[jclark003]

I tried to purchase a 50 open and talked to an owner up here in Michigan several times. Great guy who does a lot of work with Tiara and an absolutely beautiful boat. From what he told me the boat did tend to ride a little nose high but not a big deal. if I remember correctly, he put all chain anchor rhode and maybe moved the hot water tanks forward a bit (can't remember everything he told me) which moved the CG forward and gave it a much better attitude.

Boat is supposedly amazing in a heavy seaway and the 3406 engine is arguably one of the best engines ever built by caterpillar. If boat is in salt water you may need to replace aftercooler of course and that's never cheap. Tiara did some other neat engineering things like an equalizing tube at the top of the fuel tanks so both tanks can be filled from either fuel cap. They offered a massive swim platform that looks like a helicopter landing pad and also had available a nifty nautical structures folding davit that popped up out of the transom

One downside is the hull sides tend to be wet in these boats. From what I know the coring is slightly exposed under the coming boards (or so I've been told). The owner I talked had to put some healthy work to repair the coring and seal everything up. Suggest your survey look close from exhaust outlet up to air intakes.

Personally I think Tiara gave up way too early on that boat. It makes a heck of a profile and is without a doubt the coolest open boat I have ever seen. I looked long and hard for one of these and ended up grabbing a 52 because I couldn't find one. Really hope this works out for you. Drop me a PM if you have any questions and I'll see if I can get in touch with the other owner and get you some answers. Best of luck.