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Also does anybody know the overall height of the boat from the bottom of the keel to the top of the cabin. Thank you
What keel?
In addition to the fine comments so far, I can offer this:
When we were looking for our next boat in 1997 we had owned a Catalina 22 for a few years and a Catalina 25 since 1987. We started looking at C30s, but soon realized that all they were were a larger version of our own C25, which we really liked. Then my wife pulled out a brochure that we'd gotten at a sailboat show: Catalina 34. Written across the top was: "Cory's next boat"
We spent the NEXT ENTIRE YEAR looking at NOTHING BUT C34s. We saw some horrible examples of neglect and abuse. One day we found one, visited the sellers who told us a lot of things, then had it surveyed. It failed. One reason was the fridge, which the sellers had gone out of their way to show us how well it worked. Tied to the dock. It was a dual voltage Norcold. Problem was it didn't work on DC!!! Our surveyor didn't miss that one.
We finally bailed on that deal, and the next week found
Aquavite. This PO kept an immaculate boat, and had done many of the Critical Upgrades, although he'd missed a few. [This was more than a decade before I cobbled together the Critical Upgrades, but I'd discovered the C34 website which was in its infancy back then.] I knew what to look for.
Points being:
Please be careful of photos only.
Don't depend on a survey to catch everything.
Become knowledgeable about whatever boat, Catalina, Catalina 34 or ANY other boat, before you even go look at it.
Make a checklist of important things to look at when you do view a candidate, write things down and take pictures.
If you've done these things, you'll be much better prepared when the time comes.
Good luck, happy hunting.