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re: Buying a new boat or restoring an older model?
Posted on 6/26/17 at 6:51 am to ChexMix
Posted on 6/26/17 at 6:51 am to ChexMix
Post pics as you go if you don't mind. I'm not familiar with this boat. What are you thinking for power?
Tritons came with mercs a lot I believe. If it still has merc controls I would strongly consider the new merc 4 stroke.
Tritons came with mercs a lot I believe. If it still has merc controls I would strongly consider the new merc 4 stroke.
This post was edited on 6/26/17 at 6:54 am
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Posted on 6/26/17 at 9:53 am to tilco
Good luck in your endeavor, I did the same thing years ago and by the time I had the boat exactly the way I wanted it I had more money in it than I would have a newer nicer one to begin with. I enjoyed the project but doing all the work yourself on a 28' offshore boat consumes your life. I was working and fixing on the boat way more than I was using it, so I sold it and bought a Bay boat 15 years newer, now I fish instead of being a boat mechanic. With that said my bay boat is in the shop now after the #1 cylinder blew, being rigged with a new 4 stroke 300 Yamaha. A boat is nothing more than a hole in the water to pour money in, initial purchase price is a small factor in the overall cost of boat ownership.
This post was edited on 6/26/17 at 9:54 am
Posted on 6/26/17 at 12:35 pm to ChexMix
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I am not going to spend 15k+ to decorate my lawn.
every singe person who does this says that exact same thing until they get way too deep into it and realize they will never get it to turn out as they imagined.
if you have thew will and determination then by all means go for it, I was just giving you the realities that 98% of those who attempt to do a project like this must face.
in the end, assuming you take it to the end and do finish it, it will be way more expensive then if you had just bought a new boat.
that is why I said its best to have a boat builder build that hull for you and it will be done cheaper, better, have a professional quality finished look to it, and be done faster then you ever could do it.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 1:28 pm to keakar
I think it depends what "restore" is. A new motor and some wiring as you mentioned before is definitely manageable. There's also some peace of mind in knowing what every wire goes to in case of emergency. Replacing A rotten floor/transom is gonna be a doozy.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 7:01 pm to ChexMix
Go to YouTube and search Friscoboater. He has an entire series refurbishing an old sea ray boat. It's an interesting series and I watched every one of them but it's A LOT of work. That said, if you have the skills and the time, I can see it being a very satisfying project.
Posted on 6/27/17 at 2:45 am to ChexMix
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It will be a money pit for sure, but it will be my money pit
Sounds like you made up your mind despite everybody's sound advice(you should be not stupid and listen to them).
Why ask?
Posted on 6/27/17 at 7:27 am to ChexMix
I recently priced new motors. The best price I found for a Mercury Pro XS 200 was $13k. Yamaha SHO was several thousand more. If it were me, I wouldn't sink that kind of money into an older boat. I ended up selling my boat with a blown power head and buying a three year old rig with low hours and warranty left in the motor and coming out a lot better. If I were you, I would wait for the right used boat to come along.
Posted on 6/27/17 at 11:12 pm to GrantTheFan
quote:called up my local fiberglass guy and asked him to for some advice and an estimate...He said the boat is totaled :<
Go to YouTube and search Friscoboater. He has an entire series refurbishing an old sea ray boat. It's an interesting series and I watched every one of them but it's A LOT of work. That said, if you have the skills and the time, I can see it being a very satisfying project.
He also said that there were some many hairline cracks on the hull it would take him 2 years to fix the boat if it were his spare time weekend project...and thats with him knowing what the hell he is doing.
The guys were straight up with me and told me i could have them fix the tough spots and take it to have a bedliner spayed over the hull to seal up the rest...but that is just rigging it up and that i was better off buying a new one.
So, buying an older model will be the path to victory in this case. I only spent 700 for the hull and tandem trailer and will end up using the saltwater hatches on the new boat so it wont be a total waste. Tandem trailer is a rust bucket that needs to be scrapped.
All in all a learning experience that didnt cost much and turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
Will post pics of hull later for reference.
Posted on 6/27/17 at 11:16 pm to ChexMix
What made it totaled? Rotten core?
Posted on 6/27/17 at 11:30 pm to ChexMix
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Tandem trailer is a rust bucket that needs to be scrapped.
don't be so fast to write it off. there are lots of trailers out there with no/lost titles that cant be sorted out for whatever reasons and there will be someone quite happy to pay you $200 for that title and may not even care if the trailer comes with it. just sayin
This post was edited on 6/27/17 at 11:30 pm
Posted on 6/27/17 at 11:41 pm to ChexMix
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boat is totaled
No such thing, baw
This post was edited on 6/27/17 at 11:42 pm
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