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rbgarr
02-26-2012, 10:49 AM
I'm posting for a local woman whose father kept the boat in it until he passed away after which the boat went to a new owner. She wants to build a studio on the site and start as soon as she can.

VERY sturdy and well constructed with drywall screws, most of which look unstripped. 36' long, 11' wide at base, 12' clearance to the underside of the collar ties, and includes louvered vents for each end but no door(s). Needs disassembly, has very good, easy access at end of long, straight, hard-packed, hilltop gravel road with turnaround for trailer or truck. No worries about bogging down in mud. Could be disassembled and loaded on a trailer or large pickup in a day with a long ladder and a few willing hands. It had electrical cords/service strung from home a hundreds yards away, but they are out of service now.

In Boothbay Harbor. An hour and half east of Portland, an hour west of Camden, twenty minutes off coastal Rte 1.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2u53mzc.jpg

Call Ingrid, lv. message, 207-six-three-three-six-840. It cost $2K to have it put up but she'd like to get some money for it ($500 were in materials and she'd like to get new materials for her studio) though she's listed it in CL as a take away (reluctantly): http://maine.craigslist.org/boa/2868435618.html

She's had lots of calls since listing it on CL a few days ago, but no one but me has stopped by to look at it yet. I was interested to see how well the frame had stood up to many years of service. I was impressed.

skuthorp
02-26-2012, 02:53 PM
I love it, just as a piece of sculpture. Wish it was here.

rbgarr
02-26-2012, 04:49 PM
The owner has relisted it on CL with some new thoughts and her own photos: http://maine.craigslist.org/boa/2872107270.html

Figment
02-27-2012, 07:46 AM
Dismantling is one thing. Dismantling it in such a way that it can be transported and re-erected is another. Having done it twice, I'm not convinced that it's less work than just building fresh bows. It's less time but really not less work.
Also, I don't see any diagonals, which gives me concern for the work/fatigue on all the other connections.
The flat ridge is a detail I haven't seen before. Not a bad idea.

That end wall could be worth some money, but again you're up against how to break it down into transportable pieces that can be easily constituted.

$500 in materials seems REALLY low. Either that thing has been up for 25 years, or the whole deal is held up by a single box of drywall screws.

StevenBauer
02-27-2012, 08:03 AM
I'm thinking of putting one of these over Talisman to work on her decks and cabintop this summer but it might be easier to just start from new. Interesting, though.

SMARTINSEN
02-27-2012, 08:52 AM
Kinda looks funny to see no snow late winter in Maine. It is usually right about this time that it is piled deepest.

rbgarr
02-27-2012, 11:36 AM
There are diagonals (on the right side only now) and the frame didn't wrack at all when I checked on that. Regarding the cost of materials, she made a guess at what the materials part of the total bill for having it made and erected was. It wouldn't make sense to try to ask for the cost of all NEW materials....