Don’t fall in love with this boat , the idea yes! Get a neutral party to look things over and see where you stand overall. Please be safe and don’t get in a hurry prior to thinking the process through a bit. Stuff happens , just don’t let it happen to you!! Good luck .. looking forward to your progress ..
nice boat!!!! don't listen to the negative people.. you can do this! 4 years ago i also bought a catamaran everybody said was garbage. now they all wish they owned her. the best part is that by the time you finish her you will be one with that boat. you will know every square inch of her. keep going and don't give up. but be a little nicer to her. boats are girls and need to be treated tenderly and with care. give her love and she will give you love back. good luck
The mast is probably in ok shape even after falling. The shrouds (on sides) and stay (forward) along with their turnbuckles are probably corroded and will need to be replaced as they are what hold up the mast and resist wind pressure. Count on getting 304/316 SS wire cable and doing the work yourself. There is a simple formula for the amount of tension put on stays and shrouds- google it. Front crossbeam, forward bulkhead and aft bulkhead need to be looked at/inspected as these are the 3 components that keep the 2 hulls stiff. The forward bulkhead resists the considerable downward pressure from the mast. You'll be needing some epoxy and fiberglass- look for brands other than West for budget sake, and there are online sites for fiberglass cloth. As far as propulsion consider outboards with drop down motor brackets. If this uses inboard engine with transmission- diesel is best but expensive. For a very inexpensive inboard replacement take a look at fellow youtuber Tuck and Lillibet who used a $350 13 hp air cooled Harbor Freight gas engine for their 30' sailboat. Good luck...
I have to hand it to you. You're more optimistic than we are. We love a good project and all. Well we hope it all works out well for you. Not sure about the mast, what was the plan there? Hang in there, its a big project but not impossible by any means. Money and time can fix almost anything boat related.
Well good luck, I hope you have deep pockets a lot of will power and patience, I feel this boat comes under not being worth the money to save but if you love it and put the money and effort in it will be a beautiful boat once again.
Enjoyed your channel! Just Subscribed.I’m trying to convince my wife that a circumnavigation is a great retirement project and went so far as to even start a little channel (@NavalGazingatCampDavid) to sell her on the life style….desperate times and all that. Lol. Thanks again for the great content. I have a whoooole new appreciation for the time and care it takes to create these episodes!
Thanks for your message! Had a look at your Channel looks awesome, that’s a lot of work going through all the different yachts. Looking forward to seeing which one you will choose!
This must be free boat and even at that zero dollar, it still very expensive. You'll be quicker building one from a scratch 😅. Sorry that thing is a scrap, not worth my time. The time I'll be spending on it , i rather work and save while doing my homework in how to find a good bargain, then buy something descent . Please don't insult our intelligence by telling us you paid six grand for that pile of ...
My boatyard does lift out and mast removal as one crane operation. They require me to have disconnected the electrics and slackened the standing rigging beforehand.
I feel bad for you but a few people gave you good advice Spend no more money and learn you seem like a nice guy that got taken. Save your money and take time to learn some thing about Boats, plywood, fiberglass and motors. And then look for some thing that you think might work, AND THEN ASK A SURVEYOR TO LOOK. Then if it fits your budget go for it. That boat might have been workable if you had planed to just make it an outboard, but with the condition of the plywood and fiberglass the structure is not there.
such unwise idea, even a super condition boat is a pit of money, and usually not wrth any invest, but this is not a boat anymore and even free it is not a gift. In fact, if you picked it up for free you would still have made a very big gift to the "owner". Drop this asap, it belongs to scrap, at least did not lost much yet.
Slap it together with as little cost possible sail it for a year close to shore ... sink before you need to spend more than $2,000. on a single repair after that year of fun sailing it. I hope you find sunken treasure while you are sailing it. ,,,,,,,,,,
I'm sorry to say, but from your video it looks like that boat is full of dry rot. It's a disaster waiting to happen. Do yourself a favor and get a professional to check it out, then take his advise! Good luck! You're a bigger man than I Gungadin!
The start of a adventure or the start of a nightmare, you decide. I tell you what though the knowledge you will gain from fixing this pile of junk will be pricless. And i mean pricless. as in you couldnt pay for it, like at all. You cant buy it. It is the most valuable thing to a human. But its also alot of work. Rember you will do it right.... because your gonna do it twice.
So everything is rotten and needs to be replaced. The whole boat that is. Make yourself comfortable you will live in the boatyard for years, and spend more then 100k to fix it.
Definitely get some professional advice. It may be better to sell it for scrap. Sorry but it costs a lot to renovate boats. First thing to do is clear out interior of everything. Then pressure wash entire boat . Next get professional to advise on next step . Be mentally prepared to scrap it if advised.
Crane hire to remove the mast would have been a great idea mate! Now youre going to have to examine that mast REALLY carefully for CRACKS..as well as corrosion. I grew up in a boat yard working there.
Dropping/ raising masts, not difficult. The side stays need to be slightly lose. The trick is that they need a pivot point in line with the pivot point on the mast base. This can be done by making up temporary short fore / aft stays to the main side stay at this point. If you are making new stays, include a junction at this point.
Don't waste your effort on Plywood and a layer of Resin and glass. You need Solid Bones man. Your on the water not land. Find a Fiberglass Hull, mono or Multihulled they last much longer.
sadly i feel bad , but ../ and please dont take this the wrong way but .. 100 k for 6 k ???? - famous movie quote " there was a time" ( lucky number slevin), maybe in the 70's from the look of the design . or it may be a one of custom . but not even 6 k now .. from pausing the vid many times , i can see so many issues .. not much to go off of in vid , .. was this a hurricane damaged boat ? sunk and then refloated?? . can see many places that rotted out , underneath from the bridge deck transition to the hulls major fiberglass stress cracks and from what i could see looks like the actual glass was put on with a egg spatula or an old stick ( very rough) , wasnt faired well and i would be worried about the structural integrity of those bulkheads . also, seen a lot of delamination in certain areas along with more rot that would be acceptable . etcetcetc... all i can say is good luck to you . hope you have lots of cash to refit ..
I think youve been Had, Ive seen better boats given away for free in various online boat communities. Thats a money pit that will require a lot of skill, effort, and resources to repair, And after watching your mast removal, i have my doubts, will sub however as im rooting for you.
You paid 100k for a ply boat? Dude, I'm so sorry, cause for the age of that boat and it's condition you way over paid. You need to check your filets cause you can't leave an old ply cat resting on it's hulls you'll screw you bulkheads. Old ply cats are hard work. Good luck though....
@@SuferCowboys support under bridge deck and hulls. Takes strain off you bulkheads. That said on one that age and condition U should make sure Tyers are under a bulkhead incase wood bad along stem Ok 6k AUD and I'd probably look at it. Your not in Australia though are U? If U are let me know I can point U to some cheaper ways to get it done if U need help
Mate, that boat is toast. Dont waste your time or money on it.
Worth a thumbs up just for dropping the mast.👍🤙🤣🤣🤣 Subscribed !!!
You overpaid by about $5,999
i hope he knew the owner of the crane company bc that aint cheap to get a nice crane like that to come and do that
This is a $1 'Please take it away from my boatyard' boat, lots of them around.
6K for a $500.00 boat. Gonna cost 5K to cut up and get rid of that hulk.
Don’t fall in love with this boat , the idea yes!
Get a neutral party to look things over and see where you stand overall.
Please be safe and don’t get in a hurry prior to thinking the process through a bit.
Stuff happens , just don’t let it happen to you!!
Good luck .. looking forward to your progress ..
I just can't believe somebody spent 6K for this!! 🤯
You are braver than I am, but when you don't have money but have time projects like this can turn out amazing
Well, this pretty much helps convince us we need a boat. Planning our sailing lifestyle now!
nice boat!!!! don't listen to the negative people.. you can do this! 4 years ago i also bought a catamaran everybody said was garbage. now they all wish they owned her. the best part is that by the time you finish her you will be one with that boat. you will know every square inch of her. keep going and don't give up. but be a little nicer to her. boats are girls and need to be treated tenderly and with care. give her love and she will give you love back. good luck
I love your optimism 😮😊😂 been there done that!
The mast is probably in ok shape even after falling. The shrouds (on sides) and stay (forward) along with their turnbuckles are probably corroded and will need to be replaced as they are what hold up the mast and resist wind pressure. Count on getting 304/316 SS wire cable and doing the work yourself. There is a simple formula for the amount of tension put on stays and shrouds- google it.
Front crossbeam, forward bulkhead and aft bulkhead need to be looked at/inspected as these are the 3 components that keep the 2 hulls stiff. The forward bulkhead resists the considerable downward pressure from the mast. You'll be needing some epoxy and fiberglass- look for brands other than West for budget sake, and there are online sites for fiberglass cloth.
As far as propulsion consider outboards with drop down motor brackets. If this uses inboard engine with transmission- diesel is best but expensive. For a very inexpensive inboard replacement take a look at fellow youtuber Tuck and Lillibet who used a $350 13 hp air cooled Harbor Freight gas engine for their 30' sailboat.
Good luck...
Thanks for the tips, much appreciated 😊
I have to hand it to you. You're more optimistic than we are. We love a good project and all. Well we hope it all works out well for you. Not sure about the mast, what was the plan there? Hang in there, its a big project but not impossible by any means. Money and time can fix almost anything boat related.
May buy a new mast, not sure yet 😁
Bi plane junk rig, perfect for short handed sailing, and an easy cheap DIY
Good luck my friend. You have a project on your hands
In what world is that a 100k boat, I'm sorry but you got taken advantage of
My thoughts exactly, from the factory she might once have been $1000k I dont see very much of any value A survey would have saved $1000s
Nah, the title is incorrect: He paid 6k for a 6k boat.
@@OlafFichtnerhe pay 6k for a boat that value -0 kkkk that will not last. Probably will be all gone before next attempt.
wooden cats in good condition cost 100k+ even wharrams
Clickbait, send him to the abyss...
Yeah.... you bought a 6k boat and it looks like it. GL with that... you're basically gonna be building a new boat.
I'm in. You'll get it done.
Yes I love the encouragement thank you 😊🤙🏻
WOW, I HOPE ITS ALL ALUMINUM, YOU MIGHT GET A THOUSAND BACK IF YOU SCRAP IT! THE SS MINNOW WAS IN BETTER SHAPE AFTER IT CRASHED.
So, when are you moving aboard?
well, good luck! is it plywood + glass fiber or just class fibre hull?
Ply and ply + glass 🙂
Your title is wrong…. i think you wanted to write: you were paid 6k to take this crap
Burn it and move on.
Next video idea?
It was the "infinity toilet"...... that sold ya, isn't it???
IMO the hull looks pretty sound and overall fair condition. Why did the mast break off?
Well good luck, I hope you have deep pockets a lot of will power and patience, I feel this boat comes under not being worth the money to save but if you love it and put the money and effort in it will be a beautiful boat once again.
A little caulking and paint and you'll be sailing before you know it ! Just take it one step at a time and stay the course .
Enjoyed your channel! Just Subscribed.I’m trying to convince my wife that a circumnavigation is a great retirement project and went so far as to even start a little channel (@NavalGazingatCampDavid) to sell her on the life style….desperate times and all that. Lol. Thanks again for the great content. I have a whoooole new appreciation for the time and care it takes to create these episodes!
Thanks for your message! Had a look at your Channel looks awesome, that’s a lot of work going through all the different yachts. Looking forward to seeing which one you will choose!
This must be free boat and even at that zero dollar, it still very expensive. You'll be quicker building one from a scratch 😅.
Sorry that thing is a scrap, not worth my time. The time I'll be spending on it , i rather work and save while doing my homework in how to find a good bargain, then buy something descent .
Please don't insult our intelligence by telling us you paid six grand for that pile of ...
steep learning curve....haha. good luck. subscribed
Thanks 😊
Shouldn't the mast have been removed before lifting it out of the water??
My boatyard does lift out and mast removal as one crane operation. They require me to have disconnected the electrics and slackened the standing rigging beforehand.
Well it didn’t fold in half when it was lifted so that’s something
Well, it's not a Lagoon 450...
I feel bad for you but a few people gave you good advice Spend no more money and learn you seem like a nice guy that got taken. Save your money and take time to learn some thing about Boats, plywood, fiberglass and motors. And then look for some thing that you think might work, AND THEN ASK A SURVEYOR TO LOOK. Then if it fits your budget go for it. That boat might have been workable if you had planed to just make it an outboard, but with the condition of the plywood and fiberglass the structure is not there.
such unwise idea, even a super condition boat is a pit of money, and usually not wrth any invest, but this is not a boat anymore and even free it is not a gift. In fact, if you picked it up for free you would still have made a very big gift to the "owner". Drop this asap, it belongs to scrap, at least did not lost much yet.
it looks like you bought a $100 catamaran for $6000
So you literally had a crane there..... why not lift the mast down???
Plus, 6k..... ooof. I hope it works out for you, but ooof!!
Slap it together with as little cost possible sail it for a year close to shore ... sink before you need to spend more than $2,000. on a single repair after that year of fun sailing it. I hope you find sunken treasure while you are sailing it.
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Walk Away.... Actually Run
Good luck, ur an Aussie you'll power through💪👌👍🇦🇺😂
I'm sorry to say, but from your video it looks like that boat is full of dry rot. It's a disaster waiting to happen.
Do yourself a favor and get a professional to check it out, then take his advise!
Good luck! You're a bigger man than I Gungadin!
That thing will never float
YOU PAID 6K FOR THAT? 😂😂😂
The start of a adventure or the start of a nightmare, you decide. I tell you what though the knowledge you will gain from fixing this pile of junk will be pricless. And i mean pricless. as in you couldnt pay for it, like at all. You cant buy it. It is the most valuable thing to a human. But its also alot of work. Rember you will do it right.... because your gonna do it twice.
I am an optimistic person but don't spend anything on that. It's not even worth sinking. Start over get a good bones boat & go from there.
So everything is rotten and needs to be replaced.
The whole boat that is.
Make yourself comfortable you will live in the boatyard for years, and spend more then 100k to fix it.
They should have paid you to take the boat off their hands. Wildlings only paid $2k for his ship wreck.
Definitely get some professional advice. It may be better to sell it for scrap. Sorry but it costs a lot to renovate boats. First thing to do is clear out interior of everything. Then pressure wash entire boat . Next get professional to advise on next step . Be mentally prepared to scrap it if advised.
*_ A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED!!!!! _*
If you were paying 6k then you knew you weren't getting a beauty
This will be interesting to see one learn how not to do things. That set up zero rigging experience.
Crane hire to remove the mast would have been a great idea mate! Now youre going to have to examine that mast REALLY carefully for CRACKS..as well as corrosion. I grew up in a boat yard working there.
You didn't pay 100K for this pile of epic junk!
Plywood. I don’t know, hopefully the rot isn’t so bad. Good luck.
Next time you do mast removal or replacement use the boom truck. Its how its done.
Dropping/ raising masts, not difficult.
The side stays need to be slightly lose.
The trick is that they need a pivot point in line with the pivot point on the mast base. This can be done by making up temporary short fore / aft stays to the main side stay at this point. If you are making new stays, include a junction at this point.
Great idea, buy a scrap boat and create a You Tube Channel and have everyone pay for it and you get a FREE boat. Yea right.
never buy ANYTHING for its potential
Those are some wise words right there.
The journey and challenge 🤙🏻
@@SuferCowboys most people never complete these projects, you probably will not be any different
Don't waste your effort on Plywood and a layer of Resin and glass.
You need Solid Bones man.
Your on the water not land.
Find a Fiberglass Hull, mono or Multihulled they last much longer.
No worries that buff out.
😂
Wtf walk away !
surely you jest sir! how on earth could that piece of junk be $100k??
New build cost
Please tell me they paid you 6K to take it away?
You paid 6k for 500$ boat
100K, lol, its is not even worth 1K in this condition.
surely mast removal could have been done by the crane in about 15 minutes !
After a cleanup you hoist the sails and feel the Spirit ....or Not.
I guess you will never leave the backyard.
sadly i feel bad , but ../ and please dont take this the wrong way but .. 100 k for 6 k ???? - famous movie quote " there was a time" ( lucky number slevin), maybe in the 70's from the look of the design . or it may be a one of custom . but not even 6 k now .. from pausing the vid many times , i can see so many issues .. not much to go off of in vid , .. was this a hurricane damaged boat ? sunk and then refloated?? . can see many places that rotted out , underneath from the bridge deck transition to the hulls major fiberglass stress cracks and from what i could see looks like the actual glass was put on with a egg spatula or an old stick ( very rough) , wasnt faired well and i would be worried about the structural integrity of those bulkheads . also, seen a lot of delamination in certain areas along with more rot that would be acceptable . etcetcetc... all i can say is good luck to you . hope you have lots of cash to refit ..
Get a survey to find out if it will ever be worth fixing.
Crazy this boat it just a ruin...
I think youve been Had, Ive seen better boats given away for free in various online boat communities. Thats a money pit that will require a lot of skill, effort, and resources to repair, And after watching your mast removal, i have my doubts, will sub however as im rooting for you.
Are you single?
Unless you are a carpenter or shipwright, STAY AWAY FROM OLD ROTTEN WOODEN BOATS
How much did you really pay for that $500 boat?
Tough crowd in the comments, lmao. Although I have to agree, for that price you could have got a pretty solid GRP mono hull fixer up.
Hahahaha you spent 6k on a boat worth 0
You paid 100k for a ply boat? Dude, I'm so sorry, cause for the age of that boat and it's condition you way over paid. You need to check your filets cause you can't leave an old ply cat resting on it's hulls you'll screw you bulkheads. Old ply cats are hard work. Good luck though....
6K AUD, I’ll definitely look into the hulls resting on the tires, any advise on how it should rest? Thanks 😊
@@SuferCowboys support under bridge deck and hulls. Takes strain off you bulkheads. That said on one that age and condition U should make sure Tyers are under a bulkhead incase wood bad along stem
Ok 6k AUD and I'd probably look at it. Your not in Australia though are U? If U are let me know I can point U to some cheaper ways to get it done if U need help
@@SuferCowboys Name it - _Wreck_ _Ignition_ !