Chris.
02-01-2003, 06:17 AM
This is a follow-on from another post in Misc. Boat-related to do with a 30 sq metre yacht.
After responding to an advt for an incomplete project in a deceased estate sale, I went off to view the offering (pics at Shed Boat Album (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4290740319) .
I found the 30 sq metre I was expecting and instantly got a bad case of boat lust. The photos (last three in the album) in Imagestation do not nearly do it justice - the size of the shed housing it precluded decent shots. Planked with Huon Pine, with teak decks, its been refastened, dynelled and expoxied on the outside to the waterline, new teak decks, a couple of new frames, new coachhouse etc etc. Mostly its 90% done. I think most of the stuff needed to finish it is in the shed with it.... as I said in the other post - my wife is VERY worried.
But there was another boat too, sitting outside. Stuffed if I know what it is - it looks like a pile of s*** from the outside as the few photos will attest, but inside it is either virginal construction or some obsessive has spent a LOT of time refinishing the interior of the hull. All the interior looks as if it has been epoxied and varnished. The interior shots aren't that good, but it gives you an idea. This one is likely free to whoever will truck it away. But it is a total WYSIWYG proposition. Nothing comes with it except the head (new) lying in the bilge.
But there is a story with this - its a deceased estate as I said, caused by the owner, last April, picking up his shotgun, shooting his wife, writing a note to the kids, calling the cops, and then shooting himself. I am not sure if this was a boat related incident.......
After responding to an advt for an incomplete project in a deceased estate sale, I went off to view the offering (pics at Shed Boat Album (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4290740319) .
I found the 30 sq metre I was expecting and instantly got a bad case of boat lust. The photos (last three in the album) in Imagestation do not nearly do it justice - the size of the shed housing it precluded decent shots. Planked with Huon Pine, with teak decks, its been refastened, dynelled and expoxied on the outside to the waterline, new teak decks, a couple of new frames, new coachhouse etc etc. Mostly its 90% done. I think most of the stuff needed to finish it is in the shed with it.... as I said in the other post - my wife is VERY worried.
But there was another boat too, sitting outside. Stuffed if I know what it is - it looks like a pile of s*** from the outside as the few photos will attest, but inside it is either virginal construction or some obsessive has spent a LOT of time refinishing the interior of the hull. All the interior looks as if it has been epoxied and varnished. The interior shots aren't that good, but it gives you an idea. This one is likely free to whoever will truck it away. But it is a total WYSIWYG proposition. Nothing comes with it except the head (new) lying in the bilge.
But there is a story with this - its a deceased estate as I said, caused by the owner, last April, picking up his shotgun, shooting his wife, writing a note to the kids, calling the cops, and then shooting himself. I am not sure if this was a boat related incident.......