Anyone like old boats?

[sphillips]

just find a good fiberglass hull, low upkeep.

 

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[mwinpenny]

Yes aquanut, your 20 years in repairing old boats is respectable, but if you do really have a love for the older more well designed wooden boats and can afford it, it is worth the investment. I have also worked on, and reborn wooden boats on the Chesapeake bay for over 20. And the truth is the purchaser should have the same amount of love for the wooden creations before taking that endeavor, and why look at wooden boats in the first place if not an interest. And to add before ending, wooden boats handle rough seas better than fiberglass, when known how to handle.

 

[Salvor6]

Aquanut just helped me finish rebuilding my Grady White 24' offshore.

 

[capt dom]

I have spent nearly twenty years of my life repairing old boats for a living. All I can say is ...Don't do this to yourself!
Aquanut

Here is our second oldest boat. We did a stick up rebuild over eight years. She put one great shipwright in the grave but he worked on her to his end.. She is 100 years old! Built in 1915 in Stockton, Califorina, at the Stephens Boat Works.

 

[clv]

Nice looking Owens, but........having owned a boat since I have been 16 (59 now) Unless you have a big bag of money, and I do mean a very big bag. Just go get the most high end detector you can find and that would be what you would spend in a year of slip rental at least in San Diego ( mine were $6,000 a year). That not including the mandatory insurance about $500 to $1000 every year and don't forget a yearly haul out for maintenance, that's another $2000 to $3000. Ya still want that boat now?
I no longer have a large boat. I just recently bought a 15' Montgomery trailer sailor because my big bag of money has really gotten a lot smaller.

 

[RustyGold]

I have a tiny 14' Enterprise sailboat that's all wood and it just sails through life in my backyard. Lol!

 

[aquanut]

Yes aquanut, your 20 years in repairing old boats is respectable, but if you do really have a love for the older more well designed wooden boats and can afford it, it is worth the investment. I have also worked on, and reborn wooden boats on the Chesapeake bay for over 20. And the truth is the purchaser should have the same amount of love for the wooden creations before taking that endeavor, and why look at wooden boats in the first place if not an interest. And to add before ending, wooden boats handle rough seas better than fiberglass, when known how to handle.

I grew up on the Chesapeake and am quite familiar with the old wooden boats there. All I can say is I've watched way too many crushed to death because the owners ran out of money. A very sad thing...

 

[Honest Samuel]

I do not like old boats and old women, too much trouble with both.