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rbrtfeld:
Good Luck.  I also have a 1979 323 #192.  Bought it last year and it also was my first boat. We have had a blast sailing her.  Make sure you have the hulll surveyed for blisters and look closely at the mast step. Other than those issues, these boats are pretty solid.

Eddy:
the mast step was one of the things I knew how to look at. The mast step looks like new on this boat and the bilge is spotless. I'll take some pics of it when I go down for the survey and sea trial. The boat looks to have been well cared for from what I can tell. One of the questions I do have is in regard to the diesel engine that is in it. From what I can find if the diesel was optioned when new it should have been the volvo MD11C but this one has a Universal M-30 in it. Was this also an option when new or would this mean it was retrofitted sometime later? The boat has been winterized and when I looked in the engine compartment there was some of the antifreeze below the engine...is it normal when the boat is winterized to have some of this spill out?

Dolce_Vita:
My understanding (but I could be wrong) was that the original configuration had an Atomic-4 as standard, with an M-30 as an option.
Later, the A4 was dropped, and the MD11C was standard.

Eddy:
We had marine survey on Monday as well as the sea trial. I used Frank Lanier for the survey and I must say he did a fantastic job, he was very thorough and did not let the broker hurry him at all. It took him all day for the survey and sea trial. Only a couple of things were found that need attention asap the rest is stuff that I can do as we go along which will also help us get familiar with the boat. We should close here in a week or two at most. Very excited.

Dolce_Vita:
Excellent news!   I know you will enjoy her.

Where are you located?  If on the Chesapeake, check out the Pearson Sailing Assoc of the Chesapeake Bay:
http://www.cbpsa.org/

We are the largest remaining organized group of Pearson owners in the world.

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