Fuhgetta bow dit !!
Not a good way to immerse yourself into the world of boating.
You will be a very unhappy camper. These nightmare jobs are sometimes un-avoidable when you already own the headache, but you don't, so keep it that way. !!!

still curious what kind of boat and what kind of money are they asking.


Art i asume you are a glass guy and know that can of worms all to well. . . . . . been there, under estimated a few jobs in my day.

Me too. Wanna know.

Are we all thinking mid eighties Formula or Chris? (31 foot)

Its a 1988 Bullet i offered 6K, boat is in good shape minus motors and drives, comes with Gimbals, gaffrig gauges, not sure i wanna get into it tho, called a guy today in VT who can replace the bulsa core with some sort of product, but just to do that, (no stringers or transom) im looing at 12-14k, the deal is, im not sure if it even needs it, but the more people i talk to, the more that say run

Art-

ive had a survey done on the boat and the Hull read anywhere from 70-35, is this they type of project you take on? And if so, how much to replace the balsa core hull, i hear there is a new product out there that makes the hull stronger than original, just a little costly, i like this boat so much because i can afford it cash, then chip away at the repairs slowly, tho it might cost more, i will still have a nice toy in the end without going into debt,

p.s. if anybody else can help on repair work or has any input i also made a post in the fiberglass section

amen brutha Artie . . . i buy tyvek suits and grinding disks by the case. actually the bulk of my work now is in custom finishes (graphics) and fabrication. dont do much repair work anymore but back in the day when i was cut'n my teeth . . .boy. . . .did that suck. my suit of choice is 1 short sleeve T shirt 1 long sleev T shirt followed by a long sleeve sweat shirt than the full Tyvek suit. learned long ago to dump in a bunch of baby powder at the first layer, really helps alot. it must have been cool working at Skater, any pics?

Boomer, ask KAAMA about a balsa core replacement, he will come and shoot you in the head if you even think about doing this. It is like removing sand one grain at a time, there is no hope for this boat and no amount of time or money you could throw at it. On my project it was like this...take one step forward and five back. Every time I opened something I tripled my work. It never ended until i just finished it to sell it. I am not kidding, I had nightmares over this, I would wake up in a sweat, I spent every waking minute thinking of what I had to do and the steps I needed to take to get there. if I had known of this site I would have asked like you and would have never bought the boat. I could have saved 10s or 1000s if i had only known of this site and asked.

Yeah, but you'll sink your ass in this one and not have any use of it for a Long time and it will still be worth not as much as a newer boat when you are done.

On the other hand, you could take a loan on a mid to late 90s Baja or Fountain (good deals on those boats) use your earnest money as a down payment, make the monthlies and drop bigger chunks when you have it, USE the boat and have lots of fun and sell it w/o too much more depreciation.

Boomer, there are plenty of boat to be had. Go for one that does not have this extent of issues. Just say No to bad boats.