So for maybe 1.5 months now I have been talking with a fella over in Vancouver, WA about buying his project boat. He had put it up on craigslist and I thought the price was a typo. It said it was 30' and was partially finished. So my first email said "Is this a typo?"
His answer "The only typo is that it comes with the trailer". haha.
I looked and looked but could not even find an old junker for $2,500. For the $2,500 I got the boat, trailer and $1,900 worth of windows that he had custom made for the boat. If I recall a couple of the windows are even sliders. They are seriously heavy duty, the right windows for the boat. Nothing hokey (sp?). The stainless hardware to mount them is included. Oh and she is a Coast Guard documented vessel.
She was built in 1975 in Vancouver, WA. The boat yard that built it went out of business and it was never finished. Someone bought it and kept it in a barn. I think it changed hands one time after that (I think) but she has never been left outside or had any water on it.
I left the coast guard document paper in my friends truck so I cant recall what the name of the boat yard was. I will have to do that in a day or two when I get the paperwork out of his truck
I wanted a boat that I could restore that was worthy of taking my wife and 2 teenage sons out camping. I was not thinking I would end up with a 30ft partially completed semi displacement hull (I think its semi displacement?). That fly bridge is going to go, its way to much I think. The fish locker (what is that actually supposed to be called?) is 10ft wide and about 5' x 5'. I wont be commercial fishing and I doubt the boat will see the salt water.
I am not going to start on the boat until I have some designs done and get drawings / plans on how exactly I want it to look like. Then from there I am hoping I can get a materials list and try to get a dollar amount thats it will take to get it to be what I want. Its going to be some drastic changes though, I Know that. I am in no hurry though and figure it will take a few years
I still have my first project (my 18' sunbird restore) to finish but this was just to good to be true, so I bought it and figure I will park it for a couple months while I finish the first boat project.
I still have to get it from Vancouver to here at home. I got about 2 weeks to get all my ducks in a row on my end for the transporting part but I started a thread a few days ago in the towing forum about moving it.
These pictures do not show the keel very well. I got a video that I will put up on youtube that does a better job showing the keel.
His answer "The only typo is that it comes with the trailer". haha.
I looked and looked but could not even find an old junker for $2,500. For the $2,500 I got the boat, trailer and $1,900 worth of windows that he had custom made for the boat. If I recall a couple of the windows are even sliders. They are seriously heavy duty, the right windows for the boat. Nothing hokey (sp?). The stainless hardware to mount them is included. Oh and she is a Coast Guard documented vessel.
She was built in 1975 in Vancouver, WA. The boat yard that built it went out of business and it was never finished. Someone bought it and kept it in a barn. I think it changed hands one time after that (I think) but she has never been left outside or had any water on it.
I left the coast guard document paper in my friends truck so I cant recall what the name of the boat yard was. I will have to do that in a day or two when I get the paperwork out of his truck
I wanted a boat that I could restore that was worthy of taking my wife and 2 teenage sons out camping. I was not thinking I would end up with a 30ft partially completed semi displacement hull (I think its semi displacement?). That fly bridge is going to go, its way to much I think. The fish locker (what is that actually supposed to be called?) is 10ft wide and about 5' x 5'. I wont be commercial fishing and I doubt the boat will see the salt water.
I am not going to start on the boat until I have some designs done and get drawings / plans on how exactly I want it to look like. Then from there I am hoping I can get a materials list and try to get a dollar amount thats it will take to get it to be what I want. Its going to be some drastic changes though, I Know that. I am in no hurry though and figure it will take a few years
I still have my first project (my 18' sunbird restore) to finish but this was just to good to be true, so I bought it and figure I will park it for a couple months while I finish the first boat project.
I still have to get it from Vancouver to here at home. I got about 2 weeks to get all my ducks in a row on my end for the transporting part but I started a thread a few days ago in the towing forum about moving it.
These pictures do not show the keel very well. I got a video that I will put up on youtube that does a better job showing the keel.
