but Im really not sure about the hull. <br /><br />Shes a 1954 30ft Hunter Sedan cruiser, all wood with a semi planing hull, for a very good price. She was well maintained (overhauls and bottom paintings/scrapings every 3 years, rebuilds in the late 80s and 90s) up until a year or so ago when the current owner came into possesion and only ran her twice in that time (shes been in a marina the whole time, since the late 70s). The last time she was bottom scraped and painted was 2003 (Ive seen the receipts).<br /><br />Cosmetically, she needs alot of work but Im not afraid of stripping/sanding/refinishing. But I dont want her if theres something seriously structurally messed up. <br /><br />Lifting the floorboards, the wood was darker and damp along the keel and about 1 - 1 1/2 ft each side. Is this a sure sign of rot or is there more to look for? What should I expect? Mold? Any soft wood? Is a wet keel normal in old wooden hulled vessals?<br /><br />In the engine compartment (basically along the keel beneath the floorboards), there was about 2 inches or so of water sloshing around. I was told that this is expected of wooden hulled boats and provides some of the cooling of the engine. Is this true or was that made up?<br /><br />While in the marina, the bilge pump is left on auto, and pumps out about once a day (Im told). Is there any way of telling what would be a normal rate of bilge pump flow for a particular span of time?<br /><br />We havent gone out in it yet, just ran the motor, we are going out in it ina day or so...is there anything I should look for/feel for when we are running it, like sway or soemthing? Should I keep an eye on the bilges and got to wide open throttle, or is that dangerous?<br /><br />The price on this is good, but not so good that I think it might be worth paying for rebuilding the hull as well. <br /><br />I dont have pics of the boat Im looking thinking of buying; this boat is similar but in far better condition (I dont know these people or this boat, its a google result). The one Im looking at is 30' not 36' and the interior is a bit different but the hull is very much the same:<br /><br />http://www.boats.com/listing/gallery.jsp?entityid=12017961&galleryBack=%2Flisting%2Fboat_details.jsp%3Fsearchtype%3Dbuy%26showDL%3Dfalse%26searchid%3D1%26back%3Dsession%26showMD%3D false%26entityid%3D12017961&pic=0
