Originally Posted by Nykamp

I know there was some paint issues when Joe sent it down to Bobby before the redo, I bought my last 36 just for the drive train. I was not nuts about the dragon and flames everywhere but the 775's and 3A's sold me on the boat, it is now the one for sale in the classified here on oso. The current owner also bought it for the drive train and painted it to his taste. Wes any plans other than to use the 41 for the up coming season? Steve

Originally Posted by tssteph

Wes,
Point well taken and understood and no offense was intended. You were very helpfull on the phone when we discussed the boat in the first place. It is a nice boat and I think I made that part pretty clear. For me to look at something with a list price of 6 figures I need to be happy, the items listed have an honest description of what I saw, that did not make me happy. But then again it is a used boat.

Just trying to give my personal opionion.

Originally Posted by TwinStepGun

I like that Yellow interior.

Originally Posted by tssteph

Well I see where this is going. My only intention was to help someone make a choice either way. I am far from bummed about my offer not being accepted. The guys at Shogren were nothing but nice to deal with. The boat was not misrepresented, it is just that I am very picky and little things bother me. I do a lit of fiberglass work and paint work on corvettes so some things that bother me may not bother other people related to paint. Here is a short version of what I documented about the boat when I looked at it. Me and my wife and another couple spent 3 hours going over the boat.

Trailer, 100% perfect brand new with larger capacity then is required.
Paint scheme, 100% awesome esthetically.
Engines, appearance is good, fairly clean, some fue laying in the intake of the port motor. Not really a big deal.
Bilge, very clean and well rigged.
Cockpit, very nice layout and in good condition with the exception of the cabin door which has a tear down the right side from the lock. Wes told me about this prior to me looking at the boat.
Cabin, awesome layout and size, one cushion has the threads coming loose on the port side. The hatches have at one time had a screen or something glued in place and the glue is this there. Awesome storage on this boat.
Engine hatch material has a very worn area on the left front, it has worn through the material. This can only be seen when the hatch is up. Not really a big deal.
Drives. Both need to be removed and sandblasted and repainted. Corrosion issues, starbord one is worse if I recall.
Trim tabs could use a repainting, the starboard mount has been broke and welded at some time.

None of the above really bothered me it was just stuff I noted. Yes it all would be fixed but could be done along the way.

Now the stuff that bothered me:
The transom needs repainted, there are lots of signs of red. The paint is coming off in several places.
Large chip in starboard side at transom that has been touched up with a brush that would need to be spotted in.
Area where the fairing meets the top deck has large areas where the paint has peeled off and is down to white.
Anchor locker paint has several large chips or paint flaking, it is in the purple and is down to white gel. Looks like very little or no prep work was done in this area.
Now this was the one item that bother me the worst. The bow has a ton of fish eyes in the clear.
The swim patform needs to be removed sandblasted the repainted.

This is an awesome boat, I just could not justify the asking price and be comfortable with me fixing the above items. My intention is not to hurt anyones sale but to help anyone considering the boat. On the water running it would be a 10 out of 10 boat other then having the look of being much faster then it is.
At a dock or on the trailer some the things would bother me.

I hope Todd sells the boat. (So I can quit looking at it) Whoever gets it will get an awesome boat that just needs a little TLC to make me happy.

I hope this clears things up.

Brian