Disappointing survey today...

I think you hit the nail on the head with your last sentence. Doesn't sound like something I'd go near. '3' section delaminated under water, cracks close to the stingers and water inside the cored hull.' You can hit it with a moisture meter to confirm, but I think you've got a soggy hull and the damage will probably go far beyond what you can determine visually. The weight of the water in a soggy hull could be your answer to the RPM /speed.

Delamination, water inside cored hull and cracks by the stringer can be fixed for $6,000? I'm missing something, because I'm not sure how you can know the extent of the damage until you start cutting it apart or at least going over it with a moisture meter. On a 28 footer I should imagine you've got enough experience to not necessarily need a survey, but you need to be very skeptical. You haven't said anything good about the boat, some potentially big problems amd you said you don't want a project. What equipment is "not working"?

I agree with all this. And, after surveying 2 of these boats with major problems how can you say they're well built boats?

J I was just about to send a PM you and Norseman because you're right there, but since you joined in let me ask. What about you getting with Norseman on PM or maybe taking a look at this boat with him? We all know that buyers get blinded. It's always good to have someone's eye who has no skin in the game. A boat like that may take an hour's time.

The cracked stringers are under the AFT berth and delamination at the transom corners? Is the delamination under the waterline near the stern as well? On second thought I don't think J needs to look at it. The core may net be balsa or rot, but does it wick? That delamination could extend far beyond what you see. Walk away.

I wouldn't touch anything with Balsa, it wicks water like an absorber chamois...... Cracked stringers under aft berth and delamination at transom corners sounds like MAJOR structural issues.

I can almost guarantee there's hidden damage. When you get into structural damage as described, it will be worse the more you dig.

As to Capt J's comment about you saying they're well built boats, perhaps that applies to certain years or certain boats. You've definitely seen a pattern and odds are you haven't magically found the only two with the problems you've seen.

I would say run away !!!
As they say in my language:
Why bring a healthy head into a sick bed !

I recently represented the sale of this boat: http://bayportyacht.com/core/listin...&url=&hosturl=bayportyacht&&ywo=bayportyacht&
She surveyed very well. Selling number was $67,750. These are popular boats. There are nice ones out there.

The problem with balsa core is that the boats do not come with a warning labels about the care required by balsa core when working on these hulls so while the are as many ignorant owners as there are ignorant voters, at least the boat owners have an excuse...

In this case, the odds of finding additional damage in the near future is very high.

Just curious, was the delaminates bottom section near any thru hull, xducer, etc? If so were the factory installed or installed after delivery...

No matter how mis-treated I've seen boats, having structural issues with transom and delamination and those types of things are very rare and points more to the build quality, than the care of the boat. On a boat that size/type it's rare the owner will be adding thru-hulls and drilling holes in the hull.

If the core isn't balsa then it s even worst... At least with balsa you know the material will wick water but delamination in a form core hull means an big issue during the lay up, not a post build installation issue like balsa

There is no reason to believe it will not happen elsewhere in the hull

Airex has few real world write ups on the net.
More information on it's pro's and cons from you guys are of interest to me...