Ye 'ave a case of salvor's eye matey! ;Dr; There's a lot of hulls sitting rotting in backyards all over the country that started like this. I don't know what your marine background is, but that's a lot of work. And $35K could get you into a lot of boat that's already seaworthy. If this is just for you, 64' is a bunch o' boat. And maintenance.

After spending many years teaching myself to sail I lived on a Hunter 30 for about a year and learned a lot about the hidden costs of life at sea. Turns out most of it is spent giving money to the marina you call home. Don't get me wrong, it's romantic and awe inspiring. But not for the inexperienced to jump right into something an experienced sailor would steer clear of.

Find a couple of reputable marine surveyors and get their opinions. Even 2 days of submersion will wreak all sorts of havoc on a vessel. You'll pretty much end up gutting it down to the skin and building it back up, which is years of work on a boat that size. You'll end up putting far more than the estimated end value into it before it ever sees more than a set of jacks beneath its hull.