We put down a 10% deposit to be held in escrow by the
Multihull Company, and instead of heading home after the ski trip, I headed for
Greece to take a closer look. After four days of looking at every inch of the
boat, I was happy that this was the right boat at the right price and so the
next step would be to have her surveyed.
It just so happened that a leading US based catamaran
surveyor was in Greece surveying another boat! No need to pay for flights to
and from, just the straight survey which was thorough and revealed everything
needing to be done by the owner before I parted with my hard loaned.
The next big plus was the owner was Australian which meant
there was no need to worry about currency fluctuations as the Ozzie Dollar was
yo-yoing between .94 cents and .87cents.
I contacted Ken, the owner, directly in Melbourne and after
some negotiation we settled on a mutually agreeable figure and payment terms.
We chatted regularly about how we were going to get the work done and when. It
became clear that getting anything done by the Marina was going to be
unreliable and expensive as the boat was on the hard in the Cleopatra Marina
and all the work was to be done by Cleopatra employees. No outsiders allowed,
completely captive audience, work being done while you’re half a world away.
Not ideal.
Ken planned to be at the boat on the 3rd April
2014 and so I planned to arrive at the same time, Sal and the kids to join me 2
weeks later.
No comments:
Post a Comment