Okay I stole this quote from @billjoye from another thread and it was nominated by @Jackdaw as the quote of the year.
... the full quote is
The boat is 30 years old. What is original is breaking and what is not, has been mangled by PO's
So I thought it would be fun to post pics of the mangled messes that we have found in our new-2-us boats.
Here are a few of my discoveries....
This first one is a "stern" light on a Macgregor V21. Well actually it is a cheap licence plate light housing from AutoZone... but hey it looks good... right?
The next three shots are the progeny of a homemade electric panel and the resulting mess. This was on a 1973 MacGregor V22 that I got for $900. I had to gut it.
The next three shots are from a Balboa 26 that I restored. The boat was sold as "ready to sail". First shot is a photo of the furling system and the next is the keel when I found it. I also added a shot of the keel after I fixed it up.
... the full quote is
The boat is 30 years old. What is original is breaking and what is not, has been mangled by PO's
So I thought it would be fun to post pics of the mangled messes that we have found in our new-2-us boats.
Here are a few of my discoveries....
This first one is a "stern" light on a Macgregor V21. Well actually it is a cheap licence plate light housing from AutoZone... but hey it looks good... right?
The next three shots are the progeny of a homemade electric panel and the resulting mess. This was on a 1973 MacGregor V22 that I got for $900. I had to gut it.
The next three shots are from a Balboa 26 that I restored. The boat was sold as "ready to sail". First shot is a photo of the furling system and the next is the keel when I found it. I also added a shot of the keel after I fixed it up.
