LimpingBuf
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Okay, I'm leaving myself wide open but here goes ...
I'd like some suggestions on whether to replace or rebuild my 1981 21 ft. bayliner bowrider.
My primary uses for the boat (in order) are: 1. crabbing; 2. generally running around with grandkids, usually out for lunch or dinner; 3. tubing or wakeboarding with my kids and their spouses; and 4. shrimping.
The general arrangement of the current boat works quite well. I especially like the back-to-back arrangements of the two center seats and the way the two aft seat cushions are set up to make a pad running athwartship across the stern. This set up gives me a place to secure and haul 4 crab or shrimp pots and the deck space in the cockpit to work the pots.
That being said, this boat is old and tired and in need of a complete rebuild. Also, I would prefer a deeper and heavier hull. I've been looking at replacing the boat, but I really can't find anything that has the same general arrangement. I figure that rebuilding the boat the way I want will run me around $7,000, but that won't give me the hull I would prefer.
I am willing to spend up to $25,000 on a replacement (it must be trailerable) and am looking for suggestions.
Please don't go off on a rant about the quality, etc. of a bayliner or the experience level of their owners. I am a maritime acadamy grad, I've sailed professionally, remain in the industry and this is not my first boat (I did expect it to be the last). I bought this because my wife insisted that I teach my grandkids how to crab, fish and operate a power boat. Having experienced the joys of maintaining and funding unused boats, I bought this thing for $3,000 figuring like the last one, it would never get used. I was dead wrong, my grandsons love it.
Thanks for your thoughts.
I'd like some suggestions on whether to replace or rebuild my 1981 21 ft. bayliner bowrider.
My primary uses for the boat (in order) are: 1. crabbing; 2. generally running around with grandkids, usually out for lunch or dinner; 3. tubing or wakeboarding with my kids and their spouses; and 4. shrimping.
The general arrangement of the current boat works quite well. I especially like the back-to-back arrangements of the two center seats and the way the two aft seat cushions are set up to make a pad running athwartship across the stern. This set up gives me a place to secure and haul 4 crab or shrimp pots and the deck space in the cockpit to work the pots.
That being said, this boat is old and tired and in need of a complete rebuild. Also, I would prefer a deeper and heavier hull. I've been looking at replacing the boat, but I really can't find anything that has the same general arrangement. I figure that rebuilding the boat the way I want will run me around $7,000, but that won't give me the hull I would prefer.
I am willing to spend up to $25,000 on a replacement (it must be trailerable) and am looking for suggestions.
Please don't go off on a rant about the quality, etc. of a bayliner or the experience level of their owners. I am a maritime acadamy grad, I've sailed professionally, remain in the industry and this is not my first boat (I did expect it to be the last). I bought this because my wife insisted that I teach my grandkids how to crab, fish and operate a power boat. Having experienced the joys of maintaining and funding unused boats, I bought this thing for $3,000 figuring like the last one, it would never get used. I was dead wrong, my grandsons love it.
Thanks for your thoughts.
