Restorable Hunter 27
Faith, The boat you're referring to (Cathy B's boat) is actually a '77, not a '71. She mis-typed the year in the e-mail to the Lightning Fleet. Normal prices for boats of that era are around $9,000 (see www.bucvalue.com). We bought this one for $4,300. I wouldn't say it's a total loss, it's just a very expensive proposition to fix it up. The hull MUST be repaired before she can sail again. The yard wants $6,300. A do-it-yourselfer with a lot of time on her hands could do it for maybe $1,500-$2,000 worth of materials (fiberglass, resin, epoxy, paint, sandpaper, rollers, brushes, respirator, etc., etc.,) Cathy and I simply don't have the kind of time it takes to do it ourselves, and there are other problem areas on the boat too that would have to be dealt with eventually. That's why the scrap-it or give-it-away mentality.
