In this episode I talk about why I bought a 50 year old boat and things you should consider about the hull when buying your boat.

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Hello all you salty dogs today on the show we are going to talk about why it is I was

happy to buy a 50 year old boat

My boat is a 1966 Spencer 42' Sloop

this is hull number 7 out of 57 made

I'm gonna take you guys for a bit of a

walk around and show you a lot of the

features on this boat that I really like

what was important to me why it is that

i chose this boat so anyone who's

thinking about buying a boat

these are things that you'll want to

consider as well one of the first things

that really drew me to this boat is the

fact the hull on this thing is solid

that's an inch thick hand laid glass this

isn't sprayed with a chop mat gun

this hull is solid glass

this thing, absolutely solid

the other thing i really like about this

boat is here at the deck joint

most boats here at the deck joint have a

seam that's full of some kind of

caulking or adhesive and over time that

caulking can break down and the boats can

start to leak through here so when

you're out sailing and you start dipping

a rail this rail gets down into the

water

you've got water coming up to the side

you've got water coming in the boat

right here and that can be very

expensive to repair some people get

lucky and can just glue that back from

the outside rocket but most of the time

a lot of what that means has to happen

is all the bolts that hold the top half

of the hull to the bottom half have to

be taken out the rail has to come off

and that has to be all separated the

whole top of the boat has to be lifted

up all that surface has to be cleaned

and prepped and then glued back together

this has been fiberglass-ed solid i will

never have to worry about that with this

boat

another thing i really like is this hard

dodger the guards the cockpit

it's got solar panels on top this thing

will help keep you dry when you're out

in heavy seas. up here we've got the

helm and you can see in here just how

well that hard dodger covers over the

helm

it covers the companionway really well

this is going to make sure that you have

a wave come over the front of the boat

is going to be very less likely that

water is going to get down inside the

companionway so it's going to help keep

the boat dry help keep it clean

help keep the interior a little bit more

stable a little bit more comfortable for

everybody inside

another feature of the Spencer that I

really like is here on the back you have

this lazarette this door is what

Dexter's laying on here

what that is that's just a big storage

locker here on the back of the boat that

gives you all kinds of room store things

all my propane's in there that's just a

really really big storage locker and

doesn't stick up any higher on the back

of the boat so i really liked that part

of the design i really like the way

that's configured!