MARINER 31 FOR SALE
29 January 2013 | City Marina, K Dock, Fort Pierce, Florida
Thomas Lee
Snow and cold weather got you down.
The Mariner 31 that is next to me on K-Dock at the Fort Pierce City Marina, would be a good live aboard sailboat. One could live on the boat, enjoy the warm Florida weather, and do repairs that are needed.
The Mariner 31 was the first fiberglass boat built by Far East Yachts in Japan. The interior woodwork is wonderful. The biggest issue, that I can see, is the deck and deckhouse Water has leaked in and done damagein places to the wood core. It is my opinion that this could be fixed by injecting epoxy into the soft parts in the deck and deckhouse. It's kind of a dental like project.
Last week, staff from the marina started the diesel engine. It sounded good.
Construction details:
HULL. Extra thick fiberglass-reinforced polyester resin with ½ inch expanded Polyeuathane insulation. Ballast secured inside keel. Deck and house of plywood covered with fiberglass. Deck thru bolted to 5" hull flange. Cockpit seats and bridge deck of 7/16" Teak over plywood. Cockpit coamings of African Mahogony. Toe rail of Teak thru bolted thrugh hull flange. Bronze fittings with Nylon bearings securing rudder stock. Bronze thru the hull fittings. SPARS. Sitka Spruce with stainless steel fittings.
DECK FITTINGS. Bronze and stainless steel.
CABIN INTERIOR: Main cabin has dinette making into double berth. Quarter berth aft. GALLEY. Top opening stainless steel icebox of 200 lb. Capacity leading from cockpit. Stainless steel sink with pump. Space for three burner oven type gimbaled stove. Food lockers, dish lockers, drawers. Lights above stove and sink.
HEAD. Large, with sink , mirror, American Groco toilet. Locker. Room for a shower.
FORWARD CABIN. Two berths with shelves aft of chain locker, hanging locker, lockers under each berth.
WATER. 40 gal tank FUEL: 38 Gal tank.
LOA: 30 feet 10 inches LWL: 25 feet 6 inches Beam: 9 feet 9 inches Draft: 3 feet 9 inches Sail Area: 460 Sq Feet Displacement: 11,500 Lbs.
Price: $8,500 or best offer
I think that a $4,000 offer would probably be accepted.
Marina phone: 1-772-464-1245
Or e-mail me at: landmark@up.net