looks good nice engine lots of cruising gear and decent headroom.
just acquired a 38 the Swanson brothers built some tough boats
good step up from the h28 I'm Shure you can negotiate on the asking price to

great cruising design age does not weary them , seems well maintained and good heavy Australian build even if it is plastic

Very tidy, I like it. Only missing a deck chair for the back timber deck.

FelixdeCat said..
One of its hulls is missing

Must have snapped off

Yep nice, but to much. In 6 months it will probably be much reduced

Hi all

Thanks for the feedback so far

What do you think might be a realistic price in today's market if it looks as good in the flesh as it does in the photos

Regards Don

I received a bit more information from the broker and she has 2400 hours on the new engine that was installed in 2010

Any thoughts on this

Regards Don

2,400 hours on a boat engine is the equivalent of 240,000 klms on a car engine at 100klms /hour. Figure it out and know it for the future when assessing how worn out or not a yacht engine is.

Engine hours are not really relevant in assessing the value of a yacht/boat. What is relevant is the engineering log of the vessel showing the regularity of servicing and particularly any occasions of overheating and all other pertinent data to the care or the lack of that the owner of the yacht has taken.

Engine hours or klms on an odometer is just a number. It does not tell you anything else.

Donk107 said..
I received a bit more information from the broker and she has 2400 hours on the new engine that was installed in 2010

Any thoughts on this

Regards Don

I know of boat fieeels with 10s of thousands of hours. Provided it has had regular oil and filter changes and uses coolant not raw water it should be fine.
i agree with Cisco but how many owners record engine overheats or would tell you if they did.

Working in a car yard back in 1986, I sold an XC Falcon ex taxi that had 1.1 million klms on the clock. Still going strong and not smokey. The buyer knew all about it and was as happy as Larry.
Klms or engine hours is just a number. The history is more important and us yachties are a very truthful lot aren't we???

If it has big hours, starts first kick and runs smooth as silk, it is a fairly good bet.

If it has low hours, hard to start and runs rough as guts, be wary.

It appears to have had a great deal of money, care and attention given to her. You may find the price is cheap if you really do want a boat to live aboard and do some cruising.

With a long inventory such as this boat's, you need to take care to ascertain whether it's all of value. More than once I've put liferaft and sails in the dumpster after buying a boat. I don't think this is the case with this boat but you need to be wary of that trap.