5...

That's good advice thanks, ill look more into these areas as I didn't really check them that much. The linings were dry and it had been raining quite heavily the day before.

Thanks for the info about renaming, I might just keep the name and not tempt fate. I am assuming the headlinings are just glued in place and can just be pulled down. What type of cooling system does the engine have? It's the 4.3 v6 mercruiser with an alpha 1 drive. I can't work out if it's a...

Hi Little Ducky, Thanks for the advice, have only been looking at boats which have cosmetic issues rather than any mechanical or structural problems. I will also be having a survey done on any boat before I buy to make sure I've not missed anything. I've attached a picture of the boat below...

Hi everyone, I'm from the UK and looking to get into boating. I've chosen to go down the power boat route rather than sail. I've been looking at several boats but have seen a nice sea ray 220 DA sundancer built in 1989. It needs a bit of work doing and I was after some advice. The interior...