Mathieu Imbert
Member
Upon my great disappointment, time and expenses I had to walk away from our deal to upgrade to a 2005 360 DA this morning!
The boat:
2005 Sea Ray 360 Sundancer with Yanmar diesel engines
Hull: SERF0653E505
The seller broker: Jim XXXXXX
Historical
Vessel was sold to the current owner in 2019 by Jim XXXXX.
The sell speech from the broker:
Perfect condition! just need minor cosmetic work due to lack of use
Engines in great working condition, recently serviced!
the seller is apparently the seller is disabilitated and the broker is making all the calls solely.
its clear that he has severely misrepresented the vessel with his ever changing story and excuses....
The survey:
Unfortunately, the vessel did not survey very well at all... engine overheat within 10 min, drop in voltages, various alarms were ringing during the whole sea trial (which was cut short due to the engine overheat)
Major oil leak coming from the starboard engine, water intrusion from the rudder and prop shaft (no back up seal on either) the bottom requires strip and paint.
The oil samples reveled high content of cooper & aluminum and water in the engines and generator which does not power on. The coolant reveled high level of corrosion, no sign that zinc we replaced in the last 2 years.
The mechanics suggest based on the condition and color of the coolant, chances you have to replace aftercooler, oil cooler is very high!
He quoted $10k of repairs for just the engines! 18k if coolers have to be replaced!
This is in addition of the need to replace all electronics, Radar, autopilot, GPS are all INOP!
Refrigerator, ice maker is INOP! The seller replaced 2 out 4 batteries with AGM/ACID!!!
The battery charger is only rated for Acid and was pegged out at +40 amps when just using the light, full wax job, full bottom job, carpet replacement …. The above is just the major point its missing all the small items such as INOP lamps, bilge pump, drains, upholstery ….
The back-and-forth post:
Upon this unfortune discovery, we returned to the seller and informed him of the findings and estimate… and offered him to deduct $10k from the vessel price to account for the mechanical issues and as previously agreed he would be responsible to complete the repair of the generator.
He countered 9k off, as is where is!
Including the generator repair the mechanics believe there is about 20-25k of engines repairs
What do you think? I m right to walk away or mistake its worth it
Take a look at the pics not the best quality but I think you get a pretty good idea ...
VOTE BELOW !
The boat:
2005 Sea Ray 360 Sundancer with Yanmar diesel engines
Hull: SERF0653E505
The seller broker: Jim XXXXXX
Historical
Vessel was sold to the current owner in 2019 by Jim XXXXX.
The sell speech from the broker:
Perfect condition! just need minor cosmetic work due to lack of use
Engines in great working condition, recently serviced!
the seller is apparently the seller is disabilitated and the broker is making all the calls solely.
its clear that he has severely misrepresented the vessel with his ever changing story and excuses....
The survey:
Unfortunately, the vessel did not survey very well at all... engine overheat within 10 min, drop in voltages, various alarms were ringing during the whole sea trial (which was cut short due to the engine overheat)
Major oil leak coming from the starboard engine, water intrusion from the rudder and prop shaft (no back up seal on either) the bottom requires strip and paint.
The oil samples reveled high content of cooper & aluminum and water in the engines and generator which does not power on. The coolant reveled high level of corrosion, no sign that zinc we replaced in the last 2 years.
The mechanics suggest based on the condition and color of the coolant, chances you have to replace aftercooler, oil cooler is very high!
He quoted $10k of repairs for just the engines! 18k if coolers have to be replaced!
This is in addition of the need to replace all electronics, Radar, autopilot, GPS are all INOP!
Refrigerator, ice maker is INOP! The seller replaced 2 out 4 batteries with AGM/ACID!!!
The battery charger is only rated for Acid and was pegged out at +40 amps when just using the light, full wax job, full bottom job, carpet replacement …. The above is just the major point its missing all the small items such as INOP lamps, bilge pump, drains, upholstery ….
The back-and-forth post:
Upon this unfortune discovery, we returned to the seller and informed him of the findings and estimate… and offered him to deduct $10k from the vessel price to account for the mechanical issues and as previously agreed he would be responsible to complete the repair of the generator.
He countered 9k off, as is where is!
Including the generator repair the mechanics believe there is about 20-25k of engines repairs
What do you think? I m right to walk away or mistake its worth it
Take a look at the pics not the best quality but I think you get a pretty good idea ...
VOTE BELOW !
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