New member here, been looking for a trailer sailer for a while and recently picked up a new to me Hunter 23 and trailer that was for sale over in Holland, MI. The boat seems to be in decent shape, last sailed in 2022 so it's only sat for a short time and at $750 for the boat, trailer and sails the price was pretty decent too. Been lurking on the forums for a while soaking up as much information as possible. They've been a wealth of information so far.
The interior of the boat looks pretty good to me, nothing is totally rotted out or anything like that. The bottom of the boat however is gonna take some work. I've already got a 10hp Honda 4 stroke I'm hoping to use with this boat.
As for my experience I have hours on boats of various sizes in the Great Lakes as well as quite a bit time down in the Florida Keys while I was working as a scuba instructor. The boats were just never mine. I guess that changes now! The other restoration threads I ran into on the forums really got me inspired and I really look forward to putting in some sweat equity on this project.
Here are a few photos of the condition of the boat the day I picked it up a couple weeks ago. Hopefully with a little bit of luck and hard work I can make her shine again.
The interior of the boat looks pretty good to me, nothing is totally rotted out or anything like that. The bottom of the boat however is gonna take some work. I've already got a 10hp Honda 4 stroke I'm hoping to use with this boat.
As for my experience I have hours on boats of various sizes in the Great Lakes as well as quite a bit time down in the Florida Keys while I was working as a scuba instructor. The boats were just never mine. I guess that changes now! The other restoration threads I ran into on the forums really got me inspired and I really look forward to putting in some sweat equity on this project.
Here are a few photos of the condition of the boat the day I picked it up a couple weeks ago. Hopefully with a little bit of luck and hard work I can make her shine again.