Well I did it. I bought a 1980 Catalina 27. Boat appears to be in pretty good shape. I've gone over it inch by inch. It has the Atomic 5411 Universal 2 cylinder diesel 11 hp. Down below need some sprucing up but nothing I can't handle. Bulkheads all sounded like they were in good shape. Sounded out the deck all around and the return sounded was good. I'm sure I will find some core that needs repairing but there were no soft spots or delamination it could detect. It has been out of the water for almost 3 years. When I first went to look at it I half expected it to be a bathtub with a foot of water in it. But no just a little in the bilge. It has a decent number of sails with it. Other boats I've looked at never had anything more than a main, working jib and genoa. This has only one main but 4 other head sails.
I will have a ton of questions for the forum. The first one will be about the windows. I'm sure they leak some water. I will take the current ones out and do a resealing job just to get me through the winter to eliminate any more leakage from that source.
Anyway, I congratulate myself and am looking forward to getting things underway.
I will have a ton of questions for the forum. The first one will be about the windows. I'm sure they leak some water. I will take the current ones out and do a resealing job just to get me through the winter to eliminate any more leakage from that source.
Anyway, I congratulate myself and am looking forward to getting things underway.