Looking at purchasing an 83 Hunter Cherubini 27

[scootergirl2011]

I found this ad on Craigslist for a Sailboat and me and my husband are looking to move from the mountains down onto the coast and work our way through the gulf and have a little fun on a sailboat and live off of a boat.

I found this awesome and super cheap sailboat from CL and it's a Hunter 27 Cherubini and it has no Mast.

I am looking for information on masts and what it would cost to get another. I've got a set of sails already and the rigging is still there. I am looking to see how much a general bolt on mast for this boat would be.

 

[Steve Dion]

I am guessing that a salvage yard is going to get between $500-$1500 plus rigging, a new one with rigging is going to be about $5000-6000 with rigging.

Find a complete boat that you can sail now. You will be thousands ahead.

 

[scootergirl2011]

I didn't know they were so expensive. X_X

 

[Steve Dion]

That is why the boat is so cheap. Your only other option would be to find the same boat with a hole in the hull (also cheap) and make one "new" boat out of the two.

There are a lot of good used boats for sale. Find one of them today and go sailing tomorrow.

 

[scootergirl2011]

I've been looking around and I've only got about $2500, so i'm not looking for something in super great shape or anything. More like a fixer upper that I can take and make it my own and put some work into it.

I've found another boat that soemone is trying to simply just get rid of and I've e-mailed him asking about the mast, I'm hoping it would work. If it won't it's not a huge deal I'll just find something else.

I know a guy who got a boat with no mast and he took the ballast out and replaced it with a 150gallon fuel tank and put a little out board motor on it and putted around. That would be an option. Just not as fun as learning to sail. (my husband has sailing experience)

 

[Benny17441]

What's the name of this guy's boat, "The Bomb", perhaps?

 

[Ed Schenck]

Not to worry Benny. With no ballast you just turtle it and the fire is out!

While Steve's numbers might be a bit high I think he is right about walking away. There are so many project boats that come with all the major parts. I like fixing things but I hate searching and waiting for the parts to do the job.

 

[drumbeater]

And if you've only got $2500 you better look for something ready to sail at that price or a project for $1500. You'll need the thousand to just it off the dock.