[C320-list] new boat terrors

[Allan Field]

Susan - Al is right - you are paying someone else a healthy commission for
doing what you can do yourself.  Where will you be keeping your boat on the
Bay?  Perhaps we can hook you up with some C320 old-timers to help you check
things out once you are here.  I am curious why you didn't purchase from a
Bay dealer as getting after-dealer service may be difficult given that they
have to travel from DE. 

Allan S. Field
Sea Shadow - #808
Columbia, MD

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Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 5:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] new boat terrors

susan
    you can file document papers your self with the coast guard, I believe
it still cost $133.00   just go to the CG web site an click on services an
then click on vessel documentation  once your registered annual renewal is
free

  al ahlman
    #476

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From: moondancer5 at comcast.net 

> I've been reading the list for a month or so while waiting for delivery of
hull 
> #1089 here in NJ. What I've been reading is scaring the hell out of me! It
seems 
> there are a number of problems with the new 320s. (I realize that some are
due 
> to special needs for charter boats) My last one was a Capri 22 and I have
not 
> owned a cruiser before, so please take pity on this newbie: 
> 
> What do I need to do when the boat hits the dealer? Do I/they go through
testing 
> all the systems before or after I sign the boat loan papers? (The last
boat 
> wasn't financed, so I'm clueless.) Is there a test sail before the sale is

> final, or is everything just considered warranty problems to be addressed?
I'm 
> going to give the freezer a good look after reading of mismatched doors
here. 
> Are cosmetic defects addressed by the dealer if there are any? Do I let
the boat 
> leave the dealer at all before everything is 100%? I was already surprised
that 
> the bank wants the boat USCG certified (for $550!) as I already have to
have the 
> state registration done. 
> 
> I'd like to put together a checklist of what I should be doing when it
arrives, 
> any help here would be greatly appreciated. Silly me, I thought they'd
just rig 
> it, give us the orientation, and send us off (with a skipper) to bring it
around 
> from the Delaware to the Bay. Now I'm freaked... 
> 
> Susan 
> 
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