Ok I don't own it

old Boats

Boston justto keep thingsinteresting, check out this web site www.boneyardboats.com , current Boat on the front is a 60 ft. halibut schooner, love old boats. Great pictures of Ketchikan harbor by Easy must have been in winter with the snow. Fished up ther last 2 years and planing on more.

 

Boston, I found something that may be of interest - google " crash jp morgan buy silver " and have a look at the results... I think that is an excellent idea... Chance for revenge... Screw one of the 'banksters' and save the world... A favour to your Countrymen as well as a bit of a capital gain so long as you take delivery... Just one coin will do, if everyone does it...

 

Assets of 2 trillion dollars. I don't like anyone's chances of 'crashing' them via the silver market....

And if we did, of course, the people in charge would walk away with plenty of money. The ones who who would get hurt are the employees, investors, and customers who had accounts there.

 

The Hunt brothers tried it in the early 80's. They drove the market for a while, but in the end just got spanked.

 

i think she is for free.



can be a superb project.

 

That is a nice looking boat. I wonder what shape she is in.

 

I remember the Hunt brothers move, they ended up getting stung for hundreds of millions if I remember

Larry
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
I think we are on separate wave lengths



this one is pretty much my first pick and although it is for sale it would require my going into debt ( they want $250,000 for it )

If you read back through the thread you will find the style and a few options I've discovered on the "journey" so to speak

Hoyt
good question
at 90 years its likely worth parts and thats about it
I've grown really leery of what people say about the condition of a boat having looked at so many by this point in the game. My take is send me pictures till I say stop and let me see for myself what it looks like. What I've found is that whatever they tell you, the opposite is generally true. That big Elco I found for 30k was advertised as complete yet when you look at the pictures its stripped to the bone and the engines have been flooded and left for dead, thing also looks like it spent some serious time half submerged. I also found a Moris friendship advertised as complete yet when I got the pictures it had obviously been stripped although the owner said he had all the stuff, but on further questioning it was brought to light that the spruce masts and spars were now old flag poles and all the original rigging and hardware was gone.

its a crap shoot

cheers
B

 

boston i agree, but the trumpy was free. she was shortened years ago to enter a marina for less money, but put back at the original length (60' plus) with the original fantail, she can be really beautiful.
but it is a good amount of money and work of course.

 

of course this one is a beauty. no question about that.

 

one thing you will find when doing cost analysis of various woody projects is that its cheaper over the long run to buy an old boat that you like and then salvage all the "stuff" off of it. Then rebuild the hull from scratch using either some new prints or by copying the old hull. Actual restoration seems to be the most expensive option.

 

Caveat emptor.

 

Bos., I'll agree with that statement. You can buy 2 boats in these times just for parts and engines, trannys, and wood for interiors. It has changed my goals, however, it has forced me into an extended time line and I'm old. There is a danger there. My last price out on a 30' x 10' boat was ( for the bottom and side frames only ) was 20 studs, or 14-2x4-14' dry plate # 1 stock, all yellow pine. It is all the other stuff that is expensive. Just my thoughts. SR

 

"of course this one is a beauty. no question about that."

Larry,
What is so beautiful about that boat? She's got a "broken" sheer, the aft deck rain/sun cover looks like a shade for a rural picnic in west Texas, the whole side is a bit of a slab, the bridge looks like a varnished forest service look out tower and the mast looks like a wimpy stick of wood without a purpose. It looks clean but one can clean up an alligator. Naw .. it's just a well kept old boat.

 

...ahhh easy Rider.....beauty is in the eye of the beholder...and also comes from many years of experience...like a truely good wine, the small subtleties are what makes the difference....you see things that young Boston does not know about yet, most likely because you have forgotten more than he knows, but he is on the right track at least....

 

well someone just paid $250,000 for it cause its no longer listed. I was going to show a zillion pictures and ask what your seeing that I'm not but the simple reality is these old Elco's are the lap of luxury.

this ones a mere $225,000







but no worries Easy if you'd rather not come aboard we can always just meet you at the airport



cheers
B

The only 57' that is still for sale ( there were three last year and the two in the 1/4 million range sold ) is the one that they glassed over the hull. Its going for the reduced rate of $135,000 and no takers, thus proving that you'd best keep these oldies in original condition or you wreck the value.