Well fellows, it's been a long day trip to Memphis and back. Met the owner of this boat dealership/repair yard/broker and he's a super nice fellow. Spent quite a while looking over the ones on the lot on the hard, climbed up and into a couple of them, and while my first pick of the litter prior to seeing it in person---the Freedom 21----soon brought reality once in the cabin.....wasn't there this J.R.R. Tolkien fellow that wrote books about some hobbit or the sorts??.....sitting on the settee my head was touching the roof of the cabin. Moving forward to the v-berth to get to the porta potty was going to happen on my belly for the only purpose of puking, and hell, I can do that outside in the cockpit over the side! I don't know what 6 year old the designer had in mind of commandeering this boat but he must be talented! There were several others, but this one peeked my interest a bit, probably enough to take the lady friend with me to see it and the others again on a day when she doesn't have to work and the boatyard owner is available.
https://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/pl_boat_detail.jsp?slim=broker&boat_id=2624889&checked_boats=2624889&hosturl=rookesails&&ywo=rookesails&&ybw=&units=Feet&access=Public&listing_id=54331&url=
I've read the earlier posts from today while I've been gone, and 2 things about that C&C 30 that were mentioned:
1) The salvage value of the equipment might be pretty close to the initial $5,000 investment---that's nice to know, and
2) Being a 30 foot boat might require a Survey for insurance. If that's the case and it has to be hauled out of the water by the local contractor for the survey, then unless that is negotiable with the seller then that kills that deal right off the bat. Excellent tip.