Old Town boats on eBay

[grange]

Found this on eBay, needs a some new planks on the bottom.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63729&item=2498039280&rd=1

There is another one a lot like it, but not in need of restoration.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63729&item=4500839304&rd=1

Anybody have an opinion?

[Bob Cleek]

Well, I wouldn't buy a boat "sight unseen." But, assuming it is close enough to go look at and it's in decent shape and you want it, well, why not. Consider it a project, though. Replacing lapstrake planking can be a real bugger. You start out and the next thing you know, you're replanking the whole shebang!

[Donn]

Uneducated guess here, but it looks to me like you're looking at a complete rebuild of the bones of the hull. You might be able to save some of the planks from above the waterline, but I can't see repairing those rotted frames, and the wood in the middle of the bottom (please pardon lack of boatpart nomenclature), especially aft of the CB trunk, are shot.

[grange]

Yes, the more I look at them, the more I think that I'd have more fun and have a better boat at the end of it all if I just built Bruce Taylor's "Blackfly".

They seem to be about the same size and function, and I don't think I'd really save any time by trying to start with a repair job.