Let me apolagise for getting ahead of myseld..seems I have already posted 2 topics without a formal introduction of my boat. Shes a 1980 Hunter Chiribini. She has no mast & sail & rigging what so ever...however my friend has an identical boat with mast, sails & rigging which he wants to remove "he just wants to motor around, no sailing" (so hes giving all of that to me). So my task here is how to get the mast & sails off of his boat & onto my boat economically. I am an out of work software developer with very little cash right now, so I have almost nothing to spend on the boat at the moment. More about the boat-she is in the water & needs a good scraping. The deck needs repainting & she is missing a hatch cover. The original diesel engine is gone but I plan on mounting somthing like a 15hp outboard to the back (as a kicker). The teak wood around the sink needs to be replaced, as well as the steps. Maby a little more teak work, & flooring, & the interior should be good to go. Of course all of the cushions need to be replaced. Almost all of the work needed here centers around cosmetic enhancements. I paid $500.00 Five Hundred Dollars for this boat...can someone please tell me if I got a good deal or am I headed down a road of hell. Comparative metaphors welcome...
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I bought my 1979 27' for $200.00 six years ago. She had been abandoned. The front hatch "glass" was missing but the frame was there so I cut rigid plastic to size, caulked in and does not leak. put a 10 horse long shaft on the back. Causes the bow to be a little out of the water so I put some additional weight in the anchor locker.
There was 12 inches of water in the cabin when I got her. Pumped out the water, bleached the heck out of cabin, stripped out the liners, etc. etc...
For me, the boat is so stable that the most you should need is sweat labor and the outcome should be worth the effort.
Mine is a shallow draft design.
I bought my 1979 27' for $200.00 six years ago. She had been abandoned. The front hatch "glass" was missing but the frame was there so I cut rigid plastic to size, caulked in and does not leak. put a 10 horse long shaft on the back. Causes the bow to be a little out of the water so I put some additional weight in the anchor locker.
There was 12 inches of water in the cabin when I got her. Pumped out the water, bleached the heck out of cabin, stripped out the liners, etc. etc...
For me, the boat is so stable that the most you should need is sweat labor and the outcome should be worth the effort.
Mine is a shallow draft design.
Well, up north a lot of us pull our masts and haul out for the winter. You could either have a yard do it or, like me, find a fishing pier with a hoist and pull it yourself. You need some height on the hoist, I grab the mast below the spreaders and walk the bottom forward (with help) as the hoist is let out. A crane could do it. If you need to haul it to clean the bottom anyway maybe the yard is your best bet. It's a seaworthy boat, but you can sink a lot of cash into it that you will never get back out. The outboard is a good idea, buy the best motor bracket you can.
Comparative metaphor from my own experience:
Buy a cheap, beat up, foreclosed home (check). Spend a fortune fixing it (d'oh, check). The total cost of purchase and upgrades could buy easily buy an existing comparable (though not as unique) home. So in the end, experience, education, and enjoyment of doing something really challenging for the end goal of making it all my own. Although sometimes I wish I had just bought the finished product, because all the while I am working away I could just be living in a finished home!
Decide if what you want is to sail, or to rebuild then sail. You have a huge project ahead of you, even on a reasonably small boat! You may be able to just go forth and buy the finished product for the same total financial investment. You get to decide if that lacks the experiences you want.
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