Hello everyone,
Not sure if there are any Irwin 37 owners out there, but I just wanted to reach out because I am now responsible for a 1977 Irwin 37. I aquired it for a song and dance here in Louisiana. The boat is in seriously distressed condition, and I took on the task of ownership and rebuilding it. The boat sat for so long after the unfortunate passing away of the prior owner that it sank at the lake marina slip it was tied to. everything within took a dunk! And so nearly everything within has been removed. So the boat has been literally "gutted" before I got it. I Never owned a boat of this size before and I'm probably crazy for taking this boat in the first place, but golly, she is so beautiful in my eyes and I just couldn't let her go to the wayside without at least trying my hand and mind at bringing her back to life. As you can see in some of these photos attached, there's some teak that is still salvageable. The perkins 4108 is still there and just might be rebuildable too. the sinks/toilets and tanks and a few other electrical/mechanical apparatuses remain as well. The mainsail is gone but the genoa? is there, furled up. All of the wiring is still there and hooked up to the CBP. I really don't know where to start with this rehab but I began by deciding to wipe down the interior with cleaning solvent and I caulked up anywhere a leak may occur from rains.there is a couple of areas on the teak "toerails?" that need repair/replacing and I noticed where someone placed a 4x4 post to support the ceiling just under the mainsail mast after the bulkhead there was removed; has slightly punched through there at the ceiling and the same has happened in the shower pan at the foot of where the post sits. this could either be because the mainsail mast is too heavy or the 4x4 was too long and the person who isntalled it must haved wedged it in there forcefully. I'll post a photo of that too. There are a few areas on deck where the gelcoat has cracks and a few of the portholes could use replacing. well, I suppose I should log off for now. I will be posting more photos as I go along . I hope to hear from anyone with information, or support. Thanks..:dance:
Not sure if there are any Irwin 37 owners out there, but I just wanted to reach out because I am now responsible for a 1977 Irwin 37. I aquired it for a song and dance here in Louisiana. The boat is in seriously distressed condition, and I took on the task of ownership and rebuilding it. The boat sat for so long after the unfortunate passing away of the prior owner that it sank at the lake marina slip it was tied to. everything within took a dunk! And so nearly everything within has been removed. So the boat has been literally "gutted" before I got it. I Never owned a boat of this size before and I'm probably crazy for taking this boat in the first place, but golly, she is so beautiful in my eyes and I just couldn't let her go to the wayside without at least trying my hand and mind at bringing her back to life. As you can see in some of these photos attached, there's some teak that is still salvageable. The perkins 4108 is still there and just might be rebuildable too. the sinks/toilets and tanks and a few other electrical/mechanical apparatuses remain as well. The mainsail is gone but the genoa? is there, furled up. All of the wiring is still there and hooked up to the CBP. I really don't know where to start with this rehab but I began by deciding to wipe down the interior with cleaning solvent and I caulked up anywhere a leak may occur from rains.there is a couple of areas on the teak "toerails?" that need repair/replacing and I noticed where someone placed a 4x4 post to support the ceiling just under the mainsail mast after the bulkhead there was removed; has slightly punched through there at the ceiling and the same has happened in the shower pan at the foot of where the post sits. this could either be because the mainsail mast is too heavy or the 4x4 was too long and the person who isntalled it must haved wedged it in there forcefully. I'll post a photo of that too. There are a few areas on deck where the gelcoat has cracks and a few of the portholes could use replacing. well, I suppose I should log off for now. I will be posting more photos as I go along . I hope to hear from anyone with information, or support. Thanks..:dance:
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