My boat repair buddy and I repair boats. He is incorporated as a marine salvage company. I was incorporated as a marine repair business. He and I have years and years of experience in repairing and refurbishing boats.
After Hurricane Katrina, there were LOTS of boats available for "cheap". Also, there are occasionally derelict boats in nearby marinas. The marinas pick them up through sheriff's eviction due to non-payment of slip fees. The marina just wants them to go away so they can re-activate the slip. My boat repair buddy and I have raised more than one off the bottom at the expense of owners or the marinas. We don't work for free or for the salvage rights. So, how many have we bought or have gotten free in the last 15-20 years? Answer - zero. More often than not, the marinas hire a couple of guys to haul them out and take a chainsaw to them. Unless - all it needs is a relatively easy cosmetic fix and you don't have to pay storage or dockage, - you plan to fix it and keep it, or - you really, really like working on boats and have the time and $$ Run away!! Far, far away! Just my opinion. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Bill Dakin via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have had my eyes on a derelict 24 on our dock for months now. My > inquiries led the management to look into the status of the boat and > owners, if any. Turns out it belongs to the marina and they are willing to > take offers on it and 'don't worry about insulting offers', which I > interpret it to mean, we would like it to go. My offer is leaning to pay > for the mast step and haul out to my 25 MKII trailer where I can transport > it for long term renovation. > > The staff pumped out 18" of water on the cabin sole to provide some > inspection opportunity. The most obvious problem is a drip from the blocks > that lead aft to the cockpit. I'm concerned this region contains plywood > sandwich construction. Even if it is only foam in the construction, and it > is saturated, will it be possible to dry out without removing the > fiberglass/gelcoat cabin top. Both instances are rough with the former > being very serious. > > She has been in the water for many years, so it occurs to me she will have > a blistering hull. I would be in no hurry to get her renovated. No sails, > running rigging shot, even water dripping from the chain plates inside the > cabin. Gosh, I'm about to talk myself out of this! > > Bill Dakin > C&C 25 MKII > S/V Tapestry > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > >
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