Hello everyone. This is my first post here, as I’m in the process of hopefully purchasing a 2013 BRe from the SY brokerage site.
I’d very much appreciate some advice from owners on an issue that the surveyor has found. When he opened the stern buoyancy tanks in the cockpit benches, there was 2-3 inches of water in both. He also noted condensation on the underside of the forward tank lids (he couldn’t open them by hand, so it isn’t clear whether there is free surface water in the tanks). He recommended drying the tanks, fitting new seals followed by a hose test.
I understand from Matt at SY that the cockpit lids “always leak a tiny bit”. So not to worry. I can understand the leaky lids, as the design probably precludes complete watertight ness, but my non-boaty wife asked me, quite reasonably, whether water in buoyancy tanks is “a good sign in a boat”! In particular, water in the forward tanks seems slightly unnerving as they don’t get rained on.
Can I please ask whether you have similar amounts of water present? If you do, any advice on how you manage it?
With many thanks in advance.
Paul Knight