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Originally Posted by allene
You have been told this many times. You didn't think it necessary but as the posts on specific things you are doing it is clear to me what you need to do is pay for a survey before you sink time an money into the boat. The surveyor can tell you what needs to be done with the rigging, if anything. You should not trust the advice of some random person looking for free beer. If the rig comes down, it totals the boat. At least it totals most boats, it totaled a friends boat. A new rig on that boat is probably $30k or more.
The best time to get a survey is before you buy the boat. Next is after you haul it. But if you are thinking of doing a lot of work before you haul, which is what it is sounding like, you really should get a survey first. Make sure it is a surveyor who has a good reputation among wood boat owners and not just for insurance surveys. A boat yard that does wood boats should be able to help find one.
I assume from what you have said that the boat is in reasonably good shape at least compared to the fears of others. But suppose the rudder shaft seal is bad like it was on my boat just before the last haulout. It might cost a few hundred dollars to fix but could sink the boat if it fails. What if the keel bolts are gone and the keel falls off. Have you put a torque wrench on them to see? If the answer to that is no, get the survey and find out what you bought.
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This.
There is a world of difference between an insurance survey and buyer's survey.
Trust me.