Oops, went shopping 91 Top Gun
10-27-2017 | 02:04 PM
#101
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I'd bet ya most "dry" boats are actually wet if you dig deep enough. Especially 30 year old ones.
My Pantera was a heated garage kept boat its entire life. Never left in the water for more than a day or two (I know the previous 2 owners. One bought it new and the other guy had it until I bought it) it was "dry" as a bone except the rear stringers and 2 bulkheads were wet.
Point being, 30 plus year old boats with wood in them are just about all wet.
My Pantera was a heated garage kept boat its entire life. Never left in the water for more than a day or two (I know the previous 2 owners. One bought it new and the other guy had it until I bought it) it was "dry" as a bone except the rear stringers and 2 bulkheads were wet.
Point being, 30 plus year old boats with wood in them are just about all wet.
10-27-2017 | 02:20 PM
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no need, I know what I'm looking at, I didn't buy this boat thinking it was solid, I knew it was wet in a few spots... but until you drill a core sample even a meter don't mean chit. People think I bought the boat by not looking it over well or by mistake not finding things that's not true I bought the boat because I knew if I found more I could Parkette out and move onto the next one and put a few bucks in my pocket that's why I'm really not caring that much. No there's a handful of people out there that think the joke is on me Timw is stupid but I'm absolutely not I can I assure that Lol
10-27-2017 | 02:45 PM
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I wouldnt sweat that rotten keel stringer and bulkhead . There is enough strength built into the hull at the keel area that its almost redundancy. Drill the other stringers and see what their like.
if you run that thing hard enough to break it you will be tearing it apart next year antways to cut the cabin liner out thats ratteling around.
if you run that thing hard enough to break it you will be tearing it apart next year antways to cut the cabin liner out thats ratteling around.
10-28-2017 | 09:26 AM
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10-28-2017 | 09:40 AM
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i am listing the gun in parts ad, it's not junk just not a project I'm gonna do when my mistress is dry, there's more boats to buy, I knew this was a win either way so I bought it
11-06-2017 | 10:00 PM
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