Re: Would you buy a hurricane damaged boat?
if you buy a "cane" boat.....you are buying a project.......if you want a project.....then yes
if you are just buying parts....yes.
if you think you are going to drop it in the water and go fishing......forget it
Same thing here.
I'd be more apt to go looking at them as parts than as my next boat.
Although I've seen and bought several "damaged" boats up here that needed little more than some new rub rail or some good cleaning.
I've seen others though that were well battered and structurally damaged. Pay very close attention to any impact or rub areas on a glass boat. What doesn't look bad can be quite ugly underneath.
I bought an older Mako center console last year for its motors after it was totaled for storm damage. I had every intention of just scrapping the hull after pulling the two late model engines. The hull which looked to be pretty sound, being missing only some rub rail, two cleats, and a damaged bow rail, had major crush damage on the port side. I deemed it not worth my trouble to fix, but a buddy took on the project after I took what I wanted from the boat. To me, it was too far gone, and because of it's age, not worth the repair. It was hit so hard that the floor was separated from the gunwales and the rear corners of the hull were rubbed completely through down to the water line. It would take major work to make it sound again.
I no doubt got my money's worth in the two near new Optimax motors, console, electronics, and T top. Giving it away, to me, saved me the cost of taking it to the dump.
